relief of aching legs using the World Run Recovery System
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how the system of leg relief works
The Theory of how the World Run Recovery System works
The muscles are usually tight and may be sore after prolonged use; this tightness prevents the by-products from being moved back to the body because the calf muscles which are the motor drivers for the calf muscle pump cannot function.
Tight muscles put constant tension on the venous and lymphatic systems setting up a cycle where the muscles are fatigued and needing fresh blood to enter them.
They can't recieve it because the old fluid is held down at the feet stopping the heart pushing new blood into the tissues; without it the legs stay fatigued until the muscles recover enough to allow movement so they can remove enough fluid to let fresh in.
Most sports people stretch; this benefits the circulation in the lower legs by reducing the tension in the muscle compartments and giving enough room for the veins to have some flexibility in the muscle tissues.
Most people with aching legs are not sports people so they know very little about stretching; anyway , we are not interested in doing things their way; for the non athlete it can be too much, too hard and may cause more injury.
We are interested in doing very light stretching just to remove the muscle tension-this is much easier.
The World Run Recovery System takes advantage of using the body to assist itself to recover by working with the muscles-the recovering sports person can achieve a similar recovery rate to what we achieve just as easily.
There are 3 points to note
Reading across from the competitors name each days distance
1) day one distance is always high because they are fresh and as the event wears on fatigue sets in and the muscle become angry
2) day 6 there is barely any distance being made because the muscles are reacting to the abuse they have had
3) the increase in distance half way through the week when I changed my approach from using conventional massage of working on the muscles to working with them
The decrease in distance the next days was because I did not work with them again or because I was unsure of what I was doing, I went back to working on the muscles
Other comments
Tomas Rusek continued on from the day I took him over and kept up the distance until the last day when he wanted a conventional pre-event massage to speed him up-we slowed him down
G Watts did his first day of 131.2 kilometers and never came in until the last 24 hours then came in frequently his distance increased to 133.6 kilometers
B Beauchamp was an average runner who did better than he ever did previously at this event-in 1996 we went to the Nanango 16 day 1000 mile event
We had him off for Light Manual Muscle Relaxation every 6 hours to freshen his legs-he finished the run and was placed number 17 on the 1000 mile record holders for that year. (Not too many people can run or walk this distance in this time)
Cliff Young and Drew Kettle both broke their 48 hour age world records here
While it is impossible to have the 'Aching Legs Institute of Hard Knocks' with you or attend our campuses because I am in Australia and hopefully the world, (you can come out and meet us if we are where you are; see our route www.worldrun.org) you can obtain an Institute manual to find out how.
Meanwhile here are some photos to look at
World run team getting ready for a morning run on Mors (Denmark)
Me with Jeser Olsen World Runner at Antibes 6 Jour event 2007
The Institutes working area at 2007 world championships Montreal
The Institute of Hard Knocks doing a workshop on Mors
The Institute is available for workshops depending on the country, number of workshops organized and other conditions-manuals are available for licence to companais or industries
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