Comments on: You Can Lead a Horse to Water But You Can’t Make Him Drink It

By: Justyn Warner

Justyn Warner — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:34:35 +0000

@T Pain – One thing I didn’t hear you mention is that you’ve been strengthening it? If you injured your hamstring, whether it may have been a small tear (which is usually that bad cramping feeling) or something else, your hamstring lost a lot of strength. ART & massage are assisting with the symptoms and like Ian says you need to find the root of what’s going on. (There is probably nothing wrong with your hamstring…but ART & massage need to be directed to what is causing the problem).
Another problem could be your Glutes aren’t firing at all or your hip flexors are too tight…which both cause your hamstrings to OVERwork.

Find the Root of the Problem, you find the Solution to the Problem.

By: Ian Warner

Ian Warner — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:20:16 +0000

@Tim – Thanks for the comment, I like that idea of looking for similarities instead of the difference, I am going to try to take that approach to things.

@T Pain – I hear your frusteration on injuries, I have felt like it is impossible to get healthy really you just need to find the root of the problem. I feel as if you have been treating the symptoms and not the cause. We will talk on fb. I will try and help you as much as I can.

By: t pain

t pain — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:10:36 +0000

every since last yr when i injured my hammy i wasn’t able to run and now that same pain i was feeling last yr still comes and goes. i did the whole active release thing, and it worked but i don’t think i did the full job, now i have to get constant massages, OVERLY stretch just so i can run at full speed with out it cramping up or hurting me and this doesn’t even work all the time. What can i do to get my leg back to normal and train and run like how i used to before INJURY FREE!

By: Tim Egerton

Tim Egerton — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:43:45 +0000

Hey Ian,

I share your sentiments. A great philosophy in coaching, sport and life is to try and learn something new each day!

I am not sure wherer I heard it, but a comment that struck a chord with me a few years ago was that ‘to learn from successful coaches you should look for the similarities in their methods and not the differences’. If there are certain common factors present in the programming of all top coaches it may be wise to gain a greater understanding of these methods.

Regards,

Tim