How To Bounce Back From Training Injuries…Fast!
MUSCLE MEDIA 2000 January 1997 How To Bounce Back From Training Injuries…Fast! By Kim Goss “Pain Sucks” is the advertising slogan for a popular ointment designed to help people manage injuries. This slogan is true, but for bodybuilders, dealing with pain is usually the most manageable aspect of serious injuries. Should treatments such as drugs, liniments, massage, corrective exercise, nutritional supplements, and high-tech electronic modalities fail, the next logical step is surgery. And even in the hands of a qualified physician, the resulting scars, disfigurement, and/or extended layoff from training can crush the aspirations of almost any bodybuilder. Athletes, bodybuilders in particular, need a better way to deal with injury, to receive treatment without worrying about getting ugly, Frankenstein-like scars or trying to decide if they should take up knitting, finger-painting, or card tricks as a hobby during a...
Read MoreNew treatment relieves pain of repetitive strain
Elite athletes have been using it for more than a decade. By Rick Ansorge SPECIAL TO THE STARWhat do Canadian Olympic sprinter Donovan Bailey, professional hockey player Gary Roberts and Colorado Springs homemaker Bernadette Triche have in common? They’ve all had repetitive strain injuries fixed by a non-invasive technique developed by a Colorado Springs chiropractor and now practiced by nearly 20 physical and occupational therapists and other health-care providers in the United States. The procedure, a soft-tissue manipulation called active release techniques (ART), has been used to treat elite athletes for more than a decade. But it only recently became available to the general public, so many doctors and patients are still unfamiliar with it. Little formal research has been conducted, although the results of one major study are expected to be released later this month. But inventor Michael...
Read MoreLocal chiropractor helps Bailey work out the kinks
As a global audience watched Sunday afternoon, Donovan Bailey blew past Michael Johnson in that long-awaited race between the world’s fastest humans. The drama ended quickly, with Johnson grabbing his left leg and pulling up halfway through the 150-meter event. But that surprising twist didn’t stop Bailey from celebrating his victory in Toronto. As the patriotic crowd roared, the Canadian sprinter quickly headed for his training entourage — starting with a doctor from Colorado Springs. Mike Leahy. Some might wonder what a doctor of chiropractic from this far away was doing at Skydome. Maybe a few people were like the Associated Press photographer who mistook Leahy for Bailey’s coach in writing a caption for the accompanying photo. “I have a feeling I won’t be able to hide anymore,” Leahy said Monday. In truth, Leahy had ample reason to join...
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