Health & Injury Archives - JM Coaching

Returning to Running After Having a Baby

Jonny Mellor — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:02:25 +0000

Welcoming a new addition to your family is an incredible and transformative experience. As a runner, you may be eager to return to your pre-pregnancy running routine. While many resources provide guidance on postpartum exercise, there are several important aspects they often overlook. In this post, we'll uncover what they don't tell you about [...]

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Ankle Mobility

Jonny Mellor — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:10:38 +0000

Ankle mobility is essential for runners as it plays a crucial role in proper running mechanics and injury prevention. Here are some ankle mobility exercises that can help you moving forwards. They can be performed as part of your pre run activation routine or as a stand alone session, once or twice per week. [...]

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Carbon Trainers – How much should I wear them?

Jonny Mellor — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:04:34 +0000

Carbon Shoes Use Debate In recent years we’ve witnessed a boom in carbon running trainers and as a result the sport has moved on significantly with world records being broken on a much more frequent basis. The shoes are all about improving your efficiency and in turn helping to enhance your performance. It’s therefore easy [...]

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Marathon Recovery

Jonny Mellor — Tue, 25 May 2021 13:55:52 +0000

Marathon Recovery How much recovery do you need after a marathon? Whilst this varies runner to runner a general guide of a mile per day will serve you well when it comes to marathon revery. This does not mean that you can’t train in the 26-days following a marathon, however it’s a useful guide in [...]

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Static Stretching

Jonny Mellor — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 18:08:46 +0000

Stretching - To do or not to do is the question? It's a hot topic in the world of running with lot's of conflicting advice. Some suggest avoiding it altogether and some suggest stretching is a cure for almost every injury! I am not a qualified physiotherapist. I am a running coach and an athlete [...]

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Injuries – General Terms

Jonny Mellor — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:27:16 +0000

General Terms Inflammation This is the body’s natural response to injury and can be either acute or chronic. Local blood vessels dilate and increase blood-flow which causes heat, redness and swelling. White blood cells enter the tissues to remove dead and damaged cells, which also adds to the swelling. (The suffix – itis means inflammation [...]

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Overtraining and Getting the Balance Right

Jonny Mellor — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:03:13 +0000

Are You Overtrained? Overtraining ins’t an injury, per se. You’re not hurt. Nothing is swollen, nothing is broken. You don’t limp. It’s just that when you run, your legs feel dead most of the time, your workout and race times have both started to deteriorate, and you enjoy running less and less. By overdoing [...]

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Running into Your 50’s

Jonny Mellor — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:36:14 +0000

If you’ve ran since a young age, it can often be tough to let go. Unfortunately it’s a fact of life, no matter how well you look after yourself, as a clean athlete we lose muscle strength and aerobic capacity. The most important thing to consider as you get older is the importance of recovery, [...]

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Gait Analysis

Jonny Mellor — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:54:10 +0000

Gait analysis is available free in store at most independent running shops including Run North West in Hyde and is a very important method for identifying the way in which you run. No matter how long you’ve been running for a regular gait analysis is an important step in helping to prevent injuries and improve [...]

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Injury Prevention

Jonny Mellor — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:56:59 +0000

Preventative vs Reactive It’s always better to take a preventative approach to injury prevention rather than a reactive approach. A reactive approach to injury is when we wait to get hurt before acting and normal panicking! A preventative approach to injury is when we take steps to look after our bodies with the aim of preventing [...]

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