ARTICLES BY DR. ROMANOV

Educational Articles, Features and Commentary

The Pose is a fundamental ancient language of all species capable of interaction. We all understand and speak that language. It’s one of those things that everybody does without even realizing it or ever acknowledging it, but we are all mostly pretty fluent in it! How’s that? Simple. If you’ve ever seen your grandma or mom with her hands on her hips, feet shoulder-width apart – you did not need a translator.

When moving, our body goes through an infinite number of poses in space and time. Among the multitude of those poses there are those that play an essential role in forming our movement as a whole. Those poses are referred to as ‘key poses’.

Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, our body, our muscles “know” what they need to do and they do it. Our problems begin when we insist on controlling every aspect of our body moving in space and time.

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

– Richard Feynman

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Theory & Practice: Muscle Elasticity

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What is muscle elasticity? If you were to stretch a muscle you…

Stride Frequency and Muscle-Tendon Elasticity Complex

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Stride frequency describes how often a runner changes support during running. Around 180 steps per minute the muscle–tendon system begins to contribute elastic energy, reducing muscular effort and improving efficiency. Here is the research behind this number and what it means for running technique.
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Injuries: To Ice or Not

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Icing was always a part of athletes’ life, but never to the…
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Calf Pain When Running: Why It Happens and How to Fix It

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Calf soreness is a rather common occurrence but not a standard one by any means. Some get it and others don’t.

Theory & Practice: The Extensor Paradox in Running

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The original article (below) on the topic at hand, was published…

Injuries: Achilles Tendinitis – What Is The Problem?

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Without disputing the efficiency of any approach to solving the Achilles tendinitis problem, I want to make it clear that it’ll never be really solved unless we address the main cause of the problem.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

– John Locke

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