Up and Running: Running with Fascial Spring
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Up and Running: Running with Fascial Spring
What swimming is for fish, and flying is
for birds, that is running for healthy humans: the most elegant style of
locomotion. One for which our evolution has equipped us with dozens of
specific adaptations in contrast to our closest siblings, like chimpanzees or
gorillas. A bird that has been living on the ground may need to learn how to
fly in a smooth and graceful manner. Similarly, we modern humans, with our
mostly sedentary lifestyles, may profit from re-discovering how healthy running
was practiced by our barefoot nomadic ancestors. This includes the optimal
usage of elastic storage capacities in our plantar fascia, Achilles and
patellar tendons, iliotibial tract, as well as several diagonal myofascial
slings across the pelvis.
A more fascia-oriented running style
will also consider including frequent walking pauses, as well as variations in
the basic running style, such as in-stride length, foot-floor contact, and
running speed. The viscoelastic properties supporting these principles will be
illustrated and discussed in this live presentation. Needless to say (unless
you are German), rhythm is key! Finding the optional inherent resonance
frequency for the specific stiffness and pendulum lengths of your body on a
given day can be a fun and very rewarding task.
A chicken jumping down a cliff may suffer
some injuries, if not done wisely. Similarly, most modern runners are prone to
troubling musculoskeletal dysfunctions due to overload of specific fascial
tissues. Ready to start flying? Or maybe better, to run like a healthy nomad
across the savanna and through the jungle? If yes, then you are happily
invited to learn to explore human, fascial biomechanics supporting a more
joyful and healthy nomadic lifestyle.
Robert Schleip
Following Robert’s uplifting, run-like-a-healthy-nomad
presentation, you are invited to roll out your mat for a multidimensional and
elegantly-sequenced Slings in Motion practice. We will elasticise the legs and
hips for enhanced fascial spring, play with lots of exercise variations, and
explore different rhythms to give you greater biomechanical efficiency and joy
when running – if not in the savanna, then on a running trail in your neighbourhood.
Karin
Gurtner