Light Manual Muscle Relaxation simple self service legs recovery - increased performance of the accidental athlete through decreased recovery time
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Tired Legs and their affect on your life!
Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation is a simple natural system that may help relieve aching legs that has been tested on and with endurance runners and walkers, this system is running repairs which can be done as needed to maintain the legs in working condition while the trip continues
Sometimes after a long day on the legs they feel heavy and fatigued so thankfully you sink into a chair to rest and unwind.
You just know though that after sitting down resting you are going you have problems getting up and restarting again so you can make dinner/take care of the kids/go out and party/socialise/whatever
Whatever you take on a trip with you the most important accessories are the legs, and if you maintain them in the best condition you can they will carry you great distances without any problems!
Whether you have a good trip for business or pleasure depends on you keeping the legs maintained and working well, on one hand the method of transport whether it is by air, car, bus can involve a lot of sitting down which brings circulation problems
On the other hand when you arrive at your destination it can bring another set of problems because you are doing lots of sightseeing visiting museums, monuments islands or whatever and your legs can get very tired and at the finish of a long day the legs become so fatigued it is difficult to take the next step!
Tony Mangan of Ireland and Jepser Olsen of Denmark have legs that had to carry them around the world, they are the ultimate travellers and they would not have gone too far without their ultimate travel accessories!
(We cover their trips further within the site)
How far would you get if the airlines didn't service their aircraft, or the train company didn't service their trains, or hire company didn't service their cars?
They don't do major servicing and repairs after every trip, they do them when they are scheduled unless there is a major problem that might affect safety or might affect whether the transport will stop running
They do running repairs to keep the transport running until due for major work or it just has to be done.
Doing minor work is known as running repairs
Swollen ankles from staying seated for hours can lead to tight shoes causing blisters
It is hard to take the next step when the legs are fatigued!
Do you really have the time to wait and waste or do you have better things to do?
You can get a massage on your legs but you will need it on a daily basis and can you afford that cost?
or
You can do some running repairs on your legs to get them moving again to help you
'Take the Next Step!'
'a journey of 10,000 miles begins with the first step' Chairman Mao Tse Tung
but like Tony Mangan of Ireland on his 50,000 kilometer around the world run you also have to take the second step and the ones after it!
Gillan recovery was with Tony on his run through Australia (these are his 30,000 kilometre shoes) and the Southern part of Ireland at the end of his run
To keep his legs going for the record run from the bottom of Australia to the top we did running repairs which can also be used for the fatigued legs of the 'Accidental Athlete'!
Running Repairs for the Accidental Athlete
Running Repairs-provides a calming first aid system for fatigued angry abused legs
You will notice that this website is closely related to Ultra Endurance Running and Walking
Why is this?
The reason is that this sport and 'Accidental Athletes' are closely related because both groups are usually developing their leg issues on a consecutive daily basis
While the endurance athlete does what they do voluntarily the Accidental Athlete does what they do because they have no choice they have to to earn enough to keep themselves and/or family in the necessities of life for many years!
'Accidental Athletes' have certain requirements for their legs
To keep moving at whatever cost
To keep the legs moving whatever it costs
To keep moving
To keep leg endurance for as long as possible
To recover and get back to leg health
Recovery methods are many and varied depending on the resources of the 'accidental athlete', person doing recovery and facilities available
Having been involved in ultra marathon for many years both in Australia and internationally I have become aware of many problems faced by women athletes and the way that different people approach dealing with them
I have been able to compare the best of approaches and the worst of them and come uo with a reasonable assesment of the systems that are used out on the track to make the event as comfortable as possible for them
To spend all that time aiming for a sporting goal then leave the recovery to chance is not a good tactic to improve performance in the sport you are in
What happens on the recovery table can impact on recovery, training and performance in a not very beneficial way by using 'enthusiasm' rather than knowledge.
To illustrate the problems that can be caused when a heavier type of massage is used below is a quote from Sandra Brown taken from her advice sheet for the Surrey Walking Club.
"The second tear (at least I have matching legs with old tears on both sides) was caused, to my great annoyance at the time, by an overenthusiastic physio who was supposed to be helping me to warm up gently before a 24 hour race and got carried away. I am now more wary of having physio at any time, and make sure that I stay in control, by saying at the outset what I want and don't want to be done to me.
Having never had a persistent injury (my varied training pattern means that any niggles have the chance to heal quickly, rather than get hammered and go critical,) I have never had regular physio or a steady relationship of trust with any physiotherapist who knew me and my needs.
The closest I have come to this was receiving massage from Michael Gillan during the Nanango (Queensland) 1000-mile race in 1996. I had no hesitation in having a massage from Michael again at the end of the Melbourne 100 miles walk in 1999. Michael's approach is very gentle at all times, and always works with the athlete and puts the athlete in control, thus minimising the risk of harm and maximising the benefit.
Very occasionally I will feel tightness in one or other hamstring, but I am lucky that neither tear has become a real problem. These days I stretch pretty diligently after exercise and am convinced of its value, and my cross-training approach plays a part; I am sure, in keeping me free of overuse injuries. More on stretching another time."
(Source:http://www.surreywalkingclub.org.uk/Training?Advice/Articles/training_for_ultras_by_sandra_br.htm#Training/forUltras_SB)
What Sandra is saying is that enthusiasm is no subsitute for experience
This is what Sandra says about experience
Michael's methods of massage and blister care helped me to stay mobile throughout the race and to recover quickly afterwards. His techniques are safe and gentle.
Unlike some treatments, which put the runners and walkers at risk of muscle tears or infection, Michael's techniques are light, safe, reassuring, and highly effective.
They enhance comfort and flexibility, build confidence, and promote success.
This booklet will help others to learn and practice Michael's methods.
It is recommended reading for everyone who walks and runs and who wants to go further, go faster, or just to enjoy life more!!'
SANDRA BROWN
1996 Ladies 1000 Mile World Record Holder
1999 Ladies 100 mile Race walking World Record Holder
One major problem I have found is that there are very few people who are actually working with the athletes at these events and the athletes have to suffer along with their dreams and ambitions if they get into trouble, it all falls in a heap
Self-Maintenance
Self-maintenance is an option for those whose capacity to pay for or access to massage therapists is limited-but information on how to self-maintain without getting into the technical aspects of 'petrissage' and 'rowing stroke' is also limited
Lack of financial reserves-ability to study-facilities such as massage schools and teachers for learning the handskills required for modern massage techniques impact on the benefit that flow from massage were it available
If you can afford the costs of having ongoing manual therapy-and have no problem accessing the services of a massage therapist in your team, you are lucky-if not tough
Affordability
To do a full course in recovery systems will cost hundreds of dollars in fees, there is also the time needed to study physiology, anatomy, and the hand skills needed to do it.
And then it may not be suitable for the athletes needs because it may not be portable, you will also have to carry oil, massage table, towels, or effective enough.
It may be beyond the talents of many people and to hire someone to do it for them is very expensive and this makes it unaffordable.
It would be cheaper and more effective to pay me for the knowledge I have because I am the one who developed and tested Light Manual Muscle Relaxation over many years.
Stressed Legs!
Stressed Legs are where the legs are placed under stress from overuse and abuse from too much training and competing on a constant basis and do not get a chance to recover fully before being used and abused again.
Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation may act as a break point to reset the sytems so the legs may be relieved from some of the stress by calming and allowing the legs to move easier again
Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation is a physiologically based system that has been tested around the world in endurance or extreme running and walking and been shown to contribute to stressless legs so the performance can be enhanced
While it may not be possible to get up and walk around as much as preferable, it is possible to at least help the legs to cope better by assisting with circulation in the lower legs and increasing the fresh blood flow to the muscle tissues
This can be done by increasing the flow of used blood back up the legs against gravity to the body where it can be re-nourished and sent backout again as fresh blood
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What is Light Manual Muscle Relaxation?
it is a simple physiology based recovery system developed for extreme athletes and tested at events all over the world and is in fact the only system that has been used on 2 runs around the world http://www.worldrun.org with Jesper Olsen of Denmark on his world run 1 and Tony Mangan of Dublin Ireland on his world run http://www.theworldjog.com/blog
Arguably it can be said to be the most tested recovery system in the world!
The advantages of using wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation
It is Do It Yourself recovery
No disrobing
Works with the muscles not on them
No oil used
Non invasive
User friendly
Easy to learn
It is Environmentally Friendly
Light Manual Muscle Relaxation the recovery system of choice for world runners!
(arguably the most rigorously tested leg recovery system in the world)
Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation
Stressed Legs Syndrome!
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Time for major work is not always available but the athlete may have to recover in the shortest time possible so the legs can perform at optimal efficiency as soon as they can but the puzzle has always how to do this when there is so much information out there!
Using Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation you too could solve the puzzle on how to avoid being pulled out of an event because you have pushed yourself too hard
Addressing the lack of knowledge of dealing with fatigued legs
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We offer a simple tested practical solution to the problem
What's Your Environmentally Friendly legs maintenance Plan?
Wholistic Light Manual Muscle Relaxation
With Light Manual Muscle Relaxation you can get recovery results like above, all it takes is a change of approach to working with the muscles not on them
What is Light Manual Muscle Relaxation
it is environmentally friendly
NO OIL WAS USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS WORKSHOP
A tested Trusted Alternative
Light Manual Muscle Relaxation the recovery system of choice for world runners!
Light Manual Muscle Relaxation
(arguably the most rigorously tested leg recovery system in the world)
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