Dr. Vonda Wright

Oscillating, like we're walking on a catwalk in fashion week. We want to be running like this. Straight. Straight. Well, that takes tremendous glute strength, butt strength, because it's the glutes that balance the pelvis. If we were in my office and you came in with pain as a runner, I would stand you on one leg to see even if in a controlled environment,

Oscillating, like we're walking on a catwalk in fashion week. We want to be running like this. Straight. Straight. Well, that takes tremendous glute strength, butt strength, because it's the glutes that balance the pelvis. If we were in my office and you came in with pain as a runner, I would stand you on one leg to see even if in a controlled environment,

You could do a single leg squat and keep your pelvis stable without your knee falling in. And if you can't, it just tells me that we have a lot of butt core and hip strength to do.

You could do a single leg squat and keep your pelvis stable without your knee falling in. And if you can't, it just tells me that we have a lot of butt core and hip strength to do.

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It might be useful to you as you're training to have a motion analysis, to have someone stand you on one leg and look at the way that one motion pattern is different from the other. Because if it's predictable like that, there's an imbalance in you. And so it can likely be trained. I mean, I can give you an example in my life if you want to see how that works.

It might be useful to you as you're training to have a motion analysis, to have someone stand you on one leg and look at the way that one motion pattern is different from the other. Because if it's predictable like that, there's an imbalance in you. And so it can likely be trained. I mean, I can give you an example in my life if you want to see how that works.

So when I run and when I increase my speed and distances, I predictably, predictably get left Achilles tendonitis and I get right hip flexor, sharp stabbing pain. Predictably. That is because my left big toe, from wearing high heels all my life, has arthritis. So when I run, I don't run through the center of my foot. I run through the side of my foot.

So when I run and when I increase my speed and distances, I predictably, predictably get left Achilles tendonitis and I get right hip flexor, sharp stabbing pain. Predictably. That is because my left big toe, from wearing high heels all my life, has arthritis. So when I run, I don't run through the center of my foot. I run through the side of my foot.

Where my pinky is. So instead of running through like this, I run through like this, puts extra stress on my Achilles tendon, changes my gait enough... that it's tight all up through the left side of my body, and my right hip flexor is taking the brunt of that. That is a motion pattern deficit that I know I have.

Where my pinky is. So instead of running through like this, I run through like this, puts extra stress on my Achilles tendon, changes my gait enough... that it's tight all up through the left side of my body, and my right hip flexor is taking the brunt of that. That is a motion pattern deficit that I know I have.

So if you were predictably getting the same injury all the single time, it's probably due to something's too tight on one side, something's too weak on the other side. And if you get it evaluated, you could probably train it out of you.

So if you were predictably getting the same injury all the single time, it's probably due to something's too tight on one side, something's too weak on the other side. And if you get it evaluated, you could probably train it out of you.

So what we were talking about is joint health and the fact that every bone in your knee, for instance, if this is your femur, the end of every bone has a bumper of cartilage. Cartilage is a matrix of collagen fibers that has cells in it, and its entire job is to shock absorb. So the bones don't do so much of this. Bones are pretty fragile. But they glide.

So what we were talking about is joint health and the fact that every bone in your knee, for instance, if this is your femur, the end of every bone has a bumper of cartilage. Cartilage is a matrix of collagen fibers that has cells in it, and its entire job is to shock absorb. So the bones don't do so much of this. Bones are pretty fragile. But they glide.

Cartilage has, in physics, a coefficient of friction that is less than ice. So it's smoother than ice. It glides, right? If it's perfect. Cartilage is very subject to the forces of weight such that in our laboratories, when we were doing cartilage research and wanted to damage cartilage, all we had to do is drop a marble on it. So it doesn't take much.

Cartilage has, in physics, a coefficient of friction that is less than ice. So it's smoother than ice. It glides, right? If it's perfect. Cartilage is very subject to the forces of weight such that in our laboratories, when we were doing cartilage research and wanted to damage cartilage, all we had to do is drop a marble on it. So it doesn't take much.

So if we're carrying around a lot of heavy extra weight and we don't have the muscles to support that, instead of muscles acting like a shock absorber and protecting our cartilage, we're banging more. Now remember, banging is good for bones. It's not good for cartilage. So we want to... make sure that we have a healthy weight so that we're not exerting so much load.

So if we're carrying around a lot of heavy extra weight and we don't have the muscles to support that, instead of muscles acting like a shock absorber and protecting our cartilage, we're banging more. Now remember, banging is good for bones. It's not good for cartilage. So we want to... make sure that we have a healthy weight so that we're not exerting so much load.