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santababy Mar 2008 9:36am, 7 Mar 2008 30,739 posts	Quote Pin santababy Ok, i'm not quite there just yet, still not allowed to run but i'm doing lots of exercises whixh is leading towards it. After my physio showing my some excersies and talking through as to where she is leading me, i realised that she is trying to get me to run in the Chi/Pose style (is it same thing?) Funnily enough i had taken a bumch of old RW in to leave in waiting room and there was an article all about just that so i kept it. After showing it to physio she indeed said that is way forward for me. The back problems i've had for nealry 5 months now have come from way i ran, and i have to change this, i have a weak core and glutes. To me it's like learning to walk again, doing something you always thought was right and having to rethink things. So my questions to all you Chi/Pose experts are 1. How can i help things along? 2. What can i do at moment, seeing i'm not allowed to run? 3. how difficult is it to change something like this? 4. how long will it take til i feel normal running like this? Please keep it simplistic, go technical and i start gonig glassy eyed and lose interest...... thanks
HarryB Mar 2008 9:43am, 7 Mar 2008 804 posts	Quote Pin HarryB I'll watch this thread with interest as I am keen to learn more and I plan to try this whole Chi/POSE thing out in a few weeks
santababy Mar 2008 9:43am, 7 Mar 2008 30,744 posts	Quote Pin santababy good, hopefully this can turn into the beginners thread then
danny wilde Mar 2008 9:45am, 7 Mar 2008 9,747 posts	Quote Pin danny wilde If the Chi/Pose people can give some advice that we mortals who don't have degrees in biomechanics can understand I'd be very grateful too..and very surprised
jude Mar 2008 9:45am, 7 Mar 2008 2,270 posts	Quote Pin jude I'd like to do it too, I have a very dodgy hip and it's making it uncomfortable and unenjoyable to run
Boab Mar 2008 9:45am, 7 Mar 2008 2,326 posts	Quote Pin Boab SB, follow these simple rules, 1. Keep the hips forward at all times 2. Run relaxed, feet and lower legs floppy when in the air, relaxed shoulders and arms 3. Arms at around 90 degrees, straight forward and back like pistons, but relaxed and try and keep your hands going from chest to waist, not too far in front of you. 4. A slight forward lean, like someone is pulling you from the chest with a piece of string 5. Land with a bent knee not a straight leg 6. The above should make you land front/mid of foot (not heal strike) Don't try them all at the same time. Try starting off with the arms, keeping them going from chest to hips, stright forward and back, never too far in front. This will sort your foot position, and you can work on the rest. There was a great article in the Gaurdian the other day, maybe someone will dig it out. When you back running?
santababy Mar 2008 9:45am, 7 Mar 2008 30,745 posts	Quote Pin santababy great, well at least i know i'm not only one confuzzled by it all
Puddington Mar 2008 9:46am, 7 Mar 2008 19,439 posts	Quote Pin Puddington Snap Jooood
Footpad Mar 2008 9:46am, 7 Mar 2008 2,886 posts	Quote Pin Footpad http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=129 Article to read through too! Enjoy!!! Welcome back to running SB!
santababy Mar 2008 9:48am, 7 Mar 2008 30,746 posts	Quote Pin santababy not sure Boab, at mo it's just the exercises til i'm strong enough See all of the above sounds easy, but when you say run relaxed, then thats how i feel i do run, but clearly i dont hence all my problems. the landing on front of foot thing puzzles me too, i've tried sprinting a wee bit to see if i can, it's not easy? and what can i do in meantime seeing i'm not allowed to run, what can help me get used to doing all the the above things?