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For example, back and knee pain when
running can be alleviated by bringing the hip joint into awareness and engag- ing it. “Pain means over-burdening one area because somewhere else isn’t doing anything,” says Booth. “It’s like drawing on a bank account and pushing it into the red, when there is another account with a lot of money in it. My job as a Feldenkrais practitioner is to look at the discrepancies of over-charging one area and under-using another.” The goal of Feldenkrais is to make the body move as well as it functioned as a
child. Booth says she can work with any body, but not any mind. “It does require an open-minded person to make chang- es. However, those changes can then be profound,” she says.
Franchise approach The Running School, which started in London 10 years ago, launched a fran- chise business at the end of last year. Those buying into the franchise are trained to use the protocols developed by company founder Mike Antoniades, which were tested on elite
EMMA MATTHEWS – FIRST-TIME MARATHON RUNNER H
aving enrolled for the Paris Marathon, I started to get the jitters about getting an injury,
so was keen to get my running tech- nique checked out. I went to the original Running School
in west London. To start with I was observed, and videoed, running on a treadmill. Watching it back was truly cringeworthy! My assessor, Michael Nicholls, the operations director, paused the video at several points to make com- ments on my style. There was a wallchart with about 15
different running styles on it and I rec- ognised myself as a shuffler: I don’t lift my feet up far enough, or push off from
my toes to power myself forward. On a long distance run this would result in my legs getting fatigued, as I put too much pressure on the front muscles. Also, I moved my arms from side to side, rather than forward to help power the body. My core isn’t strong either, which resulted in my left hip dropping. I felt inspired after the session. I had
moments of doubt about my ability, but this session gave me confidence. I now know that I have to take this new way of running on board and concentrate on my technique during my practice runs rather than just trying to get from A to B.
athletes,
recreational runners and children for
eight years prior to
the launch of his business. Franchisees are also taught how to approach clients and how to how to help them change and achieve their running objectives. “Most people think they naturally know
how to run, but they don’t. Also, sitting down for 10 hours a day turns a lot of muscles off. The Running School reteaches movement and has developed accelerat- ed learning techniques,” says Antoniades. “The common problems we find are
that people don’t know how to use their arms, they land badly and shuffle rather than use rear muscles.” One of the tech- niques used by The Running School to correct this is biomechanical analysis. “It’s the same technology that some
sports shops offer when fitting trainers,” explains Antoniades. “But the Running School assesses the whole body rather than just looking at people’ technique from the knee down.” “Our programme has widespread
appeal ,” says Antoniades. “This morn- ing, for example, I’ve worked with the one of the country’s top sprinters and a 70-year-old woman who only started running 10 years ago.” ●
Kath Hudson is a freelance journalist
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