So you want to be an Asian Soccer Star?

I know I do, and I just found out that I can ruin my dream because of weak buttocks, of all things.

I used to get a lot of knee pain and thought it was because of a growth spurt. But when I went to have my running analysed and video-taped one of the problems was in how I was using my buttock muscles, the gluteus medius.

“The gluteus medius should be considered in every running injury”, says Sean Fyfe in the opening words of his article in the new Sports Injury Bulletin.

He also says “so many athletes with running overuse injuries of the [Read more...]