I am curious about water running . Could you define “deep” and “shallow” ? Is there a particular technique ? An optimal “residual weight” (I.e. weight minus buoyancy) ?
Charles, I think of deep water running as in deep water so feet never touch the bottom. It can be very individual as to what technique works best, but i have had the most success with this if people focus more on ROM and being deliberate with the stride. Rather than really trying to work hard to get the HR up. Shallow water running will depend on the water depth, but ideally it is about waist deep. The technique that i have seen people use here is more traditional running style as you are just running thru the water. It is a nice progression to full body weight post injury. I've heard numbers like 50-55% BW.
So a nice progression i may have athletes use is to start in deep water for a few weeks. And with the PT's guidance we then transition to start to add some shallow water into the session, and then to the whole run in shallow water. If they have no pain in shallow water then we may look to get them on an Alter G or Lever at 70-80% BW and then outside.
Hopefully that helps.
Good luck! It can be fun once you get your head around it.
I am curious about water running . Could you define “deep” and “shallow” ? Is there a particular technique ? An optimal “residual weight” (I.e. weight minus buoyancy) ?
Charles, I think of deep water running as in deep water so feet never touch the bottom. It can be very individual as to what technique works best, but i have had the most success with this if people focus more on ROM and being deliberate with the stride. Rather than really trying to work hard to get the HR up. Shallow water running will depend on the water depth, but ideally it is about waist deep. The technique that i have seen people use here is more traditional running style as you are just running thru the water. It is a nice progression to full body weight post injury. I've heard numbers like 50-55% BW.
So a nice progression i may have athletes use is to start in deep water for a few weeks. And with the PT's guidance we then transition to start to add some shallow water into the session, and then to the whole run in shallow water. If they have no pain in shallow water then we may look to get them on an Alter G or Lever at 70-80% BW and then outside.
Hopefully that helps.
Good luck! It can be fun once you get your head around it.
Julie
I'll follow up with Julie and circle back.
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