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Injury & Rehab
Injury prevention, phased rehab, pain as a signal, and return to play.
Lauryn BrittWhy Pain During Rehab Is Not Always A Warning Sign
The traditional rule of injury recovery was simple: if it hurts, stop. We are now learning that this advice is not just overly cautious, but actively detrimental to long-term tissue adaptation. A systematic review pub…
Lauryn BrittThe Case for Heavy Slow Resistance in Tendon Rehab
Most athletes treat any sensation of pain as an absolute stop sign. In the acute phase of an injury, that protective instinct is correct. But once you enter the sub-acute and return-to-function phases of tendon rehab,…
Lauryn BrittStop Resting Your Tendons: Why Heavy Load is the Only Way Out of Tendinopathy
Rest is the most common, and most flawed, prescription for tendinopathy. When an Achilles or patellar tendon flares up, the immediate instinct is to stop moving. While offloading is necessary during the brief acute ph…
Lauryn BrittRethinking Ice and Rest: Why Tissue Healing Demands Load
For decades, the default response to a sprained ankle or pulled hamstring was ice and absolute rest. We relied on the RICE protocol to shut down inflammation. But inflammation is not a design flaw; it is the first req…
Lauryn BrittThe Twelve-Week Tendon: Why Rest Will Not Fix Your Achilles Pain
When a tendon starts hurting, the instinct is to stop moving. You take two weeks off, the pain fades, and you assume the tissue has healed. Then you return to your sport, and the pain immediately comes back. This cycl…
Lauryn BrittThe Tendon Timeline: Why Complete Rest Fails and Heavy Loading Works
Tendon rehab is notoriously frustrating because tendons metabolize and remodel at a fraction of the speed of muscle tissue. When you develop Achilles or patellar tendinopathy, the immediate instinct is to stop all act…
Elias KiptooThe Hidden Cost of Super Shoes: Why Carbon Belongs on Race Day, Not Everyday
The defining shift in distance running over the last decade hasn't been a new training philosophy. It has been the carbon-plated super shoe. By combining hyper-responsive foam with a rigid, curved carbon-fiber plate,…
