Physical Therapy - Assisted Running
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vanjames posted 1 year ago.
Looks like deep water running without the water. Interesting.
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Riverbrady posted 1 year ago.
Similar, but at the same time much different due to the weight bearing.
Easiest way I think about it is that deep water running is as close to weightless-resistant running you can get with the water resistance and compression from the water. The unloader allows you to gradually put the body back under load...primarilly focusing on joints and connective tissue (the more problematic areas), and letting the body readapt while still forcing it through the actual effort of running.
"Care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible."
For some reason I'm not finding where the discussion was taking place, but there was a thread where we were talking about running injuries and I mentioned an assisted running machine my PT uses.
I was back in yesterday and asked him about it. It's technically called an unloader. It's actually primarilly used for people with back injuries, relieving pressure, herniated disks, etc. More PTs have been starting to use the for running rehab because, as Peter said, how else are you really going to safely go from no running to full weighted running.
I wasn't able to find actual pictures save what's in the article below, but it should give a lot better idea of what I was trying to describe.
The article (pdf document): An article partly showing it's use/picture.
"Care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible."