Rowers come in all shapes and sizes. One aspect of this is that the anatomy of our lower limbs varies greatly. Some of us have incredibly long femurs (thigh bones), some have terrible ankle flexibility and some even have one…
The Shoulder Joint is an undervalued piece of the rowing puzzle. When functioning optimally it goes unnoticed as a seamless link in the chain and the ability to “hang off the handle” is easy. However, if this link in the…
Flexibility work is seen as an important aspect of rowing, whether as part of a training programme or as an injury prevention strategy. Whether you are an injured or healthy rower, you are sure to have experienced a coach, fellow…
Movement Variability and it’s impact on rowing; Adapt To Survive! It’s been a while between posts from us as we’ve been traveling the world, well mainly the USA, from the World Champs to the Charles we’ve hit both coasts and…
Up to 25% of people suffer from the fungal infection that causes Athlete’s Foot – that’s 2 seats in your 8.
From limited evidence and clinical experience, the cause is believed to be secondary to a number of intrinsic (internal) and extrinsic (external) factors, here they are:
Understanding rib stress fractures and the mechanics behind them in rowing; We have posted quite a lot about rib stress fractures and any commentary on them has always been in our most popular articles so we thought we give you…
In every sport – or every movement, for that matter – our entire body is being used, with its unique set of mechanics. The body moves in sport as in life: in a continuous, unique and nuanced manner. However,…
In 2016 BAT Logic joined forces with Indian sports performance center CSS to embark on the ambitious and exciting rowing plan ‘Vision 2024’, paving the way for an Indian Gold medal at the Olympics. Read more here as one of…
BAT Logic writes on; The Symmetry Of Sweep, a research piece based on analysis of the foot force in sweep rowing for Row 360 Magazine in our semi-regular performance column. Hit the link below for the full article: Row360…
Foot force is not a measure of how powerful your feet are, rather it is an expression of how well they transfer the force of the hip and leg muscle structures onto the stretcher.
Muscles load up and cause an exponential increase in the tension of the ribs and their muscular influences. Our subject also presents with some thoracic spine restriction (very common in rowers) that operates to place more stress on rib movement by restricting their freedom to move in their spinal joints.
The micro trauma that causes stress fracture is itself caused by excessive and uneven forces, including those applied by these three key muscles resulting in asymmetrical/excessive loading of ligaments and bones…..
A principle of science and of medicine in particular is that one must understand the normal, or natural course of studied phenomena before attempting to describe and study the pathologic or abnormal. When looking at the ribs we must consider the load they carry in the body.
Most sports screen their athletes (often pre-season) to assess for issues that may increase risk of injury. Where do you start?
