We’ve taken a bit of a hiatus over the last few months, but Movement Monday’s are back!

This week we’re talking plantar fasciitis the #1 cause of heel pain. Or more accurately, plantar fasciosis.

Plantar fasciitis is differentiated from plantar fasciosis based on its lack of inflammation.

– Plantar fasciits = acute inflammation

– Plantar fasciosis = degenerative condition (no inflammation)

Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen an influx of runners with heel pain. Most of these runners assume they have plantar fasciitis and subsequently are icing and resting.

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Virtually every runner has experienced or knows of someone that has experienced the dreaded plantar fasciitis.  Even you’re not a runner, you’ve likely know of plantar fasciitis as it is the #1 cause of heel pain.

Anatomy of Plantar Fasciitis

Anatomy of the plantar fascia

The plantar fascia is a strong fibrous band of tissue on the bottom side of the foot.  The plantar fascia runs from the calcaneus (heel) and fans out to each of the metatarsal heads (base of each toe). 

This fibrous tissue plays a critical role in establishing the longitudinal arch of a person’s foot.  The arch of one’s foot allows us to absorb and transmit the forces more efficiently than a flat surface – similar to that of a spring. Read More

The Champs
Annie Thorisdottir (2011, 2012), Sam Briggs (2013), and Camille Leblanc-Bazinet (2014)

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Josh Bridges and Scott Panchik

The 2015 CrossFit Open Season has definitely lived up to its hype. We saw the addition of an ‘extra’ WOD in 15.1(a), we revisited a previous year’s WOD – 14.2 and now we have the addition of a new Open WOD movement: the handstand push-up.

CrossFit 15.4

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Julie Foucher and Lauren Brook

Movement Efficiency

15.3 has officially turned some heads and shaken things up! This year Open WOD looks very similar to previous year’s Open WOD with one minor glitch: MUSCLE-UPS COME FIRST!

By leading off the WOD, the muscle-up is sure to shake things up on the leaderboard. As the saying goes: “Separate the men from the boys!”  🙂

Tonight we had the opportunity to sit down with JD Alex of Tusk Fitness. JD is an up-and-coming CrossFit athlete and coach within the NorthCentral Region. Read More

Michele Letendre and Emily Bridgers

Movement Efficiency

Open WOD 15.2

Well, hello old friend! 🙂 Read More

Fraser vs. Froning

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Predicting the 2015 Workouts

The CrossFit Open kicks off in two days! Over the next five weeks the CrossFit community will be obsessing over five individual workouts. The makeup of these five WOD’s has yet to be announced and is a mystery to most. Most CrossFitters are asking: What will the WOD consist of? I wonder which movements will be used? Will they be long grinders? Or short burners?

Throughout the last four years, there have been consistencies throughout the Open WOD’s. This makes for the ability to predict and plan for what’s to come. For all of you CrossFit athletes highly anticipating the Open, here are my predictions for the 2015 Open Workouts.

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The 2015 CrossFit Open is quickly approaching. Somewhat surprisingly, there have been some changes made to this year’s format. Let’s look at what will know will be different in this year’s Open and how it will affect you.

For those who don’t know, the Open is CrossFit’s first step to naming the fittest man and woman on Earth. It’s the beginning of the 2015 Games season and is followed by a Regional competition and then the worldwide Games in California. In the Open, anyone can sign up to compete in five workouts over five weeks and post their scores online. Last year, the Open reached more than 200,000 athletes from around the world. I’ll break down the changes made to the format to help you feel more confident about signing up. Read More