The Rainhill Trials are
a CrossFit competition run by the team at TRAIN.
I have the pleasure of performing
Physiotherapy on these athletes which also includes injury prevention.
By the time they get to
the end of the day there is normally a WOD with either Pull Ups, Muscle Ups or
Toes to Bar.
All of which can rip
your hands to shreds.
So at the Rocktape tent
we like to “tape it before you break it.”
RockTape turns down the
volume on pain.
More specifically, it
runs interference on pain.
Ever whack your shin and rub it, and suddenly
realize you feel better?
RockTape on the skin can interfere with painful
signals which are directed to the brain.
When the signals
arriving to the brain are altered, it does not produce the sensation of pain.
When kinesiology tape is properly applied, many of our customers call it
“magic” or think that it fixed their injury instantly. In fact, it helps to
change how your body interprets pain, turning down the pain “volume” that your
body hears.
Decompresses an area of
swelling and inflammation
When RockTape is
applied to the skin, it has a microscopic lifting effect underneath the skin
and between the many layers. This allows the by-products created by
inflammation to be removed more quickly.
It delays fatigue
Research has shown that
RockTape on skin can attenuate muscle fatigue. In rehab, this is very
important, not only for the parts of your body that are currently hurting, but
also for the surrounding areas as they help to pick up the slack for muscles
that are currently not working well.
It normalizes muscle
tone
When someone is
injured, fatigued, sick, or inflamed, the symphony of muscle action that
normally takes place with great accuracy often falls out of tune. This can
happen all over the body. For instance, research has shown that people who
sprain their ankle tend to have altered activity of their hip muscle as a
result. RockTape helps bring dormant muscle back to life and help calm down the
overactive muscles. It helps your body coordinate movement as if it weren’t
hurt, hence allowing it to heal properly.
It distributes physical
stress
Unlike conventional
taping, which prevents movement – RockTape allows full movement of a taped
area. Through elastic properties and quick recoil, RockTape can help distribute
forces to other nearby areas through the fascia, ligaments, and even bones.
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The Rainhill Trials at
Sport City in Manchester has become the home for your
first CrossFit
Competition.
The event is run by
TRAIN Manchester who have three boxes in the Manchester area:
Train 1 - Castleford
Train 2 – Media City
Train 3 – Heald Green
The Saturday is more for those that are new to competition.
The Sunday is for those who are more competent at CrossFit.
Although the Workouts are very similar there is a big difference between doing Chest to bar pull ups or normal kipping pull ups.
The same with Toes to Bar and Ab Mat sit ups.
However, what this does is allow athletes to scale when there is a movement that they can no longer do. Or, could not do in the first place.
Competition will always bring out the best in us. But it will also expose our weaknesses.
As always there are injuries at the weekend. However, as usual these injuries are acute, mild and minor, responding well to Physiotherapy and Rocktape UK were there to scrape and tape as part of the athlete services.
This weekend’s Injuries
included:
•Hand tape x 12
•Shoulder x 8
•Wrist x 5
•Low Back x 4
•Knee x 4
•Calf x 3
•Biceps x 2
•Cervical Spine x 1
•Trapezius Tear x 1
•Shin splints x 1
•Ankle x 1
It was great to see Tom
Blay from Reebok CrossFit 3D competing.
He is a machine and my Coach!
An amazing weekend of CrossFit.
Well done to all competitors and for TRAIN for there superb organisation.
