Joseph Puleo - Running Anatomy

Joe Puleo

Dr. Patrick Milroy

Human Kinetics

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Puleo, Joe.

Running anatomy / Joe Puleo, Patrick Milroy.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-8230-3 (soft cover)

ISBN-10: 0-7360-8230-1 (soft cover)

1. Running--Training. 2. Running--Physiological aspects. 3. Running injuries--Prevention. 4. Sports medicine. I. Milroy, Patrick. II.Title.

GV1061.5.P85 2010

796.42--dc22

2009035764

ISBN-10: 0-7360-8230-1 (print)

ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-8230-3 (print)

Copyright 2010 by Joe Puleo and Patrick Milroy

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RUNNING ANATOMY

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Preface

B eginning with a chapter on the evolution of the human runner, Running Anatomy endeavors to educate runners about how and why their bodies work as they do during the movements of running. Running Anatomy explains not only how the soft tissues and bones interact to produce movement, but why they do so and what you can do to maximize your own personal running goals. By detailing the mechanisms of movement through illustrations, we hope to show, in a simple format, what happens when your body engages in running.

The goal of this book is threefold. First, the illustrations in this book are meant to aid the runner in understanding the anatomy impacted when the runner is in motion. By calling out the anatomy associated with the running motion, we hope to further the runners understanding of how bones, organs, muscles, ligaments, and tendons work to move the body. The anatomical illustrations that accompany the exercises are color-coded to indicate the primary and secondary muscles and connective tissues featured in each exercise and running-specific movement.

Then, after detailing the hows and whys of running, we focus on the significance of strengthening your body through strength training devised for performance enhancement. The text in each chapter further explains the function of the anatomy shown in the illustrations.

Finally, the strengthening exercises included in each chapter will improve running performance and help to keep the runner injury-free by eliminating anatomical imbalances that often occur naturally but are exacerbated by the muscularskeletal demands of running.

The ultimate goal is to create a strength-training program that is logical and easy-to-use but also effective in improving running performance. Since injuries often occur as a result of repetitive movement, understanding how and why the body moves may be a simple way to enhance performance and prevent injury. Our intent is to enhance your running experience and performance by helping you understand the anatomy of running and develop a clearly defined strength-training program.

Acknowledgments

M any people contributed to this book in many different ways. Jack Kraynak, Jay Carlin, Rob Weinmann, Dale Luy, Ken Deangelo, and Bill Preston were my coaches and mentors. Bob Kirkner, Dr. Carolyn Peel, Bill Bender, Scott Conary, Dave Salmon, Cassy Bradley, Abby Dean, Jay Johns, Sean Mick, Patty Deroian, Terry Luzader, Dave Welsh, Chris Ganter, Suzanne Dorrell, Sharon Smith, Jay Friedman, Mike Fox, Travis Stewart, Frank Iwanicki, and Robin England were training partners and guinea pigs. Capt. David Litkenhus, Lt. Col. Steven Peterson, Dr. Gregory Ng, Brian Walton, Harvey Newton, Brandon Risser, Myrna Marcus, Bob Gamberg, Bob Schwelm, Todd Williams, Dave Shelburne, Paul Slaymaker, Steve Dinote, Graig White, the members and staff of the Rutgers UniversityCamden track and field team, and the Haddonfield Running Company provided professional support and friendship. Models Brandee Neiderhofer, Jon Salamon, Lyndi Puleo, Anthony Witter, and Jorge Ramos gave their time and talents to make the illustrations possible. The Spa Fitness Center in Pennsuaken, New Jersey, and owner Tom Loperfido allowed us to shoot the reference photos. The staff at Human KineticsLaurel Plotzke, Leigh Keylock, Mandy Eastin-Allen, Laura Podeschi, Neil Bernstein, Jen Gibas, and Cynthia McEntireguided the publication process.

Special thanks to my wife, Lyndi, and children, Gabe, Anna, and Sophia, for sharing me with this project for the past two years. Also, my efforts are in honor of my grandfather Joseph A. Puleo, Sr., and my father, Joseph A. Puleo, Jr.

Joe Puleo

My writing skills were developed through the advice of various editors of