Mike Ryan is an expert in the Sports Medicine field. Mike's objective for MikeRyanFitness.com is simple: to provide athletes with elite sports medicine information that is easy to learn, simple to use and creates fast results.
The Return of Osgood Schlatter Knee Pain
I recently recieved a great question on Osgood Schlatters disease of the knee, a common topic for questions on MikeRyanFitness, that I wanted to share. The Question: Hello my name is Carla and I’ve had osgood schlatter since I was 13. Now that I’m 21 years old and I want to ask you a few questions. I have [...]
Insider Medical Questions with the NFL Draft
NFL Draft Day is here and I think it’s safe to say that most football fans are tired of the Mock Draft-mania. We’ve heard plenty of football “experts” give their opinions on why this or that player should or shouldn’t be Drafted based on their running speed, physical size and football talent. Who’s asking the [...]
Burning Body Fat the Smart Way
I received an email from a follower with a simple and important question: “How to I determine how hard to exercise when I want to burn more body fat?” I loved the question and I want to share my answer. If your main objective is to reduce body fat, your target heart rate (THR) zone should [...]
“Why Fitness Rocks” by Paul Phillips – MudRunManiac.com 900 As of today, 900 is the total number of burpees I have left to complete the 5K Burpee Challenge for March. This challenge has proved very difficult for me. Despite tweaking my approach each day and growing very efficient at the burpee [...]
This past weekend’s big local mud run is the talk of the town. With thousands of participants and so many wonderful stories involving the event, the MS MuckRuckus was a huge success. I was fortunate enough to win this year’s Competitive Male race. I’d finished in 2nd place the last two years, so the 3rd time [...]
