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.
High Ankle Sprain Management in the NFL
New England Patriots’ TE Rob Gronkowski’s ankle sure is getting a great deal of attention as we head into this weekend’s big Super Bowl matchup. Managing a high ankle sprain is not easy. Rehabbing a high ankle sprain requires a significant amount of experience. Managing this injury is a balance of properly stabilizing of the entire lower leg while assessing the athlete’s function prior to [...]
Injury Prevention Made Practical
I have 33 days to get ready for a 1/2 marathon, 13.1 miles. I’ll save you the details of my To Do List for the last 33 days but trust me when I say it was less than relaxing. Yesterday was my “Kick Myself in the Ass” day to do my first run of over [...]
Five (and 1/2) Lessons I Learned from Maurice Jones-Drew
This NFL season marked a milestone for me. With twenty-four years in the league, I’ve now spent half my life on the sidelines working in elite sports medicine. To say the least, the 2011-12 NFL season was a turbulent and fascinating one for the Jacksonville Jaguars. We fired our head coach, Jack DelRio, at mid-season. [...]
The Benefits of Running in Cold Weather [mademen.com]
<<<<< First of all, this is not me! I can hear you now: “What’s a guy from Florida know about running in cold weather?!” The answer: Too much. Growing up in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts and being an indoor/outdoor collegiate miler in Connecticut at a college with no indoor track, I’ve run thousands of [...]
The 100 Year Old Marathon Runner (not a typo)
I love this story on so many levels. From his amazing accomplishment to his funny T-shirt, this one will make you smile. Hopefully it makes you sit a bit taller and say to yourself “If this 100-year-old man can get out there and take on a challenge, so can I!” TORONTO (AP) — A 100-year-old [...]
