U.S. medal winning performances on video. Did you miss a golden moment at the Olympics? Many of us on the East coast cannot stay up until midnight on weekdays. We have to go to work in the morning. And to keep their audience interested for the entire 4 hour coverage, NBC will save the moments you want to see most until that last hour.
So if you've missed many of the special Olympic moments you can see them. They're not on You Tube. But a quick download of silverlight and you can see Sean White's McTwist on the half pipe, Evan Lysacek's gold medal skate, Vonn's downhill gold medal run and her teary finish, Bode Miller's downhill combined gold medal run and more.
Besides offering a pillow-like heel strike, improved stability and a comfy glove like fit, the Asics Gel 3010 has a has something called a bunion window, which feels great to those with this congenital foot malady.
I've shared this will all my other bunion friends. I have thus far shunned surgery, choosing instead to get bunion friendly shoes. The wide toe box helps in this regard as well. This shoe is for those who need a stability shoe. However, it is flexible, not stiff, and has great cushion.
Olympic Athletes Worldwide Suffering from Economic Downturn. And the Olympics itself is having to face Olympic sized cuts in the budget.
These cuts are not just happening in the U.S. but in Europe and everywhere in between. It's a tough year for Vancouver to host and while they scramble to get everything in place to host the event, they've had to make some difficult decisions. It's hard to showcase your country on a shoestring budget and we'll see how the Canadians meet that challenge.
Even more difficult, is the number of athletes who won't be able to go and fulfill a lifelong dream because of lack of funds for training, transportation or because teams can't take as many athletes as they have in the past.
Sponsorship is down. But sponsorship is what catapults a brand from anonymity to center stage.
People see an athlete wear something, they have to have it. What other explanation do you have for all these one arm arm bands you see at all levels of basketball play from rec league to high school to college? Kobe. Kobe wears an arm band and the trend is set. Most of the kids aren't even sure why they have on the single arm band. They just know it's hot.
It was at the Olympic games that kinesio tape became a hot item simply because they gave out thousands of rolls of tape to athletes.
Everyone wanted to know more. What was that on Kerri Walsh's back. That was, from a marketing perspective, a genius move. It put kinesio on the map and people scrambling to create their own brand of tape.
So while budget cuts are still happening, anyone who wants to go from small time to big time can do it with Olympic sponsorship. Nothing puts a brand out there like a huge sports bonanza. If you have a product, consider sponsoring an athlete or a team on a small scale. Olympic limelight will reward you many times over. And an athlete will be able to realize his or her dream.
One of the things that makes kinesiology tape so popular with injured athletes is its ability to quickly relieve pain from acute or chronic injuries. Relief is often significant within a few minutes of applying the tape. I've even felt relief within seconds.
The short instructional video below is from the manufacturer of RockTape, a brand of kinesiology tape engineered to improve athletic performance in addition to providing therapeutic benefits.
The “pain zapper” method is a quickie way to relief the pain of an injury because sometimes a taping is not covered in a book or you're out and you don't have a book but you do have tape. Faster that advil or alleve, it is a simple taping technique that can be used on virtually any part of the body that is in pain. The only thing that differs is the length of the tape which depends on which body part you are applying it to.
Keep a roll of RockTape and a pair of scissors handy in your athletic bag.
I have several products I use on a regular basis that help me avoid athletic injury or help me recover from one so I can continue to be active. I'd have to say that my fave is the kinesio tapes. I like each of them for different reasons but they really do the trick when it comes to reducing pain, swelling and promoting healing. I usually have the bulk rolls.
So do you have a favorite supplement, product, brace that helps keep you in the game or gets you back faster? We'd love to hear it. Even if it's something you sell we want to hear it. Many of you represent companies in the first place because you believe in the product. Tell us why you like it and why it's better than similar products.
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