Sports Chiropractor Martin Kumm

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Sports Chiropractor Martin Kumm

"I help top athletes reach their goals" I am based in Basel, Switzerland, but due to my work I travel all around the world. What method do I use in my work?

About me
I am Martin Kumm, I am a sports chiropractor with an academic background and more than 10 years of experience working with some of the best athletes and coaches in the world. My main goal is to help the athletes achieve their maximum potential, using a unique method that gives excellent results. The most used method of training as much and as hard as possible will usually end up getting the athlete injured and will never reach their full physical potential. Instead, recovering from that takes up precious time from actually improving the results. My approach, on the other hand, is to work smart, not hard. Despite all the technological advancements, what is often lacking in the current performance world, is smart monitoring and adjusting the training load to individual athletes' needs. Yet, there is a so-called “Green-Zone Window” for training. It's where training/racing stimulus matches neurological and tissue loading capacity - recovery exceeds tissue breakdown (optimal loading). To say it simply - this means that if an athlete is physically and mentally in the “Green Zone” the likelihood of getting injured is minimal and the highest level of performance can be expected. If an athlete trains out of the “Green-Zone Window” the body needs to start using compensatory mechanisms Which in turn and in time leads to a chronic overload which in turn ends up the athlete getting an injury. The question is, how to find the “Green-Zone Window” for each athlete, since it's very personal and depends on the person. That's exactly where I come in. What's the exact process? With athletes I work closely together I use a simple but effective protocol: Test, Treat, Leave It. Test - the simplest and quickest way to tap into their neuromuscular system is to use muscles as indicators to see what is the maximum load where the compensatory systems won't be switched on. When they do the so-called “glitch” happens by the central nervous system as a protection mechanism. It’s my job to figure out using different tests where in the system this “glitch” is and Treat it. To treat the “glitch” I use different chiropractic techniques. After finding and treating the “glitch” in the system comes the most important part - Leave It which means leaving time for the results to show. This part is where the magic happens. Athletes body needs time to react to the treatment and mostly it has 3 outcomes: Got better, stays the same, got worse. Any one of these outcomes carries a very valuable information to me. While using the same tests again I can compare and figure out if the “glitch” in the system is manifesting with the same tests or it has moved. Especially with chronic overload injuries it might take quite a long time before I have removed all the compensational “layers” and I reach to the true cause of the athletes pain. An example of a success story
In 2016 I had the honor to work with Swiss Orienteering superstar - Judith Wyder. A year before she had dominated the orienteering World Championships by winning 3 gold medals. In 2016 her body gave in and she was far from medals. Post Worlds she turned to me to figure out what had gone wrong. She was not able to lift her left leg and had upper back pain. How she still managed to even run at the Worlds beats me. MRI and X-ray scans were all unremarkable - all her doctors said she is fine. We set to work. I used the same principle - Test, Treat and Leave It. I knew as long as she is not able to lift the leg on the treatment table she's far from running. We did multiple sessions per week to monitor her progress. Within a couple of weeks her neurology started to improve. She had regained some hip muscular activity which in turn allowed her to start lifting the leg. Her muscular activity was improving, even though her pain had not changed much. For me this was all good news as 90% of the times muscle strength precedes pain. Even though pain was not completely gone she started training as our indicator muscle tests stayed strong - meaning her neuromuscular system was healed and ready for loading. Within 2 months she returned to racing pain free. Whom have I previously worked with? Teams:
-EHC Basel Ice Hockey Club
-Estonian National Ice Hockey Teams (U20/Men)
-Sm'Aesch Volleyball Team
-Education First - Easy Post Professional Cycling Team. Individual Athletes:
-Robert Rooba (Ice Hockey)
-Marko Albert (Triathlon)
-Judith Wyder (Orienteering)
-Silvan Wicki (Track and Field, sprinter)
-Alexandra Burghart (Track and Field, sprinter)
-Amelie Lederer (Track and Field, sprinter)
-Markus Fuchs (Track and Field, sprinter)
-Ivona Dadic (Track and Field, Hepatlon)
-Anu Ennok (Volleyball)
-Pascale Stöcklin (Track and Field, Pole Vault)
Danijel Vukicevic (Handball)

If you are an athlete or a coach and feel that I could be of help when reaching your goals, find my contacts on www.martinkumm.com and contact me!

29/01/2026

The knee doesn’t work in isolation.

In cycling, the hip plays a major role in how load is controlled from above.
When hip control or capacity drops — especially as training volume or intensity increases — the knee often becomes the place where symptoms show up.

That’s why:
• strengthening one muscle isn’t enough
• stretching where it hurts rarely solves the problem
• and pain disappearing doesn’t always mean the system is ready

Knee issues make more sense when you stop looking at joints in isolation.
Hip. Knee. Ankle.
One system.

If you’re dealing with knee pain — or trying to stay ahead of it this season — I’ve put together a short, practical Knee Readiness Guide that breaks this system down clearly.

👉 Free download via the link in my bio.

27/01/2026

Most knee pain in cycling
isn’t about what happens at the knee.

It’s about how load is controlled above it.

The hip’s job is to:
– stabilise the pelvis
– control femur position
– manage force on every pedal stroke

When that system starts to struggle —
especially as volume and intensity increase —
the knee often becomes the place where symptoms show up.

That’s why:
isolated knee exercises,
stretching where it hurts,
or pain-focused “fixes”
often fail long-term.

Pain is the signal, not the starting point.

If you want to understand this before pain forces a change,
I’ve broken the system down in a short, practical Knee Readiness Guide.

👉 Link in bio

22/01/2026

Knee pain in cycling is rarely a knee problem.

The knee sits between two systems:
• the hip, which controls load from above
• the ankle, which absorbs and redirects load from below

When either side lacks control or capacity, the knee compensates.

That’s why:
• strengthening one muscle doesn’t solve it
• stretching one structure doesn’t fix it
• and pain disappearing doesn’t mean the system is ready

Cycling injuries don’t happen at a single joint.
They happen when the system breaks down. If you’re a cyclist dealing with knee pain —
or trying to stay ahead of it as volume and intensity build —
I’ve put together a short, practical booklet that breaks this system down clearly.

No guesswork.
No generic advice.
Just how hip, knee and ankle work together in cycling — and what to look for before pain forces a change.

👉 Download the free booklet via the link in my bio.

20/01/2026

Knee pain is rarely about the knee.

In cycling, the knee often ends up carrying load that should be managed elsewhere.
When you only treat the symptom, the problem keeps coming back.

Think in systems — not single joints.
If you train harder without checking this, you’re guessing.

15/01/2026

As a kid, I remember watching Marco Pantani, Jan Ullrich, and Lance Armstrong battle for yellow at the Tour de France.

Back then, it felt impossibly far away.
Something you watched — not something you were part of.

In 2026, that changes.

This will be my fifth season working with EF — and the season I fulfil a childhood dream: being part of the Tour de France.

I’m not an athlete on the team.
I’m part of the performance and medical staff — supporting riders behind the scenes so they can perform, stay healthy, and keep racing at the highest level.

From youth riders to WorldTour professionals, my job has always been the same:
solve pain at its root, not just manage symptoms.

The lessons I learn at the highest level of cycling don’t stay in the WorldTour.
They shape how I work with everyday cyclists — helping them ride stronger, stay pain-free, and trust their bodies again.

Grateful. Motivated.
Ready for the season ahead.

13/01/2026

Before you train harder, pause for a moment.

Most cyclists decide readiness based on how they feel.
Pain-free often gets treated as a green light.

The problem is that pain is a late signal.
Control issues show up much earlier — especially early season.

That’s why increasing load too soon rarely feels wrong at first.
The consequences usually show up later.

This isn’t about stopping training.
It’s about checking first, then building with confidence.

Save this.
Re-check it before your next training increase.

09/01/2026

Pain disappearing mid-ride feels like progress.
But it usually isn’t.

Most cyclists start loading training again as soon as symptoms calm down.
What they miss is why the pain disappeared.

Often it’s not healing —
it’s compensation.

Your body finds a way around weak control.
And that’s exactly when problems build quietly.

The lateral step-down test helps reveal:
• knee tracking
• hip control
• side-to-side differences

All before pain shows up.

If this feels familiar, don’t ignore it.
Awareness comes before injury prevention.

Save this.
And re-check as the season builds.

08/01/2026

Pain disappearing is not the same as healing.

For many cyclists, it simply means the body has found a way to cope — by shifting load elsewhere.

That’s why early-season knee pain is so misleading.
It often fades… before it returns stronger.

This is your reminder:
Less pain ≠ readiness.

Awareness comes before pain.

Save this.
More tomorrow.

02/01/2026

Early-season knee pain is rarely about a single bad ride.

It usually shows up when training load increases faster than the body can adapt.

Before pain becomes consistent, there are often subtle signs — changes in control, stability, or movement quality — that are easy to ignore because riding still feels “fine.”

Learning to recognise these signs early changes how the entire season unfolds.

01/01/2026

January is where most cycling seasons are decided.

Not by how hard you train —
but by how well your body is prepared for the load.

We’ll take a different approach this year.

31/12/2025

Most early-season knee pain doesn’t come from bad training.

It comes from starting the season with a body that isn’t ready for the load yet.

Before pain becomes consistent, your body usually gives subtle signals — changes in control, stability, or movement quality.

These signs often show up before the season really begins.

Understanding them early changes everything about how the season unfolds.

30/12/2025

Most problems I see in February
start with decisions made in January.

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