Once the patient or athlete has mastered supine and quadruped, it’s time to move on and challenge them in plank and push-up positions. As far as where to start, I …
Core Stability vs Core Strength
Core stability and core strength are terms that are often used interchangeably when speaking about training the trunk musculature, whether in the rehab or performance settings. The fact is that …
Back to Strength Training – The Shoulder
I don’t know about you, but probably a 1/3 of the athletes I see now have shoulder pain, impingement, rotator cuff tear, etc. as a diagnosis. Another 1/3 will complain …
ACL Prevention Strategies – Jumping
ACL injuries are becoming ridiculously common amongst athletes from the junior high/high school level on through the professional levels of all sports. My personal thoughts on this issue have a …
Dynamic Ankle Mobility
Maximizing joint mobility is critical especially in our athletes who are pushing themselves as far as their bodies will let them. All of our joints must have a certain amount …
Solving Anterior Knee Pain
Pain in the front of the knee is becoming an epidemic amongst serious weight lifters, athletes, and weekend warriors. It once was one of those injuries we associated mostly with …
Shoulder Injury Prevention – Causes and Solutions
Chronic shoulder pain is nothing new to lifters or overhead athletes. It can range from something you just live with and work around to debilitating and career ending. It is …
Preventing Hamstring Injuries – Part I
I worked with a college running back last summer who was contemplating quitting football because of chronic hamstring injuries starting in high school and on through his first two years …
Predictable Perturbations: An Innovative Clinical Perspective
INTRODUCTION Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries and death by injury in the United States, accounting for approximately 48% to 75% of all unintentional injuries reported for adults …