Optimal Development – Injury Prevention Tips for Youth Athletes
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Injury and Rehabilitation
Info on how to best treat injuries and speed up rehabilitation times
Tendon Rehab – Advice from Tendon Expert Keith Baar
Tendon injuries are very common and often hard to rehab correctly. Strengthening is part of rehab but it has to be right to get the right results. Tendon strength is different to muscle strength. Tendons don’t really grow in size like a muscle. Tendons have to absorb tension and release it again at the correct … Read more
Fix Your Shoulder Raise – Shoulder Pain on Overhead movement is not always Rotator Cuff Injury
Above are 2 pics of me doing a simple Shoulder Raise exercise. However only one of them is correct. Yes the top one is the better one Notice on the 2nd photo the Back extension is measured at 8′ while the one is only 1′. People often show up in clinic with pain on … Read more
Shoulder and Posture Hack – release the Latts from the bottom up
ONE of the most common postural issues I see these days is the forward head – rounded shoulders and hunched upper back that affects many of the desk bound workers. While it may not be as visually obvious as shown in the pic on the right this posture has a detrimental effect on shoulder range … Read more
2 hacks to upgrade your shoulder health and overhead exercises
The shoulder is one of the most common injury and pain sites often due to poor sitting posture. Longer periods in this poor hunched posture limits shoulder range of motion which reduces the quality of over head motion in particular. As the shoulder is a ball and socket joint the key to regaining or improving … Read more
How to stretch the Hip Flexor
Many low back problems seen clinically these days have their origins in the hip – mainly due to long periods sitting which allows the Psoas (main hip flexor) to rest in a shortened position. As your Psoas gets too used to this position it begins to limit the amount of hip extension you can do … Read more
Improve hip mobility and strength to prevent hip and back pain
As I mentioned in last weeks post on Sciatica one of the precursors can be a difference between the amount internal and external hip rotation – Generally I would see significantly reduced internal rotation vs external rotation usually due to sitting too long at a desk. This restriction also causes reduced stride length and efficiency … Read more
Sciatica – Causes and Symptoms – and where to look for the root of the problem
Sciatica is a common type of pain which impacts the sciatic nerve as it extends down the leg. The term Sciatica is a “catch all” term which describes a particular subset of symptoms including: Low back pain Hip pain in the back of the leg which is generally worse during sitting Burning or Tingling down … Read more
Forces on the Spine – What your back has to deal with
Last weeks post (The Most Important thing to Learn) discussed the curvatures of the spine and the alignment that should be a goal for all of us during exercise and everyday activities .i.e. the J Curve. This is not a rigid position that should be held at all costs but rather a neutral zone that … Read more
How important is your big toe???
For years we’ve been inundated with shoe technology to prevent falling / dropped / collapsing arches. But what if we had our own method of reducing the effects of these flat arches. WE DO….and we need the big toe to do it. Below we can see the Windlass Mechanism in action but you can feel … Read more