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The Rehab Room!
Welcome to our Sports Injury and Rehab Room! This section features both injury prevention and rehab. Everything from icing and injury to post-rehab protocols...
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Addressing Pelvic Rotation
Aaron Brooks of Perfect Postures
Article and Audio Interview
When trying to address your athlete's or client's limitations due to pain or joint restriction, a pelvic rotation finding can be extremely valuable. If you look at most clients/athletes that have some type of chronic pain or inhibited joint function you will more than likely find a varying degree of pelvic rotation in the transverse plane. . . . keep reading
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The Basics of Whole Body Vibration, Part 2
Charlie Weingroff
Article and Audio Interview
In Part 1, I talked about the mechanics of what a WBV platform does and how the body responds to it. Today, I will go over the many evidence-based uses for WBV, and some very fundamental differences between some of the commercial units that are available. . . . keep reading
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The Basics of Whole Body Vibration Training, Part 1
Charlie Weingroff
Article and Audio Interview
In Part 1, Charlie Weingroff, the Director of Clinical Education for the Vibraflex Whole-Body Vibration(WBV) Platform talks about the mechanics of what a WBV platform does and how the body responds to it. . . . keep reading
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Shoulder Injury Prevention Through Overhead Movements
Tim Vagen
Article and Audio Interview
There is a common belief in the strength and conditioning community that overhead pressing exercise should not be used for the typical "shoulder athlete." These athletes are most commonly from the sports of baseball, volleyball, tennis, and swimming. This belief is based in the widely held concept that overhead pressing exercise will lead to injury, primarily a shoulder impingement. . . . keep reading
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Rotator Cuff Training
Michael Boyle
A recent strengthcoach.com forum post explored training the rotator cuff. Specifically discussed was the concept of using tubing versus dumbbells and the effect of different exercise positions. Physical Therapist John Pallof, currently practicing at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, has taught us and our throwing athletes some excellent rotator cuff exercises using the Keiser Functional Trainer to develop posterior cuff strength and scapula stability. . . . keep reading
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The Static Stretching Renaissance
Michael Boyle
In the field of strength and conditioning the pendulum always swings. Performance enhancement expert Alwyn Cosgrove is fond of saying we over-react in the short term and under-react in the long term. A classic example is the use of, or current disdain for, static stretching. . . . keep reading
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Understanding and Training Hip Flexion?
Michael Boyle
A recent post on my website forum (www.michaelboyle.biz) made me realize that often a short answer to a complicated question doesn’t work. A few of my readers seemed to think that all of the recent talk about a weak psoas muscle or an under-active psoas muscle might just be people being trendy. I for one strongly disagree. I think my increased knowledge of the biomechanics of hip flexion is one of the most valuable things that I have learned in the past five years. The problem with understanding hip flexion in general and the psoas muscle in particular is that we use the term “hip flexor” as a generic term to apply to five muscles, four of which have distinctly different leverage positions from the other one. . . . keep reading
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Defending the Sagittal Plane
By: Keats Snideman CSCS, LMT, NMT
Look at any current popular fitness magazine or journal and you're bound to find an article raving about the benefits of functional or "mutli-dimensional" training. To make sure we're all on the same page, let's have a quick review over what these specific planes are and how they are defined. . . . keep reading
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Anterior Knee Pain- Pain Site versus Pain Source
Michael Boyle
Anterior knee pain goes by a large number of names but unfortunately seems to have relatively few effective treatments. Chondromalacia Patella, Patella Tendonitis and Patella-Femoral Syndrome are all names used to describe various types of often debilitating anterior knee pain. . . . keep reading
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Strong and Injury Free?
Michael Boyle
Insanity is often defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. In the field of strength development, this concept applies directly to exercise selection. . . . keep reading
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