Patients and therapists alike often joke about how their therapist fixed them, or they need fixing again. The term is commonplace and seems harmless at the surface. It's an easy way to characterize the experience of physical therapy. Your knee hurts, you work with a...
The other day I got a text message from a friend I have helped many times with fitness advice and workout ideas over the years. The question he posed to me described an all too familiar scenario: an overweight person not knowing how to start...
Functional movement is a topic that has been beat to death in the fitness and physical therapy industries. It's become a word that people can understand and relate to. Hell, it's in the definition of crossfit. And it makes sense- exercise should be functional! (Crossfit definition,...
Functional movement is a topic that has been beat to death in the fitness and physical therapy industries. It's become a word that people can understand and relate to. Hell, it's in the definition of crossfit. And it makes sense- exercise should be functional! (Crossfit definition,...
Hamstring strains are one of those stubborn injuries that far too often become recurrent injuries or more chronic strains. Their high rate of recurrence is often times due to a lack of careful rehabilitation and training following the injury. If you are experiencing chronic hamstring...
This article will highlight some of the deleterious effects of immobilization through a quick research review summary and then provide some videos of training and work that I did with a patient who was non-weight bearing in an ankle cast and for 6 weeks following...
After years of powerlifting training I started to learn that no matter what aches or pains I had, I would ALWAYS feel better when I left the gym. If you talk to guys who are still training hard, runners, or any exercise nut in their...
There is a lot of conflicting information in the rehab and strength and conditioning world. Look no further than the message boards on any popular blog or facebook page and you will see disagreement. Sometimes it's even hard to find conclusive information in the research....
Remember when the term “corrective exercise” came into vogue? It was the smart man’s way to exercise. Trainers were energized by the wave of new information and everyone started looking for flaws that needed correcting. ...