ACL Rehabilitation Timeline: Everything You Need to Know About Return to Sport Testing

So you’ve gone through 6 months of rehabilitation with your local physical therapist, and they’ve given your ACL reconstructed knee the okay to go back to playing your sport.  How do you feel??  If you were to go back to full play, without limitations, how would you rate your confidence on a scale of 1-10?… Continue reading ACL Rehabilitation Timeline: Everything You Need to Know About Return to Sport Testing

The Benefits of Warming Up Before Exercise (and How to Do It Right)

Modern society has patterned us to believe that all things should start up and run perfectly from the moment we lay a finger on them. Touch your iPhone and it’s operating at full capacity, turn on your TV and in seconds you can binge watch your favorite show on Netflix, or open your laptop and… Continue reading The Benefits of Warming Up Before Exercise (and How to Do It Right)

How to Avoid Injury and Safely Train for a Marathon

Each year in the United States, approximately half a million runners complete a marathon… …and it has been reported that during marathon training or racing up to 80-90% of those runners sustain a running related injury. Often, for many runners, completing a marathon is the culmination of months of hard training and the completion of… Continue reading How to Avoid Injury and Safely Train for a Marathon

ACL Injuries In Soccer: Why it Happens, Who’s at Risk, And The BEST Current Science On Injury Prevention

Soccer is one of the most played, watched, and loved sports in the world. Along with being incredibly popular, it also ranks near, if not at, the top of sports with the greatest risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears for female athletes.   You’ve likely heard of a family member, friend, or child of a… Continue reading ACL Injuries In Soccer: Why it Happens, Who’s at Risk, And The BEST Current Science On Injury Prevention

The Importance of the Bike Fit: Avoiding Knee Pain

In the last two blogs, we talked about how the benefits of a “dynamic” bike fit vs. a static bike fit can help rider’s who suffer from neck/shoulder and low back pain. If you are a cyclist who is currently lowering your miles or training intensity because of KNEE pain, then this series last blog… Continue reading The Importance of the Bike Fit: Avoiding Knee Pain

The Importance of the Bike Fit: Avoiding Neck and Shoulder Pain

Last month we talked about the importance of the “dynamic” bike fit. Looking at how individuals fit their bikes and how they move on them in order to help reduce low back pain while riding. These same principles can help alleviate pain in other areas common to cyclists, such as the neck and shoulder. The… Continue reading The Importance of the Bike Fit: Avoiding Neck and Shoulder Pain

The Importance of the Bike Fit: Avoiding Low Back Pain

Whether it was getting a new bike for Christmas as a kid or buying a used bike online and teaching yourself in an empty parking lot, everyone can remember getting their first bike and taking that ride! It’s an amazing feeling to be able to get on a bike and discover the world around you.… Continue reading The Importance of the Bike Fit: Avoiding Low Back Pain

Why You Need To Be Fit To Run

Why You Need to Be “Fit to Run” Before Running to Get Fit Chances are one of your New Year’s goals is to improve your fitness.  Most people either want to lose that stubborn belly fat, improve their energy, be more productive, or sleep better.  These are all side benefits (or side effects if you… Continue reading Why You Need To Be Fit To Run

Shoulder Instability: An Athlete’s Guide Explaining Why Your Performance is Suffering – Part II Anatomy and Where Treatment goes Wrong

            In the previous blog, I shared the story of my teammate’s experience with multi-directional shoulder instability, explained the types of shoulder instability and how they can present, and discussed who is likely to suffer from shoulder instability. In part two of this series, we will dive deeper into the anatomy of shoulder instability and… Continue reading Shoulder Instability: An Athlete’s Guide Explaining Why Your Performance is Suffering – Part II Anatomy and Where Treatment goes Wrong

Shoulder Instability: An Athlete’s Guide Explaining Why Your Performance is Suffering – Part I Epidemiology

            It was the fourth inning and our starting pitcher was starting to give up multiple hits and already at a high pitch count due to the other team’s patience at the plate. I was standing at short stop wondering how we were going to stop the bleeding and feeling helpless because nothing was coming… Continue reading Shoulder Instability: An Athlete’s Guide Explaining Why Your Performance is Suffering – Part I Epidemiology

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