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Feature Articles
Find the latest feature articles here! We generally post new articles every week, and most of them can be found right here. Click on any headline below to find the full article. And be sure to click the 'view more articles' link at the bottom of the page to read articles you may have missed.
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Increasing Intensity Without Increasing Load
Joe Heiler PT, CSCS I'm constantly on the lookout for ways to challenge my patients and athletes, but without overloading to their joints and tissues. We all have those folks that want to really push themselves, but sometimes they are at that point in their lives or careers where it's just not appropriate for longevity sake. In this article I'll discuss some of the strategies I use to get the most out of strength training without overloading the weakest link. . . .
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5 Mobility Issues Preventing a Consistent Release Point
Mike Reinold PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, CSCS Most people know that one of the keys to successful baseball pitching is a consistent release point. This is a point that is driven home by coaches all the time. Most people focus on your arm slot, for good reason. Many times inconsistency in your arm slot can be the major cause of poor biomechanics and difficulty repeating your delivery. I see this a lot in young baseball pitchers that are trying to tweak their mechanics and pitchers that may have discomfort in their shoulder or elbow and are trying to take some pressure off the sore area. However, the act of throwing a baseball is a sequence of kinetic chain events that ultimately lead to your release point. There are several factors with your lower body and core that may be altering your arm slot and leading to an inconsistent release point without you even realizing. . . .
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Key Functional Exercises You Should Know - Turkish Get Up
This review covers part III of Gray Cook's new DVD: Key Functional Exercises You Should Know. The majority of the DVD covers the Turkish Get Up which is what I will address here, but also covers the Q & A session at the end of Gray's presentation. I know Gray doesn't like to give an answer to the question 'if you could only use one exercise what would it be?', but when he has had to it has been the TGU. There are just so many great things going on with this exercise that I look for any excuse to work it in with my patients and athletes. . . .
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Audio Interview with Dr. Todd Arnold
In this interview, Dr. Arnold talks about how he has adopted Functional Movement Systems and the TPI system, how he creates and team and uses these systems as he works with elite level athletes in multiple sports. Dr. Arnold also shares some of his ideas on how certain sports movements could influence your thought process when it comes to corrective exercise and how performance could be tied to FMS scores. . . .
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Key Functional Exercises You Should Know - The Deadlift
Joe Heiler PT, CSCS Gray Cook recently released his new DVD: Key Functional Exercises You Should Know which covers the Chop and Lift, Deadlift, and Turkish Get-Up. Gray presents a lot of great information, especially as it relates to why these should be the important pieces in your rehab/training programs, and also some new twists are far as technique and cuing. This week I'm reviewing the deadlift and single leg deadlift. . . .
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Webinar - Kinetic Chain Connections - How foot mechanics relate to biomechanics of injury and performance
In this one hour seminar, we will explore how foot mechanics, the most complex joint system of the body, relates to injuries in team sports. In a clear and concise presentation, Dr. Bruce Williams will address very demanding subject matter such as pathomechanics of injury and how performance is compromised by joint and muscle dysfunction. With topics covering a wide range of subjects such as kinetics and foot anatomy, coaches and therapists can learn to create connections between popular movement screens and foot architecture and functional tests. Practitioners and clinicians will love the evidence based medicine approach to treating underly problems with a holistic approach to treating injury and maximizing performance. . . .
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Audio Interview with Patrick Ward
In this interview Patrick talks about the physiologic buffer zone and it's components, how improving these qualities can enhance performance and make athletes more injury resistant, tests you can use during training and rehab that will give you real time feedback concerning the state of your clients and patients, and how to use that information to drive your interventions.. . . .
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A 3-Step Approach to Improving Stride Length
Joe Heiler PT, CSCS/Kevin Neeld MS, CSCS, LMT I had a father and son come to me recently with a number of running injuries and looking for answers. Their biggest concern was improving stride length and speed, but in their attempts to do so themselves the father ended up with plantarfascitis and hip pain, and the son who is a year removed from ACL surgery is starting to have some knee pain again. I do read Kevin Neeld's blog on a regular basis and when I caught this article I figured this would be a great one to share. It's hockey related of course, but for those of you dealing with runners there is a great take home message... . . .
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Joint Centration and Shoulder Stabilization
Joe Heiler PT, CSCS I had planned on waiting awhile to get to this topic but since Charlie Weingroff did such a great job with it at this past weekend's course, I figured no better time than the present. So what I've seen the past 10 years or so, and have been guilty of myself, is trying to fix this scapular 'dyskinesis' thing by teaching retraction and depression of the scapulae. "Down and back" with everything!. Well here are a number of reasons from Charlie, plus a couple nice videos from Dr. Evan Osar showing why that is not such a great idea. . . .
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Elite Physical Therapy Blog - Shoulder Rehab Part II
Joe Heiler PT, CSCS In Part I, I discussed how physical therapy of the shoulder using traditional rotator cuff exercises really gets me fired up. Traditional methods of shoulder rehab often train the muscles of the shoulder in a way that they are not really used in normal everyday function. If you haven't caught that article yet, I suggest you read that one first. In this article I want to address a couple other pieces of the puzzle: motor control and regional interdependence.. . . .
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3 S's for Stronger Knees
Mike Robertson Mike is at it again writing another great article dealing with correcting knee pain from the trainer's perspective. What I find extremely valuable here is that while I have the ability to make some of these corrections Mike talks about manually, I now have some great ways for my patients to carry the treatment over into their training. Not only that but Mike always has a great way of explaining things - I think I'll be handing this one out to a few of my 'knee' patients. Also wanted to quickly mention that Mike is giving 15% off his 'Bullet Proof Knees' products (links in the article) . . .
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Key Functional Exercises You Should Know - Chops and Lifts Part II
Joe Heiler PT, CSCS Gray Cook recently released his new DVD: Key Functional Exercises You Should Know which covers the Chop and Lift, Deadlift, and Turkish Get-Up. Gray presents a lot of great information, especially as it relates to why these should be the important pieces in your rehab/training programs, and also some new twists are far as technique and cuing. I plan on covering quite a few of these over the next few weeks, starting with chops and lifts. . . .
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Audio Interview with Tim Vagen Part II
This part II of my interview with Tim Vagen. In this interview Tim relates the 'joint-by-joint' approach to swimmers, as well as new ideas on 'core' training and joint centration. He also covers his overhead shoulder stability progressions and how movement competency can influence capacity. . . .
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Audio Interview with Tim Vagen
Tim Vagen is our resident expert when it comes to rehabbing and training swimmers as well as other elite athletes. In this interview Tim relates the 'joint-by-joint' approach to swimmers, as well as new ideas on 'core' training and joint centration. He also covers his overhead shoulder stability progressions and how movement competency can influence capacity. . . .
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5 Ways to Improve the Deep Squat Part 2
Dr. Erson Religioso III, DPT, MS, MTC, CertMDT, CFC, CSCS, FAAOMPT I know the arguments against looking at deep squat. I know that many adults cannot do it, but like running, and kneeling, squatting is an ADL everyone should be able to perform. When you take into account that recent research shows that something as simple as getting up off of the ground is a predictor of mortality rates in older individuals, it only makes sense to look at a deep squat from a mobility and a stability standpoint. . . .
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Elite Physical Therapy Blog - Shoulder Rehab Part I
Joe Heiler PT, CSCS I was speaking to a surgeon in my town recently and he asked 'how was I different' as compared to other physical therapists. I decided to give him a few examples as it related to the shoulder since that was his specialty. I'm often asked this same question by patients since they frequently come to me having had treatment previously without the results they were looking for. Based off those past conversation, here is part I of 'Shoulder Rehab'.. . . .
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Key Functional Exercises You Should Know - Chops and Lifts Part I
Gray Cook recently released his new DVD: Key Functional Exercises You Should Know which covers the Chop and Lift, Deadlift, and Turkish Get-Up. Gray presents a lot of great information, especially as it relates to why these should be the important pieces in your rehab/training programs, and also some new twists are far as technique and cuing. I plan on covering quite a few of these over the next few weeks, starting with chops and lifts.. . . .
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Considerations in Athletic Performance Enhancement Training: Olympic Style Weightlifting
Robert A. Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS Ideal athletic performance comprises a positive contribution of various physical (strength) qualities that are necessary to enhance the movements (skills) of the athletic endeavor. One of these essential physical qualities is power. Power may be expressed as Work divided by Time (W/t) where Work = Force X Distance and Force = Mass X Acceleration. Therefore one method of consideration to enhance an athlete's physical quality of "power" is for the athlete to lift a specific programed weight intensity (mass) at a high velocity (acceleration) or a higher weight intensity (mass) at the same velocity (acceleration). . . .
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5 Ways to Improve the Overhead Deep Squat
Dr. Erson Religioso III, DPT, MS, MTC, CertMDT, CFC, CSCS, FAAOMPT Erson is back at it again with some great manual techniques to correct the deep overhead squat: I mainly use the ODS test movement as a clearing screen closer to discharge rather than an initial movement. This is because so many things can cause dysfunctional movement. It could be anything from thoracic and lumbar mobility, to hip, knee, ankle mobility, or core stability/motor control issues. Part 1 is manual techniques I use to assist the ODS. . . .
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Anatomy, diagnosis and management of ankle syndesmosis injuries: Part Two
Andy Barker PT BSc (Hons) MCSP This article will focus on the use of imaging and objective testing to diagnose an ankle syndesmotic injury. In addition, an idea of what management strategies might be useful to protect and rehabilitate such an injury. The initial presentation of your athlete or patient will guide you as to your initial intervention. Any marked bony tenderness at the base of the fibula, inability to weight bear and large joint effusion may indicate a bony injury. In this instance an x-ray would be advisable to rule out or rule in a fracture. You should not use any of the objective tests shown below until a fracture has been ruled out. . . .
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