Audio Interview with Darcy Norman

Darcy has worked both sides of the rehab/training fence in pro soccer, with professional cyclists, and all sorts of other high level athletes so he has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to sports medicine. In this interview he discusses his philosophy for metabolic conditioning and also how to apply these principles to the rehab setting. I also wanted to get him on to talk about some of his ideas on treating the cervical spine. They're simple but very effective, and you'll be incorporating them into your program tomorrow with great results!

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Here are a couple single arm examples that I've used in the past. The pillow press is a great way to get started and then progress to the standing shoulder flexion/extension exercise (see the SFMA Shoulder corrections article - link at the bottom of the page). The other higher level example would be to hold a kettlebell overhead and work cervical and/or thoracic rotation from kneeling or standing positions.

Darcy is advocating more work with both arms overhead so I'll work some of those corrections into a future article dealing with the SFMA cervical corrections.

Bio

Darcy is a licensed physical therapist, certified athletic trainer and strength and conditioning specialist. He has worked with the world famous Athletes Performance since 2003 fulltime and on a variety of projects as a consultant since 2006. Darcy started his own consulting company Norman Kinetics and is currently the Director of Sports Performance at the Tahoe Center for Health and Sports Performance in Truckee, Ca. His knowledge of functional biomechanics, pre, post rehabilitation and testing has come from the latest in continuing education courses as well as years of developing his own philosophies from working with athletes at all levels and other health care professionals around the world. Darcy's experience of working with the wellness, rehabilitation and injury prevention of patients and athletes spans from junior, collegiate, amateur, Olympic, professional and elite athletes. Some of his current projects include being the strength coach and consultant for Team HTC-Columbia Pro Cycling and as a fitness and rehab specialist with FC Bayern Munich Professional Soccer Club.