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Robert Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
The athlete's ability to react to a stimulus to which they are confronted is a component of athletics that should not be underestimated. When playing their offensive game, the athlete that processes the quicker first step, or the ability to react to the rebound of a missed shot that occurs in such sports as basketball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc… places the athlete in a position for continued offensive success....keep reading

Kevin Fay PT, DPT, CSCS
Part II on Kevin's investigative report into Major League Baseball. Here is the 'Eccentric' training program used by the pitchers in this organization. Identities have been withheld to protect the innocent....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
I think we do a great job at cueing and coaching good pelvic position when using standing based gym exercises. Equally, cueing the same position in supine in an unloaded state we also get it right. However, when adding load to supine based exercises good pelvic form is often lost. A great example of this is the bench press. Often when the load goes up so does load through the back as compensatory lumbar extension assists the lift. This is especially so when the feet are placed on the floor either side of the bench....keep reading

In Part II of our interview, Edo discusses the differences between Trigger Point Dry Needling (TDN) and accupuncture, who can become trained and how, as well as looking into the legalities of practicing in your state....keep reading

Andy Barker
Andy sent over this book review along with his recommendation. Reminds me a bit of 'Outliers' by Malcom Gladwell which was a great book as well. Anyway, with Christmas around the corner, if you need a good book to read then check out How Champions are Made...keep reading

This article was posted recently by Gray Cook and I think it's a great read for those of us that have really focused on evaluating and treating patterns of movement. Gray gives some great examples why you would want to stick with training patterns of movement although isolation of a particular muscle may seem to be indicated. On the other hand, I think we can sometimes forget that there can be a time and place for isolation of joints and muscles in exercise....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
A great quick and easy test to use to clear overhead lifting in rehab/training. Begin seated on the floor, tuck your thumb into your hand, keeping your elbows straight and lower back and head against the wall take your arms overhead to touch the wall behind you....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
Over thousands of years the evolutionary process has seen many changes that have led to the development of today's human beings. We are part of the family Hominidae which includes our species, Homo sapiens in addition to the great apes. Similarities can be seen throughout, when comparing humans to our previous ancestors. For instance, humans and the African apes both lack external tails and have hands with a thumb that give us the ability to complete opposition and thus, complete competent precision grip tasks....keep reading

Kevin Neeld is the Director of Athletic Development for Endeavor Fitness. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) holding a Master's degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Neuroscience. Kevin discusses injury prevention and performance training for hockey, the importance of hip mobility and core stability, on and off ice conditioning, sports hernia, his new website HockeyTrainingExpert.com, and more...keep reading

Dewey is a strength coach out of Oregon who specializes in training MMA fighters. Dewey discusses this unique sport and what clinicians and coaches need to know about training and injury prevention. As a bonus, learn how Dewey would take down the one and only Charlie Weingroff....keep reading

Robert A. Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
Throughout my 30-year career in in the fields of Sports Rehabilitation and Athletic Performance Training, I have spent thousands of hours in conversation with many good friends and mentors in the Strength and Conditioning profession. In a specific conversation that occurred in 2009 with renowned NFL and Hall of Fame Strength Coach Johnny Parker, he expressed his concern upon reading a newspaper article reporting an 800-pound squat performance by a collegiate football player. Coach Parker's concern was the necessity of such a high intensity squat lift as a strength requirement for the game of football and is the risk of such a high intensity squat performance worth the reward?...keep reading

David O'Sullivan
David has been good enough to put write up his notes from the 2009 Movement Dysfunction course in Edinburgh to share with the rest of us. So here is Day 2 of the conference, with day 3 to come....keep reading

Joe Heiler PT, CSCS
I recently opened my practice, and have my website up and running. One thing that I wanted to be sure to do was to get as much good training and rehab information out to the general public as I can. I've created a blog as part of that site to do just that, and also welcome the members of SportsRehabExpert.com to check it out and use anything from the blog that you think would help your own business or website......keep reading

Brooks Tiller DPT, CSCS
You remember that time that you had 4 supermodels wanting to be your date to the prom but you were only allowed to take one? Maybe that was just a dream I had but as I looked at the schedule for the Perform Better Summit in Providence, RI I knew what it would feel like. The lineup was a who's who in the rehab, strength, and fitness world. World renowned researchers, the best strength coaches, and top gun clinicians made it a tough decision but never a bad choice. As a Physical Therapist, my choice of presentations was biased by those that I believed would help me to help my patients the most. Here I have summarized over an hours worth of material of each into a few sentences....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
Static foot postural assessments give us information about the static foot, but beyond that I don't believe such assessments give a good indicator as to what happens during gait. Therefore, using both static and dynamic assessments with someone with a suspected ankle and/or foot driven problem is necessary. Relying solely on static information is all well and good but probably won't reflect the changes and movements that occur to both the foot and ankle when moving....keep reading

Joe Heiler PT, CSCS
I recently returned from another great Perform Better Summit, this time in Chicago. Its been a couple years and now I know why I couldn't wait to get back. Lots of great speakers with great information on topics that bridge both rehab and performance. Here is a quick review on each of speakers I saw...keep reading

Gray Cook
Here's some background information on why I developed the kneeling holds, how I have successfully used them and when they work. First of all, we've long used tall-kneeling and half-kneeling maneuvers as corrective exercises. Why? The position is just as important as the pattern. The position sets up the posture. The pattern sets up the movement....keep reading

Rob Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
Scientific investigations performed over the past few decades have recognized that the overhead throwing motion (i.e. pitching), as well as other high angular velocity overhead activities generates tremendous demands upon the glenohumeral (GH) joint of the shoulder. What should also be taken into consideration are the associated stresses that also occur at the elbow joint, and more specifically at the medial aspect of this joint during the performance of these high velocity activities....keep reading