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Andy Barker PT
Whatever domain you work in gaining trust and having people believe in what you are telling them is imperative. Trust and 'buy in' is necessary to build relationships between you as a practitioner and an athlete. Without this progression, rehab and treatment can prove difficult and as a result potentially unsuccessful. I have highlighted five ways in which I have found to have improved this process and help to ensure we are getting as much out of an athlete's rehab and training program as possible....keep reading

New Interview is LIVE with Ireland Legend Robbie Bourke!...keep reading

I've got the 2009 Teleseminar Series back up on the Download page so if you missed them last year, or just want to revisit them again, they are all back up to stay. Here is the link......keep reading

Many people struggle to have the mobility necessary in the shoulder to have a safe front rack position. Here are two of my favorite exercises to address this...keep reading

Gray Cook
Looking back over the Essentials of Coaching and Training Functional Continuums DVD I did with Dan John and Lee Burton, I realized how often we mentioned strength. This could potentially be the most polarizing topic that I've ever approached, only because I feel that many will think I'm saying strength isn't important. I'm not. I'm saying that the word strength does not have the level of communication and accountability that it should....keep reading

How and Why you need to become the "One Stop Shop" for your clients....keep reading

Dave O'Sullivan PT
Pre training markers are part and parcel of the professional sport setting in this day and age. This article will outline some common pitfalls with using pre training markers and clear some misconceptions of what pre training markers really are. This article, as is the goal of The ProSport Academy is to provide practical advice and training underpinned and combined by interpretation of the current literature. The ART Of Working Successfully In The Sporting Environment…...keep reading

Great article from Gray Cook on the state of physical education in this country. Definitely one of my pet peeves. In addition there are some great take home messages we could all apply to our professions plus he's got some interesting videos from Dr. Ed Thomas and the work he is doing in Jefferson Co. Iowa. Enjoy the article and part II will be coming next week....keep reading

Charlie Weingroff DPT, ATC, CSCS
Something I find interesting is the rationalization of using "correctives" in a program is by placing them in the Warmup. My train of thought at this time suggests this positioning as a mistake and both detracts from the Warmup and the goal or intent of these drills to begin with. By default, choosing drills that are best positioned as motor skill acquisition for fundamental skills, such as mobility and stability, are really just being mailed in not delivering on the adjustments or adaptations that they are ideally used for in the first place....keep reading

Todd Nief
As a strength & conditioning coach, I've received some of the best continuing education by playing around in areas that I don't belong in. Courses geared more towards physical therapists like DNS, the SFMA, and Sahrmann's courses on Movement System Impairment Syndromes have profoundly impacted how I look at coaching and movement....keep reading

Gray Cook
A key component of motor control is muscle tone, and I want to specifically discuss inappropriate muscle tone. Very often, from the perspectives of physical therapy and rehabilitation, we don't necessarily see just tightness or weakness. Tightness is often a way that the body uses parking brakes in the absence of real, authentic braking systems. The braking system that the body has is called motor control and it is finely tuned to input, processing and appropriate output. When a fault is present somewhere in that system--somewhere in movement, somewhere in that coordination, timing and symmetry--a dysfunction is observable....keep reading

Rules To Create Lasting Impact & Raving Clients That Increase Referrals...keep reading

Maj. John D Childs PhD, PT; Julie M Fritz PhD, PT; Timothy W Flynn PhD, PT; James J Irrgang PhD PT, Maj Kevin K Johnson PT; Maj Guy R Majkowski PT; and Anthony Delitto PhD, PT.

This research article is the result of a discussion forum topic titled: 'Manual Therapy'. Thanks to Charlie Weingroff for the article!...keep reading

Audio interview with Dr. Howard Makofsky, the creator of the Posture Jac, discussing the theory behind it's development, current research, and how it can work for your patients....keep reading

In his teleseminar interview this year, Rob Panariello referred to weight lifting norms from the National Strength and Conditioning Association for high school and collegiate football players. When it comes to return to sport testing post-ACL reconstruction, instead of just comparing surgical limb to non-surgical limb, we should also consider the strength and power of the competition. In this download, I've posted a few of the norms for high school and college football, men's basketball and baseball, as well as women's college basketball. I've had good success going to orthopedic surgeons in my area with this data which has allowed me to progress my athletes along more quickly in their strength and power training....keep reading

This is a video of a physical therapy session just 8 weeks out from a Total Hip Replacement on the right. She attended physical therapy 1x per week, with an extensive home program. As you will see, she is already moving around like a champ! Strength Training can benefit you at any age when prescribed properly and applied at correct dosages....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
The monitoring of training load is nothing new although it has seen major advances in recent times. Within elite sport such systems can be very complex and include loading data from both objective (e.g. Global Positioning Satellite; GPS data) and subjective (e.g. athlete wellbeing and body soreness scores) means. Such data is used to analyse completed session content, the physiological response to previous training and help guide future training planning. In this article I will talk through some of the main concepts surrounding monitoring training load and some of their current pitfalls....keep reading

Robert A. Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
As the winter season approaches, so does the emergence of various illnesses (i.e. upper and lower respiratory infections) and other conditions that are associated with both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. When faced with this type of ailment, the individual will usually seek the care of their physician who may elect to prescribe an antibiotic as the treatment of care. An increasingly popular prescribed remedy is the Fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics which includes the medications Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) and Levofloxacin (Levaquin). It appears the preference for these prescribed quinolones stems from their excellent gastrointestinal absorption, superior tissue penetration and broad spectrum activity....keep reading