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Craig Liebenson DC
Lots of talk on here lately about fundamental levels of function from movement to the development of gait so thought I would squeeze in one more from Dr. Liebenson - 200,000 years ago man controlled the upright posture. Life on earth is billions of years old so this is a recent development and thus phylogenetically fragile. Human ontogenesis is "hard-wired" in our DNA to create this upright posture by 4 years of life. Unfortunately, modern lifestyle conspires with gravity to impair it....keep reading

Kevin Neeld, our resident hockey training expert, will discuss how his training methods have evolved over the years, how he has incorporated PRI into his training system, injuries common to hockey players and how to prevent them, plus how to balance injury prevention and hard core training for speed and power....keep reading

Thanks for purchasing and reading The Ultimate Sports Rehab Expert Book! As a thank you, we have provided you with some extra resources to help you become a Master Clinician and Strength Coach. 1) A...keep reading

This one comes from Michael Lehr DPT, OCS, CSCS who is an assistant professor of physical therapy at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, and helps with teaching the SFMA. Mike was a big help at the recent conference so thanks to him for that plus showing us some of his cervical techniques....keep reading

Craig Liebenson, DC
Dysfunction involving excessive T4-T8 kyphosis is common. Symptoms arising from regions at a distance to the mid-thoracic area are often secondary to T4-T8 dysfunction. This article will discuss why (rationale), when (indications), what (skills), and how (practical integration) T4-8 dysfunction is addressed. Be sure to check out the Wall Slide exercise, it's a great one to address t-spine extension while also working on inner core stabilization and breathing....keep reading

Interview #2 of the 2017 Sports Rehab to Performance Teleseminar features Jim Kielbaso. Jim is the President & CEO of the IYCA (International Youth Conditioning Association). He has worked with a variety of professional and collegiate athletes. One of his specialities is getting athletes prepared to perform at the NFL Combine and their schools respected pro days. In this interview Jim discusses some of his training philosophies behind combine prep....keep reading

Cal is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of multiple sports at the University of Minnesota, and also the author of Triphasic Training. In this interview Cal gives an overview of his Triphasic system, new strategies he's implemented over the past two years, manipulating cortisone levels during the different phases, applying the principles with younger athletes and even into rehab programs, and more......keep reading

David O'Sullivan PT, IYCA, Certified FMS
In the last few years, Serratus Anterior (SA) and Lower Fibres of Trapezius have become the new buzz words in shoulder health and shoulder rehabilitation. The SA can be divided into both upper and lower fibres also with the lower fibres abducting and depressing the scapula while the upper fibres elevate the scapula with all muscle fibres combining to help upward rotation the scapula. The Lower Fibres of Trapezius are responsible for depression and upward rotation of the scapula....keep reading

Robert A. Panariello MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
In conversations with professional peers, as well as when presenting and attending at various conferences, often times a number of rehabilitation and weight room exercises are presented to be "sports specific" for the patient and/or athlete. This sports specific statement gives rise to the question, "are the exercises performed in the rehabilitation and weight room settings truly sports specific?" Prior to addressing that question it is important that the reader recognize the difference between an individual's levels of "athleticism" vs. their "skill"....keep reading

Rob Panariello has been in the physical therapy and sports performance trenches for years, and is an awesome resource on this website. In this interview Rob will discuss some of the more controversial topics amongst S&C and rehab professionals including single vs. bi-lateral leg training, and the Olympic lifts during performance training and rehab of athletes....keep reading

Joe Heiler
In this article, I will address the progressions of RNT (Reactive Neuromuscular Techniques) to address knee valgus. A few of these things I picked up from Gray during my time in Virginia, and you'll see more on this to come once we get the videos edited. The main point here is to progress your corrective exercises following the neurodevelopment sequence rather than starting with squats using a band around the knees as so many people do. I know because I've been guilty of this in past, but have seen a big difference in the speed of which someone reflexively 'gets it' using the following model....keep reading

The chapter on cervical spine movement system impairments is quite extensive so I'm going to break it up into two segments. I'll go through the basic principles first, and then cover Cervical Extension Syndrome. Once you've got the hang of this one, they'll all go considerably easier from here....keep reading

Quinn Henoch is new to the teleseminar this year but really looking forward to having him talk about strength training and competitive weightlifting including discussions on mobility and stability requirements, injury prevention, progressions and regressions, the Jefferson Curl and applications to lumbar spine health, and more......keep reading

This Anthony Renna's new project and I have to say a brilliant idea, so just wanted to let everyone know this is available. Ant traveled around the Northeast prior to last year's Perform Better Summit visiting some of the top sports performance facilities, interviewing the owners, and coming back with some great business tips, marketing ideas, things to avoid, etc. I'm not sure when Ant gets any sleep between running his own fitness facility and all his web ventures, but great work from him as always....keep reading

After speaking with Brian Mulligan a couple weeks ago, I wanted to take his ideas for mobilizing the hip and start applying them to the patterns and corrections of the SFMA. Playing around with the ASLR and the Hip Flexion mobilization gave me instant and dramatic results in pretty much everyone I've used it with so far....keep reading

Greg Schaible, PT, CSCS This week's manual therapy technique features the Mulligan Mobilization for Tennis Elbow and applying it to isometric methodologies on Tendinopathy....keep reading

Teleseminar Interview #2 - Kyle Kiesel
Kyle talks about the Selective Functional Movement Assessment, an evaluation and treatment tool for patients and athletes in the rehab setting. Great information on identifying and correcting faulty movement patterns, core strength, and the 'high threshold strategy'...keep reading

Teleseminar Interview #4 - Charlie Weingroff will be discussing the principles of Whole-Body Vibration (WBV), the research behind the Vibraflex, and it's applications in physical therapy and sports performance. Hear it all straight from the 'expert' who trains the 'experts' when it comes to WBV technology....keep reading

Phil Plisky is at the forefront of injury risk and prevention research, and is also the developer of the Y Balance Test. In this interview we'll get the latest on the research, the continuum of upper body stability tests and relation to injury risk and return to sport, thoughts on current injury prevention programs, other possible markers for return to sport, the Move2Perform injury prediction software, and more....keep reading

Dr. Brooks Tiller DPT
Shoulder stability is vital to keeping overhead athletes healthy and on the field. Brooks will show you how to take a proactive approach to preventing injuries, and simultaneously how to improve performance....keep reading