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Andy Barker PT
This webinar will detail the journey from injury to return to play following surgical repair of a quad tendon rupture. The details will largely involve a current case study of a professional elite rugby player. Using the latest evidence and experiences I will explain the reasoning of both treatment and rehabilitation techniques at each stage of recovery....keep reading

Eric recently posted this video talking about lower trap function in the Prone 1 - arm trap raise (formerly known as the 'Y' of 'T-L-Y' fame. It's a great video that covers many of the mistakes I've made in the past, and that I still see others making. The cuing used in this video can easily be carried over to other scapular control exercises like the reach-roll-lift and 3pt. thoracic rotation w/shoulder ER....keep reading

In this interview Craig discusses what he's learned from Janda, Levitt, and Kolar and how he integrates their work with the teachings of McGill, McKenzie, Gary Gray, and Gray Cook to come up with a comprehensive spine care model. Craig also talks about his lumbar and cervical spine evaluation processes, getting muscle length, his Modern Spine Care courses, and more......keep reading

I received a few questions this week concerning treating the neck in regards to the highlights I posted from Charlie Weingroff's conference. Specifically concerning exercises and mobilizations. First off.....keep reading

Joe Heiler PT
This is part 1 of 3 in a series of videos demonstrating some advanced soft tissue mobilization technique using Graston Technique. In this first video I'll be treating the calf and Achilles in standing with stretching and AROM, and in subsequent videos I'll demonstrate techniques for treatment of the plantar fascia....keep reading

Tim Vagen CSCS
Developing the core for athletic performance is well documented and is certainly one of the largest areas of concentration for most strength coaches and trainers. Great trainers and researchers will talk about developing the maximum strength through a variety of exercises that will incorporate the core.
A group of muscles that is often overlooked that will tie all of these groups together is the pelvic floor (PF). The pelvic floor is the foundation of the core and the effectiveness of all of the core muscles depends on whether or not the pelvic floor is engaged....keep reading

Cal is the head strength coach at the University of Minnesota for the Olympic sports. Cal has been on in the past talking about his work in the weight room, but today I want to show his unique way of performing the walking dynamic warm-up. You'll see influences from DNS, Functional Neurology, Applied Kinesiology, Z Health, nerve flossing, and more....keep reading

The very first SportsRehabExpert Podcast is now up and running! In this episode we have Chris Nentarz talking about an Integrated model to sports rehabilitation, manual therapy, and kinesiotaping; Patrick Ward in the 'Manual Therapy Minute' discussing plantar foot pain; and some comments from me regarding multi-segmental flexion, IT band syndrome, and dynamic neuromuscular stabilization....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
It is well documented about the importance of correct neuromuscular function in the goal of reducing athlete injury risk and promoting gains in physiological health. Whilst many prehabilitative programs focus on joint mobility, activation and function, very few include a specific neural component. This could be considered surprising given the large number of neural related problems commonly seen within the athletic population....keep reading

Joe Heiler PT, CSCS
I like the idea of featuring an exercise, an assessment technique, a joint mob, whatever every week. I've got some ideas that might combine all of the above as well. So here goes with T's, Y's, L's, and W's...keep reading

Mahmoud Zaerian DC, CSCS
In this episode of the 'Manual Therapy Technique of the Week', Dr. Zaerian presents a short case study that demonstrates the power of treating the nervous system through neuro-functional electro-accupuncture to make positive changes in hip joint arthrokinematics....keep reading

I just got back from Dayton, OH after attending a one day sports medicine conference sponsored by Good Samaritan Hospital and Brett Hoffman - who by the way is a helluva ATC and S&C specialist not to mention a SportsRehabExpert.com member. 'Samarie in Motion' is a short article written about Brett and his work with one of his athletes who is now playing basketball at UConn. His football team is playing in the semi-finals this week so sometime soon I'll see about getting him on here to go more in-depth with how he prepared her for her freshman year......keep reading

Simple classification symptoms for five different subsets of low back pain presentations....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
I picked this technique up from a colleague of mine and have recently been incorporating it into warm up and self-stretching drills with the athletes I work with. It's a small twist on the self pec wall mobilisation. The only difference being that the free hand is used to immobilise and limit the scapula rotating on the ribcage as the upper torso is rotated during the exercise....keep reading

Patrick Ward will explore the role stress plays in our daily lives and how it effects the results we get in our training and rehabilitation programs for our clients. Through scientific and practical application, we will look at ways to evaluate and understand the individual stress resistance of each of our clients in order to appropriate plan and develop their programs for optimal health, function, and recovery....keep reading

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....keep reading

Andy Barker PT
The overhead shrug is a great exercise to develop upper trap function with scapula upward rotation. Such an exercise is predominately a scapula stability exercise although can be loaded for strength development providing athletes can demonstrate adequate form. Such an exercise is great for those guys that sit in scapula depression and adduction. You will not get the same gains with a standard shoulder shrug as that just develops shoulder elevation with no rotation of the scapula occurring....keep reading

Mike Robertson
Another great article from Mike discussing not so much how the lats affect the shoulders, but what they can do to the spine. Mike presents some great ideas for corrections unloaded and also standing to ultimately work back into pull-ups with correct form. I'll be having more from Mike soon as his 'Bullet Proof Athlete' program is just about completed....keep reading

Greg Schaible, DPT, CSCS Awhile back on the discussion forum a question was brought up by Andy Barker in regards to bear crawling variations. I thought it would useful to show some of the progressions I consider useful for athletes and orthopedic clients of all sorts that might present to your clinic. This will be part 1 of 3 this week....keep reading