Where Have I Been?

Howdy Folks! I am sorry that I haven't been blogging even a quarter as much as I would like to be lately. However, in all fairness I have been pretty busy. What have I been busy with you might ask? Well...on top of being an athletic trainer for a collegiate basketball team (that is ranked #4 in its division for the entire country and likely to win their second conference championship in a row), I have been busy working on and trying to complete the research project for my master's thesis.

Dr. Erson Religioso over at The Manual Therapist has been interested in my research project and asked me to write a guest blog for him where I would discuss what I was doing with and looking at for my research. I was honored but it also gave him some time off from blogging to spend with his new-born baby girl! Congrats to him for sure! Anyways, here is a link to my guest blog where I talk about my research! I need to get back on the blogging train and finish my self-SFMA series as well! Sorry for the delay, everyone.

I've got some cool cases related to my patients, SFMA, PRI, and Rock Tape to blog about once I get some more free time! Can't wait to share them all!

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Thursday's Interesting Finds!

Eat
Yesterday, Chris Kresser announced that his book now available for pre-sale. If you haven't checked out his website, ChrisKresser.com, then you are missing out on some quality articles related to health and nutrition. His book will be titled Your Personal Paleo Code and will be released on Christmas Eve.

Run
Coach Caleb of Team BonkProof wrote a short article about dealing with the heat and humidity during these dog days of summer. I like this article and feel his advice is on target with the science related to how we should go about hydrating and exercising in the heat. Great training tips, Coach!

Dr. Nick Campitelli, DPM is featuring a story on his blog of a runner that has overcome chronic knee pain by successfully and safely transitioning to minimalist running. This find technically belongs in both the Run and Rehabilitate section...Love it when that happens ;).

Rehabilitate
Erson Religioso of TheManualTherapist posted a blog and video about using his EDGE Mobility bands as an alternative approach to using a mobilization belt for increasing Hip Internal Rotation. I haven't personally attempted this because I don't have any EDGE bands yet, but this seems much more time and user friendly than the bulky mobilization belts. I don't own any of those either actually...

Here is an interesting editorial by Richard Demont, PhD, CAT(C), ATC in the latest edition of Athletic Training & Sports Health Care about athletic trainers needing to promote our profession through quality research initiatives. This is an article that rings true for me considering I am working on my first research study for my master's thesis and I want it to be a quality and credible piece of work in the end.

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