It is about time I finally got off my bum and made a Facebook Page for the blog! This will be one more way to keep in touch, share ideas, and stay up to date if you wish. That's enough blabbering for now because I need some coffee! Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans. Celebrate safely.
I am quickly reaching my one year anniversary since finishing my undergraduate education and becoming a certified athletic trainer. A lot has happened since then including starting work on my master's degree, my master's thesis and working with many different athletes and teams via my graduate assistant position. I have learned a lot and it would be impossible to list everything but I figured it would be a good idea to reflect back on a few major themes.
Hey Readers, today's post is directed at the clinicians and people interested in manual therapy! What better way to have a post about manual therapy than to feature a new interview of TheManualTherapist.com by SportsRehabExpert.com!
It is kind of lengthy but is a great conversation between Joe Heiler and Erson Religioso. I recommend taking the time to watch or listen to it! I've learned a lot from both of these guys and their websites.
Hey Readers! Here is a quick video that I made a week or so ago on how to do a Mulligan Mobilization With Movement technique to increase ankle dorsiflexion. Ankle dorsiflexion seems to be a common theme on my blog but it is a common restriction but a very important motion to have! In this video I show you a way to do it this alone or with a partner/patient. This won't be a new concept for some but I hope those who have never heard of it find it useful! Enjoy!
I love trail running. If I had trails close enough to me I would have force myself to not run 100% of my miles on trails. I don't think enough people know about the fun that is entailed with running trails and I don't think enough people have given it a try. I wouldn't be surprised if most people assume that its a run filled with blood, bugs, steep hills and sharp rocks. Well, sometimes it is(I consider that a plus). On the other hand, here are twelve random reasons to give it a try.
1) It is a dirty, adventurous, and thrillingly fun time.
2) Trail terrain is so dynamic it takes the monotony out of
running. This means your body experiences a more varied array of forces and not
the same repetitive stresses associated with road running.
3) Trails are easier on the mind than most roads. I
sometimes get bored of my road routes and feel like time drags on. Trails are
so jam packed with turns, obstacles, nature and picturesque views that you
might not be able to keep up.
4) Dr. Stephan Guyenet of www.wholehealthsource.org, tweeted a link with a mini synopsis of this interesting new study!
"The Mediterranean diet reduced HbA1c significantly compared to usual care but not compared to the Palaeolithic diet"
http://t.co/xOx5RSyUhi
— Stephan Guyenet (@whsource) June 25, 2013
5) Professor Tim Noakes and his Colleague Peter Brukner take to the airwaves by being guests on the British Journal of Sports Medicine Podcast! See his tweet below for the link!
Here is a quick video highlighting a great exercise for runners. This is an exercise that I like using with athletes that are struggling with overcoming issues with glute inhibition and proper core stabilization. Keeping your pelvis level and equal is very challenging and can be great as a corrective exercise for something like the rotary stability test on the FMS. You don't a TRX do to this either...any suspension trainer, sturdy rope, a plyobox, or a chair can work as well! Enjoy!
Somehow, someway during my initial years of schooling I
developed this idea that the profession of athletic training needed to compete
heavily with other professions. I used to think that I needed to boycott the
teachings of other professions like physical therapists, strength and
conditioning specialists and person trainers. I also had an urge to compete against others within my own
profession and try to be most intelligent or most competent clinician/academic. Finishing school and starting my professional career has definitely changed my thought processes.
While some level of competitiveness is necessary in a world
where multiple professions compete for patients or clients from the same pool
of people due to similar skill sets. However, I have begun to realize that this
previous thought process hurt three groups of people. Thinking and behaving the
way I did disadvantaged myself (the clinician), potential patients, and the
different professions.
Recently, I have worked to open myself up to the ideas of
others and other professions. Just think, where would human intelligence even
be now without the collective body of knowledge that is shared between
individuals? We might be able to think the same but the accumulation of
knowledge that is passed around and down through time is what makes it special.
Hey all! New video for you all today that follows the same theme as my last blog post regarding foam rolling. I hope you all learn something and sorry for my amateur videography. I forgot to comment on it in the video but it is important to note that these gains in mobility are only temporary.
However, this treatment can and should (in this case, she as she is still restricted in terms of mobility) be combined with other treatments like joint mobs, Mulligan MWM's and repeated end-range plantar flexion. This will produce a synergistic effect and reapplication can help lock in the temporary gains.
Here are two new videos that I made this weekend. I am going to start making videos with stuff related to blog content, rehab exercises, running form, random reviews and et cetera. You may notice near the top that I now have a direct link to my YouTube page as well. The first video is an easy test to check your ankle mobility, specifically ankle dorsiflexion.
The second video is for a common exercise for runners. This is intended to be a hip extension and glute activation exercise but ends up being something else entirely! It makes me cringe to watch people do it improperly!
Hope you all have a great father's day and hope you had a great weekend! Here comes Monday...
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