Doctor as Teacher
As a preface, I don’t care what title you have or don’t have, this post is applicable to all healthcare/performance practitioners regardless of how many years of school you sat through. The term...
View ArticleRehab & Injury Prevention in a Fatigued State
I stumbled across an interesting new study that showed that soccer players are most at risk for injury near the end of each half. With a little bit of thought, this makes complete sense. Injuries...
View ArticleDoctor as Teacher: Part II
Earlier this year I wrote an article for Practitioner’s Corner entitled Doctor as Teacher. The basic idea was that we need to open up dialogue with patients/clients and be able to educate them on...
View ArticleFIRST Move Well, THEN Move Often
This idea, coined by physical therapist and FMS (Functional Movement Systems) founder Gray Cook, has become a mantra for me. And while this phrase has most often been used in the physical therapy...
View ArticleFinding a Balance Between Activating and Relaxing Weak Muscles
One of my biggest mantras in practice is to “Relax the overactive and strengthen the underactive.” Acknowledging that the body functions biomechanically as a “tensegrity system”, this approach allows...
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