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Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Training Literature Review
Personalized blood flow restriction (BFR) training is a training strategy (or an exercise modality) that involves exercising at low intensities (i.e. 20-35% 1-RM) while occluding venous blood flow out of a limb and [...]
Rock Climbing Injury Prevention Prehab Exercises
Rock climbing is a sport that has been gaining popularity over the last few years. The diverse range of movement, mobility, and strength the sport requires makes it appealing to everyone from the weekend warrior to the [...]
You are NOT your MRI – MRIs for Low Back Pain
Mike had the unique opportunity to spend 4 months treating in China. Sadly, the people there have an extremely low level of education and understanding of their health. Every day in the clinic, we battled not just [...]
Debunking the Bad Exercise Myth
There is a huge misconception in the fitness and rehab worlds about 'bad' exercises. Far too often, we label exercises as a good exercise or bad exercise for all athletes, however, these types of blanket statements [...]
Introduction to Functional Range Conditioning (FRC)
Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) became very popular in the fitness, rehab, and sports medicine world a couple of years ago and it is here to stay as it has many applicable uses . FRC focuses on improving mobility. [...]
Teaching Landing Mechanics
Landing mechanics has always been a hot topic within the realm of the rehabilitation and sports medicine world. Let’s be honest, watching elite athletes perform at a high level and analyzing their movement is sexier [...]
Muscle Activation Exercises Prior To Training
Muscle activation exercises prior to training, playing sports, and working out is absolutely essential. Oftentimes, we see individuals who become injured because they do not warm up nor cool down properly with [...]
The Best Exercises For Golf
21st-century golf training is no longer just hitting the range or putting green. It has evolved into functional movement training with mobility, control, strength, and speed at its centerpiece. Not only are [...]
Pelvic Tilt and Squats: Butt Winking and Posterior Pelvic Tilt
Posterior pelvic tilt, squats, and butt winks - you've got questions and we got answers. This is an awesome topic we are pumped to help you all understand! Everyone has a slightly different boney anatomy, thus we're [...]
Hamstring to Quadriceps Strength Ratio
Sports performance personnel, sports medicine staff, and athletes of the 21st century have more access to performance metrics than ever before. While this is great news, it presents another problem: what things do we [...]
Common ACL Rehab Questions With An Expert Physio
Check out this Q&A with world renown ACLr physio Mick Hughes talking about common ACL rehab questions. In this article, you'll find a video with almost an hour of content answering common questions regarding ACL [...]