Progressions are important to avoid plateau's in rehab and fitness training. Our Ultimate Guide to Lunge Progressions provides 12 variations of the lunge to challenge the body in a variety of ways.
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While utilized primarily in the cross training setting, runners can also benefit from developing a kettlebell routine. The following are five kettlebell exercises to help runners prevent injury and perform at a higher level.
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Learn how to use The Mace to strengthen and retrain the shoulder following an injury.
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How healthy is your low back? Use these three tests to determine if you're at a higher risk for low back pain or injury risk.
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Imbalance in muscle strength and function alter movement patterns which contributes to pain and injury. The deltoid is a large muscle made up of three distinct fibers, one that often gets left out of most training plans. In this weeks article, learn what you can do to strengthen the posterior aspect of your deltoid.
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Don't let shin splints ruin your training. A new approach to treating shin splints is producing incredible results for relieving pain and improving performance in athletes of all levels. Check out these three new exercises to treat the nerves that innervate your leg muscles and continue to run pain free.
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Learn how to use the kettlebell to strengthen and retrain the shoulder using the kettlebell. Combining conservative medicine and functional fitness.
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Functional retraining of the body after an injury can be accomplished using the same equipment you find in most fitness studios. When dealing with shoulder injuries, we like to start to with these three simple movements using the kettlebell.
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Mastering a few basic movements is all you need to take control of your low back pain. The following three exercises are beginning tools to protect your low back from repetitive strain, correct poor postures, and create spinal stability for low back pain relief.
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How to perform the perfect push up. For such a seemingly simple movement the push up has many variabilities and subtleties that need to be considered to avoid the hot, burning anterior shoulder pain that is so common when performing the Push Up.
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Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, or DOMS, is a common condition that can be experienced by anyone, from the novice athlete to the elite performer. Evolve Performance Healthcare takes a look at the best ways to prevent and manage DOMS.
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Prescribing rehabilitation exercises using times, rather than sets and repetitions, is better suited for improving our function and performance in everyday life.
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Iliotibial Band Syndrome is common in runners and is often a limiting factor when training for marathons or other races. Our new article covers five running errors that may be contributing to your IT Band Pain.
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Odds are, if you played sports growing up you experienced an injury that somehow shaped who you are today. In fact, the most significant complication arising from previous injuries often isn’t the injury itself, but the mental shift that takes place after.Years later, the healing has taken place but the thoughts and feelings surrounding the injury still shape our actions.
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The movements we use to train in a gym vs. the movements we use to train in a clinic differ. The following five movements are most commonly left out of traditional exercise routines and yet are vital to injury prevention as well as athletic performance.
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When deciding to improve the way we move it's important to open up our minds a little bit and realize that movement effects all aspects of our life. That better movement not only prevents the pain and injury we associate with getting older, but improves our confidence, improves how we interact with those around us, and improves how we perform in the real world.
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Challenging the body in unstable conditions not only prevents the chance of a recurring injury, but can improve how we perform in athletics as well as everyday life.
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Foam rolling your IT band is not only painful, but an ineffective means to treat pain associated with IlioTibial Band Syndrome.
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Recent evidence suggests that prolonged immobilization not only slows healing, but increases the chances of future complications. Research also shows that getting an injury moving (in a pain free range) is the best way to speed the healing process and prevent future injuries.
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Ice or heat after an injury? Compression of Traction? Immobilization or movement? A new approach to post injury care may change how we manage injuries in the acute setting.
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