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I tested a player in professional sports who had the following Y Balance Test and Functional Movement Screen scores.
If you will notice, his Y Balance Test Lower Quarter scores were great – symmetrical and above the risk cut point for his gender, sport, and competition level....
While I use a structured continuing education plan with a combination of live and online courses, sometimes you just need to fill in the gaps. Doing that with free NSCA CEU courses can be handy. While I have not personally completed all of these courses, they are free. There are not nearly...
What does a post pitching arm care plan look like?
We want to certainly do our recovery. We want to do our restoration, but it's also our prime opportunity for development. And what does development mean? We want to improve capacity, so we are going to improve...
In all sports, but particularly with overhead athletes. We have to consider load management, and we have to consider performance readiness.
What does it look like for a specific warm up? And does a pitcher need something additional or different? And then what does recovery, what does restoration...
By Carlos Reyes PT, DPT, SCS, MS, CSCS
Field tests are widely used to determine performance characteristics of athletes in many different sports. The Illinois Agility Test was designed to test motor ability such as running and dodging agility in athletes. Distinct characteristics of the Illinois...
This episode of the Performance Talk podcast is a must listen! Here are some of the many pearls in the podcast:
- It's easy to make things sexy and complicated. It's really hard to make things foundational, accurate and efficient.
- Consistency with intensity and intent in...
One of the most difficult things to do is get buy-in into your pre-participation physical testing or your group testing or performance testing. I think it's probably what we face the most, and particularly getting coaches to buy in.
One of the things that I heard this spring training that I...
The most common question we get after our ACL reconstruction rehabilitation course on MedBridge is why do you emphasize that you need to achieve full knee hyperextension after ACL reconstruction?
So I thought I would dive in deep into this topic. And I think it comes with some natural...
Is how you are consuming social media subtly hampering your potential as a rehab or strength and conditioning professional? For many, the answer is yes, and the reason that it is might surprise you.
Chris Pollard with Duke Baseball had a great presentation during the Duke Sports Medicine Baseball Symposium about developing his team’s mindset. He summarized it with this:
- Process: Routine, Breath (it resets you and you always have it with you), and Mindfulness
- Servant Leadership:...
By Adam Devery, ATC, PTA, CSCS & Phil Plisky, PT, DSc, ATC, OCS, CSCS
In Upper Extremity Closed Chain Testing Part 1 we discussed a closed-kinetic chain testing series for overhead athletes as well as the general population. In that series, the Y-Balance Test Upper Quarter was...
[Phil]: Hey, everyone. I've been having some discussions with Dr. Kyle Matsel, and he's joining me again here. And we've been talking about ACL reconstruction rehabilitation, and we've really talked a lot about return to sport and high level competition.
But what I want to talk about is how...
