Blog

 
Early Plyometrics

Once I have taught good plyometric form, these are my go-to early plyometrics. They work well to teach key concepts: toes not turning in, knee alignment, absorbing force and quickly producing force

Continue Reading...
 
Full Knee Hyperextension and Quad Lag after ACL reconstruction acl knee extension

Full knee hyperextension equal to the contralateral side is essential after ACL reconstruction. or any post-operative knee.

I know most of you are already looking at this post-operatively and are doing this very well, but we still see this missed quite frequently. We find that if there is...

Continue Reading...
 
Recovery vs. Restoring After Pitching baseball recovery restoration

Recovering vs restoring after pitching – does the word we use matter? When players become more serious about the game, they understand the importance of preparing their mind and body to compete. Unfortunately, our focus really needs to shift from not only preparing for competition but also...

Continue Reading...
 
 
How do you juggle all domains of performance with your athletes? athletic training coaches club performance rehabilitation strength & conditioning

Being a performance rehabilitation provider coach is like spinning seven different plates at once.  You remember that, from the circus, where a guy would start spinning one plate and go down the line and spin the plates on a stick?  And by the time he got to the last one, the first one...

Continue Reading...
 
How to Use the Return to Sport and Discharge Checklists discharge testing return to sport

I want to tell you how to use the discharge testing checklist.  It's organized in such a way that it goes from simple activities all the way down to complex.  So it starts off at range of motion and strengthening and goes all the way through hop testing, agility testing and that type of...

Continue Reading...
 
How to Use the Lower Body Return to Sport Checklist discharge testing fms lower body injury return to sport sfma y balance test

I really think that the lower body return to sport checklist and discharge checklist can accelerate your practice, can really amplify what you're doing because it does a few things.  One, it makes sure that we're being comprehensive in nature.  The guidelines go from simple range of...

Continue Reading...
 
January 2024 Coaches Club Q&A acl basketball injury prevention reconstruction rehabilitation soccer volleyball

In this Q&A video, I address the following questions:

  1. How do you handle knee pain in the 6-9 month timeframe post ACLR?
  2. Do you have any suggestions on improving quad strength at 10 months post op?
  3. FIFA 11+ is helpful for soccer injury reduction.  Are there other programs for other...
Continue Reading...
 
How to Use the Group Testing Calculator fms group testing y balance test

I want to talk to you about the Group Testing Calculator and how you can use it.  You can use it any time you are going to do testing of a group. That could be a pre- participation physical of a sports team or performance testing of a group or even in industry or the military we've used it a...

Continue Reading...
 
 
 
How to Use the Upper Body Return to Sport Checklist discharge testing return to sport upper body

I want to tell you about using the upper body return to sport checklist.  This is a little bit different. We don't typically see or use return to sport tests as frequently as the lower body.  The lower body is a lot more common, but the upper body is just as important.  The problem...

Continue Reading...