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Single Leg Rope Slam: Total-Body Power in One Movement performance rehab rehabilitation

This isn’t your typical battle rope drill.

In this short clip, we’re using a single leg rope slam to build and transfer power through the entire kinetic chain. But the key here isn’t just generating the force – it’s receiving it.

We cue the athlete to generate force from the arms, absorb it throug...

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Popliteus Treatment: Unlocking Knee Motion with Targeted Soft Tissue Work acl performance rehabilitation

When patients are struggling to regain full knee extension or flexion, especially after surgery or injury, we can’t overlook the role of the popliteus.

This small muscle behind the knee often acts like a parking brake – it tightens up to stabilize the joint early in the injury or post-op process . ...

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Unlocking the Secrets of Peak Athletic Performance -- PT Pintcast performance podcast rehabilitation

I thoroughly enjoyed this podcast!

Get answers to great questions like:

If you could snap your finger and instantly master one thing what would it be?

What test would you do if you could only pick one test to perform on a baseball player?

What are the key elements of return to sport testing?

Th...

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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 was starting ...

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Why Traditional Calf Raises Are Failing Your Athletes (And How to Fix It) performance rehabilitation

I’ll be the first to admit—I was guilty of this for years. I thought a calf raise was just a calf raise. If we aren’t being specific about the way the movement is performed, we’re leaving a lot of performance on the table.

I’ve shifted how I approach this with my patients and performance clients, t...

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Manual Resistance Training in Rehabilitation and Performance performance rehabilitation resistance training

How often are you incorporating manual resistance with your patients and clients? Manual resistance can provide an incredible stimulus to improve tissue quality and tensioning abilities. It allows you to provide resistance at the exact right force that the tissue needs at particular ranges of motion...

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Baseball Power Position arm care baseball performance

This is an essential position to perform all arm care exercises in.

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