Heels Elevated Squat for Ankle Mobility?
Not squatting to depth might be an epidemic in the powerlifting community- but it definitely doesn’t have to be for you. Now we can go into a debate on if you actually need to squat to depth (you probably should- your toilet is usually lower than 90 degrees or at least at 90), but let’s […]
Controlled Articular Rotations
In injury prevention, injury rehabilitation and training we can utilize CARs or Controlled Articular Rotations to increase the joints capacity to handle load. CARS can be defined as active, rotational movements at the outer limits of articular motion. Our goal with CARs is not to necessarily increase our range of motion, but to KEEP the […]
Re-injure Rate for Knee Injuries – Why is it so high?
An overwhelmingly amount of athletes will elect to have ACL reconstruction surgery in the United States. 90% of 20,000 people to be exact. The odds of them re-tearing it? 6-31% with 50% of athletes not returning to their prospective sport afterwards. Out of those who elect to have surgery, 100% of them will develop osteoarthritis […]
Do I Have To Do These Exercises Forever?
My grandpa used to say: “If I stop moving, I would probably kill over!” He lived to be 100- and every single day he moved. He moved just because he didn’t want to sit still and feel lazy. He moved because he felt better when he did. In a perfect world, we could wake up […]