"Your core is weak" This statement is one of the biggest truths and misconceptions associated with low back pain. I have never met anyone with "to strong" of a core. Your core can always be better and different tasks require different core demands. A rotational athlete needs to be strong with rotation and anti-rotational, most [...]
If you have been dealing with back pain look at the hips. If they are not moving as well as they should that stress can go to the low back. If you are a desk jockey you need to add this in to your routine. Our hips are a big joint that can accept a [...]
If you like to gamble, you should put a confident bet down that you will have low back pain at some point in your life. Current research indicates that 80% or more of the US population will have or has had low back pain in their lifespan. If you have been dealing with back pain [...]
Strength is the name of the game when recovering from an ACL surgery. The strength phase is the longest and most important phase of the recovery process and should last into the return to sport phase of rehab. The stronger you can get quads, hamstrings, glutes and core the better the body will be prepared [...]
Getting back to normal walking can be the best part of early ACL rehab and a huge part of getting back to independence. Retraining weight acceptance and getting confidence in the knee is a key part to walking normally. These exercises are designed to be little parts of the walking cycle that when progressed and [...]
ACL injuries are the most common surgical knee injury in High School and College athletics. This injury does not just affect younger individuals but also an older active population. The road to recover should start within a week or surgery. The initial phase of rehab goal is to improve motion both straitening and bending, as [...]
The shoulder complex is very complex... I know this is super deep but very true. There are so many muscular attachments around the shoulder to make it function properly that if one of these components gets tight or is not active the system can start to break down causing shoulder pain. This video goes thought [...]
This time around on the Weekly Fix we are focusing on shoulder mobility and how to improve joint mobility. This is great for tightness and limited motion caused by shoulder impingement. If your shoulder is tight with overhead motions this should be your goto for loosening up. The shoulder joint can tighten up and cause [...]
Can you imagine waking up in the middle of the night with sharp stabbing pain every time you try to turn and pull the covers over you? I had a client that this was his life. 9 months of horrible elbow pain it was debilitating, he couldn't hold his coffee in the morning, couldn't pull [...]
I often get asked what my favorite surf warm up is, the easy answer is that is should be tailored to either you mobility or stability issues. If you have neck or low back stiffness, make sure the spine gets enough attention to get mobile. If you have knee of hip stability issues you need [...]
