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 remember almost 3 years ago now, I did the CrossFit benchmark WOD Grace (30 clean and Jerks for time), and crushed it… at least for me. The next day however Grace had the last laugh, I was walking like I was 90. Every time I got out of a chair, the bed, or car [...]
Have you ever seen a really strong guy that looks like he has a penguin walk because he cant move? A person can be really strong, lack motion and have lots of pain. Mobility must come first to fix a motion problem no matter how strong you are if you lack motion your chances of [...]
Elbow pain can be debilitating! After all it’s not like you can just go on for a week or even a day without using it. Elbow pain is often linked to the amount of gripping you do throughout the day or heavy loads through grip. I had a monster of a patient 6’2” 250 a [...]
The simple answer to this question is squat more right? For long-term gains and muscle adaptation this is true. But we can make faster gains by moving more efficiently. When you were a kid did you ever stand on an empty coke can? Amazingly it would hold up because everything was distributed to accept maximum [...]
This is a common question that we are asked at Surf and Shore Performance Center. When we start to talk with our patients and digging deep into insurance plans, it quickly becomes evident that many people do not actually understand their benefits or insurance plans. It also becomes clear that the current health care system [...]
I remember getting up the day after CrossFit Open work out 18.4 (deadlifts and hand stand push-ups) and feeling like I tried to run through a wall head first. Needless to say, I was on the struggle bus for the hand stand push up part of the work out. After lying on the ground for [...]
