“What the heck are they doing to these people?” is what I said to myself as I entered the clinical training room. In my early experience getting trained as a physical therapist I recall walking into the clinic and seeing an athlete sitting on a roller chair pulling himself around the room with one leg. He looked absolutely ridiculous. [Read more]…
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He’s getting close. You can almost taste it. I’ve seen so much talk, so many tweets, so many blogs about it. Jeter’s 3,000. But the calf throws a wrench into it doesn’t it. More talk. More hype. More conjecture. I’ve … [Read more]…
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In the mythical story of Achilles, after his bride Briseis was taken, Achilles was so upset, he refused to battle. The Greeks pleaded and begged him to return to fight, but he declined. It wasn’t until his best fiend Patroclus was … [Read more]…
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Yao, Oden, Mutumbo….the list goes on and on. Conventional thought goes something along these lines, “Hey, they’re bigger, of course they’re going to take more of a beating, break down, and get injured. It’s inevitable. ‘The bigger they are, the……’” … [Read more]…
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As I write this post, a few of the headlines regarding the NFL “lockout” read, “NFL sides meet for 2 hours, to return next week”, “Lockout could create limited free agency window” and another writer saying that Ochocinco needs something to … [Read more]…
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I’m so bummed about Yao resigning. I just can’t believe it. Well, not really, considering what he went through with his injuries, surgeries, rehaberies, and the like. Went to the Rocket’s website a while back and just clicked on a … [Read more]…
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Do you have an OBLIQUE strain and it’s slow to heal or keeps coming back? Why current trends are close but not quite enough….. I’ve been studying the MLB injury list lately and it makes me ask the question: What’s up with the … [Read more]…
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I was speaking at a sports symposium and I must have been more nervous than usual. Maybe because it was a different crowd than who I usually speak to (they were sports med docs and orthopedic surgeons instead of strength coaches and … [Read more]…
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Traditional methods may not cut it. Why does Tiger keep getting injured? Will he make it back to the top? Why does his Achilles get chewed up? A biomechanical analysis to determine the potential CAUSES of his injuries.
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What is taking so long for Manning to get back? His neck surgery was on May 23, which puts him 13 weeks out since his surgery. According to an article in ESPN on May 25th, “Manning told The Indianapolis Star … [Read more]…
