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All Young Athletes are “Injured” – even if they don’t know it
I’ve written quite a bit in the past about how one should always interpret the results of diagnostic imaging (MRI, x-ray, etc.) very cautiously and alongside movement assessments and the symptoms one has. In case you missed them, here are some quick reads along these lines:
Preventing Lower Back Pain: Assuming is Okay
Who Kneeds “Normal” Knees?
Healthy [...]
Healthy Shoulders with Terrible MRIs?
In the same grain as Monday’s post on lower back pain, today, I thought I’d highlight some of the common findings in diagnostic imaging of the shoulder, as these findings are just as alarming.
Do you train loads of overhead throwing athletes (especially pitchers) like I do? Miniaci et al. found that 79% of asymptomatic professional [...]
Preventing Lower Back Pain: Assuming is Okay
It’s widely known that approximately 80% of the population will suffer from lower back pain at some point during their lives. What isn’t widely known, however, is that even those who are asymptomatic are usually walking around with a host of nasty stuff going on with their spines. Don’t believe me?
A 1994 study in the [...]
13 Fun Facts About Optimal Shoulder Performance
With only about 36 hours left on the early-bird price of Mike Reinold and my Optimal Shoulder Performance DVD Set, I thought it’d be a good time to list of a few more reasons to pick up a copy of this thorough resource.
1. The presentations in this DVD set not only outline the differences in [...]
3 Things Everyone Should Know About the Shoulder
I sent off an email to my good friend Alwyn Cosgrove about our new Optimal Shoulder Performance DVD set, and he asked me what I thought were the three most important things that folks – from fitness professionals to regular ol’ weekend warriors – ought to know with respect to the shoulder. Here were the [...]
