The best option?

I read an article in the local paper today that was entitled “A Pain in the Budget: More back surgeries, not improvements.” The essential point of the article was that back surgery is not necessarily the answer to back problems. In a past blog post, I have discussed how diagnostic tests don’t always tell the [...]

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Transverse Abdominus Activation: A comparison between healthy subjects and those with a history of low back pain

Transverse abdominus has been associated with low back pain and exercises to activate TrA are commonly given to those with back pain. In this particular study in the Supplement of the Journal of Athletic Training, the researchers wanted to see if there was any difference in TrA activation using two selected exercises between healthy and [...]

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Proper Execution of Core Exercises

Stuart McGill is one of the foremost experts of the spine in the world. He is an advocate of training the spine while neutral and continually explains to all who will listen about the ineffectiveness and dangers of exercises such as the crunch or sit-up. I have read his material and listened to him speak [...]

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Do you know your ABC’s?

Are you looking for a way to change up a pretty standard exercise? Well, today’s post is another video post demonstrating a single leg exercise that can be done to enhance any lower extremity injury rehabilitation program. By simply adding some ABC’s to this exercise, we utilize some arm drivers to help make this activity [...]

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