Shoulder Course Wrap-Up

This past weekend, I had the privilege of being able to attend the shoulder course presented by Mike Reinold and Eric Cressey. It was an outstanding seminar and those who attended were not disappointed. Mike and Eric are two of the best and brightest in their field and they were able to put [...]

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What is your focus?

First of all, if you aren’t a member of Strength and Conditioning Webinars, you should really consider joining. There are currently over 18 webinars available and more to come. The presenters are top notch and Anthony Renna does an outstanding job with the site.
Secondly – a couple of related points from two separate webinars [...]

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No Excuses

One of my favorite all-time quotes is from a former high school coach:
“There are Big C’s and there are Little c’s but there are no C’s like excuseeeees.”
That leads in to today’s post. There was a time when continuing education was probably a bit more challenging to achieve. The providers were fewer than today. Information [...]

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Beyond Four-Way Hip Exercises

Have you ever done this ? Someone has a lower extremity, hip, or back injury/condition. We know(due to the importance of the hips in lower extremity function) that we should probably address the hip in some capacity. As a result, we figure we’ll have them do some four way band exercises for the hip and [...]

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How can a basketball referee possibly be overweight? Part III

I recently spoke with someone who was slightly interested in losing some weight. I say slightly interested because he mentioned more than once that his wife said he should lose some weight. During our informal conversation, I mentioned at least two or three strategies that he could utilize in trying to lose weight. With each [...]

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How can a basketball referee possibly be overweight? Part II

Today, we live in a microwave society. Even those of us in the health profession can get sucked into this mentality. If it is quick and relatively pain-free, we have a much greater propensity to gravitate toward this than toward things that require sacrifice and discipline.
Exercise, while hard work, often leaves us feeling better and [...]

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How can a basketball referee possibly be overweight? Part I

Most of you know that in addition to being a Certified Athletic Trainer, I also referee high school basketball and umpire softball and baseball as well. One of the most common things someone says to me when they find out that I referee/umpire goes something like this:
“Refereeing – that’s pretty good exercise – you [...]

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Change you – and your patient – can believe in

During the Presidential race, everyone was talking about change. Each side was trying to make their case for why their change was better than the other. We all seemingly want change but do we really put this into practice? Think of one of your patients or maybe an athlete that you are currently working [...]

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Don’t want your resume to end up in the round file? Some tips to consider

Can a football team overcome a 21 point, first quarter deficit? Probably yes. (Unless of course that team was the 2008 Detroit Lions). But is it going to take a lot of work and effort to accomplish that? Absolutely. And in the end, it still may not be enough to overcome the steep deficit.
Getting behind [...]

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Stronger Safety Measures? States Please Make the Best Choice

Put yourself in this position for a moment:
You are a parent that has a high school student-athlete who is on the varsity football team. Your son is playing in a game against a cross-town rival and suffers an apparent concussion? Or maybe they are displaying some symptoms of heat distress? Or maybe they are showing [...]

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