An eye opening book reminding me that regardless of how HARD I work to become the best sport medicine professional I want to be, my ultimate destiny lies in part within the hands of “chance”.
If you are a strength coach or manual therapist, I can say with 99.9% certainty that you have at one point or another recommended a Standing Wall Stretch to a client or patient. You may have done so for various reasons, including improved triceps surae length, but have you recommended this stretch with external assistance?
By Farrow, Baker, and MacMahon
An inexpensive tool
With Christmas rapidly approaching and shopping days swiftly diminishing, many of you may be looking for last minute gifts to reward yourself with (no need to be ashamed, we all do it!). Therefore, over the next couple of days, I will be profiling several items that may contribute (either directly or indirectly) to sports health [...]
The following is a summary of a recent article in The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy answering the question “Does manual lymphatic drainage actually do what its meant to do?” Systematic Review of Efficacy for Manual Lymphatic Drainage Techniques in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation: An Evidence-Based Practice Approach (Vairo et al: 2009) Dating back [...]
Last week I wrote about the rise and “potential” fall of Kinesiology-type taping. Please click here if you have yet to read “Kinesiology-type Taping: A Psychological Intervention in Sport?” Well as it turns out, this “old” taping method MAY in fact be psychological after all! But before I proceed any further, I must point out [...]
This is a tough one to answer and likely will be a subject of debate for years to come. Over the past couple years and more recently, the last few months, there has been an exponential rise in the use of Kinesiology-type taping in the sports arena. Perhaps in large part due to the exposure [...]
It goes without saying that the “commonly” held belief about stretching entering 2010 is that an athlete should not perform static stretches immediately prior to competition. If you have yet to read Stretching the Truth, I suggest you do so prior to reading this particular post. As you can see, we have a long way [...]
On Friday, I finally received my DVD copy of Assess and Correct in the mail. I had already read the manual and accompanying material a week and a half prior but patiently waited for the DVD before I formed an objective opinion. Upon initial glance of the written material, its contents did not seem novel [...]
