Fascia: The Forgotten Tissue

On November 28, 2010, in Continuing Education, by jcubos

January 15-16, 2010

You Know What They Say About Short Feet…

On September 28, 2010, in Exercises, Lower Extremity, Therapeutic Methods, by jcubos

A method to improve upright whole body stability.

Dr. Richards on Biomechanics & Stretching

A lecture by one of my university professors and mentors on biomechanics and stretching.

More on the Deep Front Line

From the deep line to breathing, from testing to training.

Minimizing Hip & Groin Injuries

Considerations for minimizing hip and groin injuries in activity and sport

Standing Wall Stretches: Don’t forget the arch!

On December 22, 2009, in Lower Extremity, Therapeutic Methods, by jcubos

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?

“Tendon” Pathology: Do We Really Know What We Think We Know?

On November 23, 2009, in Clinical Testing, Lower Extremity, by jcubos

Tendinitis? “That’s such an old term…no one uses that anymore!” Tendinopathy? “Hmm…too vague. Get some diagnostic skills will ya?” Tendinosis? “Now that’s more like it. Most tendon pathologies pass the inflammation stage and go directly to the degeneration stage…right?” But do they? Well maybe not! Franklyn-Miller et al recently published an editorial piece entitles “Fasciitis [...]

The Bunkie Test

On October 26, 2009, in Clinical Testing, by jcubos

Although the assessment and treatment of myofascial and kinetic chain dysfunction has been used for numerous years, its presence in therapy clinics and performance centres have increased tremendously in recent times.  Clinicians and strength coaches are well adept at developing the functional kinetic chain, however, very few understand importance of the fascial system. In order [...]