In our ongoing quest to DEprioritize stretching from your rehab & prevention routines, the achilles tendon has to also be close to the top of our list. (click the buttons if you want to read up on our earlier content about this concept)… GET RID OF HAMSTRING PROBLEMS WITHOUT STRETCHING IT’S OK TO STOP STRETCHING …
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Pulled your hammy? What a pain in the ass… Literally, right? Pain from a hamstring strain or tendinopathy can be an incredibly frustrating experience, especially for active individuals who eventually come to the realization that getting out on the trail to run, lifting heavy again, or even bending over to pick up one of the …
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Dealing with a bad (or mild) case of tendonitis? BEFORE YOU READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE, LET ME GIVE YOU ONE BIG PIECE OF CLINICAL ADVICE… STOP STRETCHING – IT’S GOING TO BE OK! I get it, that seems wrong doesn’t it? When something hurts, we tend to stretch it instinctively. But are you …
Effective Tendonitis Treatment: Stop Stretching and Try This Instead Read More »
I vividly remember the first time I did a movement evaluation with an elite-level athlete years ago. “It hurts [here] when I run more than 12 miles” he told me. Wondering if any other of his “normal” activities provoked his symptoms, I asked “when else throughout your day or week does this pain kick in?”. …
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I’m often asked what insurance I take at Limitless. It’s a great question! And something I love talking about because, well…I do things a little different at my Physical Therapy clinic. The reason I became a Physical Therapist was to help inspire people to move more and limit less. The Limitless Origin Story I know …
How I Broke Up With Insurance to Help People Get Out of Pain Read More »
LET ME SET THE SCENE FOR YOU… You’ve been working on your back squat lately. The past couple of months have been full of some good cues and learning from your coaches and friends, and you’ve been gaining strength like an animal. You’re excited to be lifting like this! You hit a heavy set of …
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From rowing & CrossFit to running & cycling, we know that IT (Iliotibial Band) Syndrome is one of the more common knee pain struggles out there for athletes (see this article and this one too). Many of these athletes experience multiple episodes of this kind of pain, even after trying the normally prescribed treatments like …
For far too long I’ve heard people misrepresent CrossFit as a jocks-only club for crazy people that just throw around kettlebells, do muscle-ups, and half-assed versions of olympic lifting. I’ve had well-respected colleagues scoff at it as a patient(injury)-generating machine, and have had patients assume they’d never be able to do anything “as intense” as …
EPISODE 2: A MOBILITY OR STABILITY PROBLEM? EPISODE 3: FIVE OF MY FAVORITE SHOULDER POSITION EXERCISES