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The 5 Best Plyometric Exercises for Runners
An article I wrote for the Breaking Muscle blog on plyometric training for runners. The running community tends to advocate training principles from the Dark Ages. Okay, maybe not that old, but not much more recent than the 1980s. Let’s take a look at what most...
Uber for Health Care
Uber for Health Care
Experience Is Not The Same As Expertise
Nice post from Quest Online Personal Training and Coaching: One of Quest's core beliefs is that expert care leads to better results. But what does this mean in a practical sense? I read an awesome tweet from an outstanding, passionate youth soccer coach in...
World-Herald editorial: Right strategy for Nebraska startups
Quest was mentioned in the Omaha World Herald. Brain drain is often lamented in Nebraska, but an interesting reversal is happening in an up-and-coming technology niche here. Tech startup entrepreneurs for new companies are relocating to Lincoln from Seattle, Chicago,...
hamstrings and baseball
Great study from Columbia University in New York about how baseball players injure their hamstrings. Seems these injuries happen in the early part of the year. Off season training would seem to be a contributing factor here. Ahmad et al. Major and Minor League...
smoking and bone healing
Yet more evidence in this article that smoking hampers bone healing. The review strengthens our knowledge of the impact of smoking on bone healing. The reduced bone healing potential in smokers, suggests that smoking cessation advice should be offered to smokers...
new investigator award
Congratulations to my good friend Terry Grindstaff, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC, CSCS for being awarded the New Investigator award from the APTA.
functional stabilization training and patellofemoral pain
While quad strengthening might indeed be necessary in those with patellofemoral pain adding movement retraining to quad strengthening is more effective. Nice article in the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy.
Static Stretching. Dynamic Stretching. Is Any of it Helpful?
In the past, I have spoken and written quite a bit about stretching. See here, here, here. Recently, the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research published some more articles demonstrating yet again that stretching does not help performance and that it actually...