by david | Jul 13, 2015 | sports physical therapy
New Study from the University of Missouri and presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. ORLANDO, FL – An athlete’s use of silicone ankle sleeves (SAS) and lace-up ankle braces (LAB) during sports participation can improve...
by david | Apr 20, 2015 | News, sports physical therapy, strength & conditioning
What a start to my adventure in China! My mom, Allison, and Jonah got up extra early to drive me to the airport. Getting up so early surprisingly resulted in some pretty happy kids (I hope they stay awake in school!). The first leg of the trip was a quick...
by david | Apr 13, 2014 | sports news, sports physical therapy, strength & conditioning
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...
by david | Mar 21, 2014 | creighton, sports physical therapy
Congratulations to my good friend Terry Grindstaff, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC, CSCS for being awarded the New Investigator award from the APTA.
by david | Feb 26, 2014 | health & fitness, sports physical therapy, strength & conditioning
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.
by david | Feb 9, 2014 | health & fitness, sports physical therapy, strength & conditioning
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...
