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Movement Science and Gymnastics Education

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Dr. David Tilley offers his very best content from 10 years of working with the sports highest level gymnasts, coaches, and medical providers.

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Hey, my name is Dave Tilley.

I was a collegiate gymnast and have been coaching gymnastics for 15 years. I work as a Sports Physical Therapist, Strength and Conditioning coach, and optional gymnastics coach in Boston MA. I’m also really fortunate that I get to travel the world and teach about performance and sports medicine concepts.

I started SHIFT in 2013 with one goal.

Help people change the lives of athletes they work with.

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Chapter 14-15 Gymnastics Culture Ebook, Foot/Ankle, Gymnastics Injuries, Gymnastics Long Term Athletic Development, Knee

3 Thoughts To A Key Article – “Women’s Worlds Team Defying The Norm: Is Sixteen No Longer The Peak?”

Gymnastike put out a great article this week "Women's Worlds Team Defying The Norm: Is Sixteen No Longer The Peak?". I think the concepts behind this article are crucial for all of gymnastics to consider. This idea of age being just a number,…

Fitness, Fitness Flexibility/Mobility, Fitness Gymnastics, Fitness Medical Care, Fitness PreHab, Fitness Technique, Monkey Method Movement Essentials

Swinging/Muscle Up/Kipping Advice To CrossFit Athletes From a PT and Gymnastics Coach

A few months ago, I started this series on some of my thoughts on injury prevention advice for people training gymnastics movements in CrossFit. In Part 1 I talked about general concepts, and in Part 2 I offered some ideas related to handstands.…

Gymnastics Coaching MAG, Gymnastics Flexibility/Mobility, Gymnastics Injuries, Gymnastics Medical, Gymnastics PreHab, shoulder

Mobility Exercise’s To Boost Shoulder Health In Male Gymnasts (Part 1)

Although I do spend more time in women's gymnastics, I want to start offering more information to help take care of the male gymnasts out there. Growing up and training, I had my fair share of injuries and wished that I had some ways to proactively…

Brain Spill, Exercise, General Medical, Pain Science, Physical Therapy

Brain Spill #2: Thoughts on Movement Variability, Pain Science, and Overuse Injury

For some reason my reading has taken me a lot into the concepts of movement variability, the role of coordinative and elemental variability, and how this all plays into in skill performance. I've always been curious about how athletes like…

Chapter 12 Gymnastics Culture Ebook, Gymnastics Coaching WAG, Gymnastics Injuries, Gymnastics Medical, Gymnastics Monitoring, Lower Back

How Many Impacts and Hyperextensions Do Gymnasts Actually Take?

Another set of the age old questions in gymnastics; "How much is too much?", "How much is enough to get a skill?", and "How much until we get nervous about injury?"A big concept that myself and other gymnastics healthcare providers talk about…

Crossfit, Fitness, Fitness Flexibility/Mobility, Fitness Gymnastics, Fitness Olympic Lifting, Fitness PreHab

5 Minute Hip Mobility Warm Up

I recently put together a series of hip mobility drills for an Olympic Weightlifter friend of mine. I'm personally a big fan of making a warm up as active and dynamic as possible, rather than just simply resting passively in stretching positions.…

Disclaimer

This site is oriented to my opinions and thoughts regarding the subject matter. Please keep in mind that application of this material is a personal choice, and in no way is the author responsible for those choices. Readers are encouraged to only operate within their scope of practice. Examination, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation for athletes should only be performed by a licensed medical professional. Anyone experiencing pain, discomfort, abnormal sensation, or other symptoms should stop immediately from any advice offered and seek formal medical care.

Welcome to SHIFT

Movement Science and Gymnastics Education

New Free Course!
“Keys To Gymnastics Season Success”

Free Gymnastics Coaches Course