SHIFT Blog and Articles

November 10, 2018

Our New Warm Up With Video Walk Through (Part 1)

One of the most common topics I get asked about is what I have our girls team do for a warm up. Many people have heard me talk about my

November 10, 2018

Strength Balance in Gymnastics: Exercise Selection Matters

Strength training and athlete development are topics that are often discussed within the sport of gymnastics. Generally, this is tied in with the intent of directly increasing sports performance and

November 10, 2018

Video Quick Tip! Side Plank 1 Arm Rows

Today I wanted to quickly share one of my new favorite exercises I got from the strength coaches at Champion PT and Performance. As I’ve talked about before, it’s really

November 10, 2018

Build Power and Core Control with These 3 Medball Exercises

Many athletes do a lot of isolated core work like side or front planks, hollow rocks, leg lifts, and so on. This type of core strength is valuable when in

November 10, 2018

Does Having Good Form Make A Gymnast’s Squat Worse?

It’s known to the gymnastics world that having good form in all skills is pretty much essential to success. You can throw all the craziest skills in the world, but

November 10, 2018

2015 / 2016 Continuing Education List

Last year one of my most popular blogs was actually nothing to do with gymnastics or clinical treatment. It was a list of the resources, books, and continuing education courses

November 10, 2018

High Level Gymnast With Shoulder Pain During Releases and Chronic Wrist Pain: From Clinic To Practice #5

It’s been a while since I did another case study “From Clinic To Practice” type post. I wanted to get back to them, as readers send me a lot of

November 10, 2018

Double Box Jumps To Develop Explosive Leg Power: Video Quick Tip

Although many people are in the post season looking to get into strength cycles, I wanted to share one of my favorite drills for developing leg power and explosive quickness.

November 10, 2018

7 Pieces of Advice For New PT Grads

With many PT students graduating this month, I wanted to drift off my normal blogging topics and give some advice to people who will be joining the field soon. Looking

November 10, 2018

“Hip Flexor Tightness” in Gymnasts and The Most Common Error In Stretching

A topic that comes up frequently in my flexibility lectures and when treating gymnastics patients is hyper mobile athletes who feel “hip flexor tightness” or experience ongoing “hip flexor strains”.

November 10, 2018

Combatting Wrist Injuries in Men’s Gymnastics: 5 Tips For Training

Wrist pain and wrist injuries are unfortunately a huge issue in men’s gymnastics. I personally suffered from a lot of wrist pain towards the end of my career, along with

November 10, 2018

Competitive Season Is Done, Now What? 5 Tips For Gymnastics Post Season

For most gymnasts across both high school and college levels, the season has come to a close or is almost at a close (with nationals being last few weekends). Elite