Today on the podcast is Physical Therapist and former Collegiate gymnast Kaysha Heck, PT, DPT, SCS discussing hip flexibility and injuries. Kaysha has unfortunately had a lot of hip injuries herself as a result of outdated flexibility methods such as over spilts, using ankle weights, and holding splits and stretches for two to three minutes […]
This week’s podcast is a survival guide for club, college, and elite gymnasts to tackle meet season. In compulsories and younger years you train a little less intensively and meets aren’t as frequent but as you get into optional levels 7-10, elite, and then college the season becomes much more of a grind. It can […]
This week’s podcast is the first lecture from our recent and very popular 2022 Gymnastics Rehabilitation Virtual Summit. The three-day event was aimed at helping medical providers who work with gymnasts, gymnastic coaches, and S&C coaches learn the exact exercises, manual techniques, and programs needed to treat gymnastic injuries. In this lecture, I explain the […]
What is the difference between programming rehab versus programming for sports performance? Today on the podcast I am joined by fellow experts and colleagues from Champion Physical Therapy and Performance to explore this topic. Performance Physical Therapist Dan Pope DPT, OCS, CSCS, C-PS, Director of Fitness & Strength and Conditioning Coach Diwesh Poudyal BS, CSCS, […]
Today I believe we have one of the most important podcasts produced by Shift, a discussion with Dr. Marcia Faustin about athletes’ mental health. ⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ In this episode, we discuss heavy content around depression, anxiety, body image, fear of failure, and suicide. If you are someone listening to this podcast but […]
Nutrition is one of the most important, but most complex topics for gymnastics coaches, parents, and athletes to understand. While we don’t think that coaches/parents should be expert nutritionists (they should work with professionals) it is very important they know the basics about fueling properly. Between mainstream media misinformation, constantly changing recommendations, and gymnastics culture […]
Hip pain is extremely common in gymnasts. Despite the research saying that only 3.1-5.7% of all injuries in gymnastics occur in the hip, the reality is that it is much more common. Injuries like hamstring growth plate inflammation (ischial apophysitis), hip flexor strains, and labral tears can plague gymnasts for years. Sometimes these injuries reoccur […]
Today I am very excited to bring to you a second episode I did as a guest, on my good friend Chad Vaughn’s phenomenal podcast; The Barbell Mobility Podcast. Chad is a two-time Olympic weightlifter, now a phenomenal Olympic weightlifting coach himself and I’ve had the pleasure of working with him for the last six […]
Today on the podcast I’m extremely excited to talk with Carly Dockendorf, Utah’s assistant coach and beam specialist. Carly originally from Canada was a gymnast herself and part of the Canadian National Team. As a gymnast, she struggled with some major mental blocks but has used these experiences to help her have empathy and assist […]
Today on the podcast is Kevin Coughlin DPT, ACSM-CPT, C-PS, a Performance Physical Therapist and expert in running-related injuries. Kevin graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and is part of the team at Champion PT and Performance Boston, helping people get out of pain and back to the […]
