injury prevention

August 31, 2021

Breaking Down Shoulder Assessments

Today on the podcast, is part two of the very popular hip assessment video that we had last week. As many people know, I work at Champion Physical Therapy and

August 24, 2021

Breaking Down Hip Assessments

Today we have something very special on the podcast, as many people may know I work at Champion Physical Therapy and Performance in Boston. We do a lot of continuing

December 5, 2020

Complete Gymnastics Shoulder Performance – How To Develop Flexibility, Strength, and Power

I’ve really been looking forward to posting this, as it has been something a ton of people email or message me about. High-level shoulder performance is absolutely critical for gymnastics.

November 11, 2018

Gymnasts Who Lift Weights and Have Off Seasons – How to Build “New School” Gymnastics Strength Programs

I’m incredibly excited to get this blog post and free lecture out to the gymnastics world. While I fully understand the need to use traditional gymnastics specific physical preparation programs,

November 11, 2018

Download My New Gymnastics Pre-Hab For Free

Hey everyone! I’m not going to lie, I’m super excited that this blog post and resource is finally ready to release to the public. I think pre-hab is one of

November 11, 2018

An Essential Hip Strength Exercise All Gymnasts Need – Weighted Single Leg Hip Lifts

During the months of June and July, most gyms are going pretty hard on new strength programs to build strength and power needed for new skills. I’m in the same

November 10, 2018

10 Quick Tips – Reducing Injury Risk During Gymnastics Season

I’m really excited to be getting back into writing more content in the next few months. I asked a lot of readers what was the most helpful, and one thing

November 10, 2018

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,

November 10, 2018

Gym Quick Tips: Cue Your Gymnast’s Core with The Moving Fulcrum Conditioning Drill

As many people who follow my blog may know, I have written about my concerns with doing high volume dynamic arch up type conditioning with gymnasts. This includes lots of

November 10, 2018

Video Quick Tip #2: A Gymnast’s “Shoulder Flexibility” Has Much More To It Than Just The Shoulder

The info and video in this post came about because I’m in the process of putting together a really cool 4 part article series about shoulder pain in gymnasts. I

November 10, 2018

Is Arch Up Type Conditioning Contributing To Back Pain In Gymnasts?

I did them growing up..arch ups, uppers, lowers, back extensions hanging over blocks, you name it. As a coach, I also had a lot of my girls do it just

November 9, 2018

Combating Achilles Tears In Gymnastics (Pt II): Pre-Hab Techniques and How To Help Possibly Reduce Injury

Last week in Part I of this post I outlined my thoughts on what some contributing factors may be to a gymnast suffering an Achilles tear. I talked about some