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The Biggest Gymnastics Flexibility Mistakes I Made As A Younger Coach, and What I Do Now
Today’s podcast is a heavily requested topic I get asked about frequently.
What is the best approach to flexibility?
What have I learned? What have I changed? What do I do now when making flexibility programs?
In this episode, I summarize…
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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 Performance in Boston where we do a lot of continuing education for strength conditioning…
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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 education, we take a lot of doctoral students on their last rotations…
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Comparing Weight Bearing Wrist Mobility to Ankle Mobility
It's become widely known that weight bearing ankle mobility is part of developing a full ranged, properly executed squat. Many people understand the common compensations that can develop such as limited depth, the knees rolling in, or lower…
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Concussion Tools for Gymnastics Coaches, Parents, and Medical Providers
I spent the last 4 days in Washington D.C. taking an Emergency Medicine Response course as part of my upcoming Sports PT boards (don't worry I passed). One area of injuries we spent a long time discussing and practicing was spinal/neck injuries…
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Thoughts on Why To Use The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) In Gymnastics
A few months back, an article came out in Technique magazine about the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and it's concepts. I think it was a great introduction, but I have been meaning to pitch in my two cents on why I feel using the FMS is…
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Screening Overhead Mobility in Gymnasts (Application of The JBJ Approach To Handstands Pt 3)
Last month I started writing about how I apply the Joint by Joint Theory proposed by Gray Cook/Mike Boyle into a basic gymnastics movement, the handstand. In Part I of this article series I went over some background info, and talked about the…
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5 Easy Screens for Detecting Back Pain in Gymnasts
It's widely known that lower back pain is a huge problem in both male and female gymnastics. Despite more education coming out and progress being made, I unfortunately still treat a ton of gymnasts weekly at Champion for lower back pain.…