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sports injuries Archive
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The Best of Thomas Deebel, DC
We look back at some of the best Q&A replies he has shared with us since joining our team in July of 2004By Steve Colescott
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Facts Needed to Prevent Hamstring Strains
Once you've experienced a hamstring strain, you wish nothing more than for it to never have happened or at least for it to never happen again.By Brad Longazel
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Training Concepts, Recovery and Knee Rehab with Buddy Morris
These videos made me realize what I needed to do in order to preserve longevitiy in doing what I love...lifting!! I just wish I came across these videos a few years back because it might have saved me from a lot of the frustration I'm experiencing now.By EFS Staff
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EFS Classic: Constructing a Strength and Conditioning Program for College Hockey
When developing the strength and explosiveness program for the University of Pittsburgh men's hockey team, there were several factors I had to take into consideration as a coach. Hopefully my experience thus far will help you in similar situations.By EFS Staff
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Smith’s got your Back: Warm-ups for Squat Injury Prevention
Squat injuries happen more frequently without a proper warm-up. Dr. Ryan Smith discusses a few simple movements he uses that can save you from painful complications.By Rachel Cassano
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Correcting Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction, Part 1
The sacroiliac joints (SI) are a common source of lower back problems for a wide range of people including housewives, professional athletes, and elite lifters. The SI joints don’t discriminate.By Sam Visnic
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The Hip Flexor Solution
Due to a recent influx of hip flexor questions, I decided to put together a few thoughts on the issue.By Andrew Paul
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Alleviating Ailing Ankles
Anyone who has worked with field and court sport athletes has undoubtedly dealt with his fair share of athletes with ankle injuries. The ankle is the most frequently injured joint in sport, accounting for one-third of all injuries. As the Western approach to medicine is highly reactionary in nature, we typically follow ankle injuries up [...]By Carson Boddicker
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Athletes and Olympic Lifting
The power clean and other Olympic lifts are a staple in strength and conditioning programs for many sports from high school to the pros.By Chad Wesley Smith
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Injury Prevention Strategies for Female Basketball Players
Injuries are a major setback for any competitive athlete. It can be physically taxing to recover and mentally stressful and draining to be sitting on the bench and going through rehabilitation. Injuries can even affect major decisions such as college or scholarship offers.By Callie Durbrow
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The Top Five Movements for Shoulder Health
Recently, I received an email from an average, middle-aged man who, after years of training, was unable to pick up his three-year-old son over his head due to shoulder pain. His goal was very simple.By Andrew Paul
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Pointing Out Gluteal Atrophy
Whenever I’m approached by an avid exerciser or athlete who complains of knee or lower back pain, the first thing I do is check out his or her backside…literally. Not to sound like a sexual implication, but observing the glutes actually helps me understand a client’s description of knee and lower back pain.By John Izzo
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Top Six Recovery Methods for Athletes
I’ll start off by putting it simply—you must train hard and recover hard! I work with a variety of athletes at Synergy Athletics. Keep in mind—these are mostly high school and college age athletes who are often at the mercy of their school schedules. Here are some healthy ways to recover your body and restore your muscles!By Joe Hashey
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Active Release Techniques for Strength Athletes
At some point or another, just about every bodybuilder and athlete on the planet is bound to get injured. Luckily, for most of us, these injuries are usually minor and don’t result in anything more than a slight inconvenience for a few days.By Mike Westerdal
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A Strength Coach’s Guide to Dealing with Pain: Part 2, Knee Pain
In part 1 of this series, I introduced some ways in which a strength and conditioning coach can deal with an athlete’s shoulder pain.By Andrew Paul
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The Truth about Impingement: Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I went into some detail on why I really didn’t like the catch all term “impingement.” In Part 2, I’m going to talk about the different kinds of impingement—external and internal.By Eric Cressey
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The Truth about Impingement, Part 1
Roughly 10–15 times per week, I get emails from folks who claim that they have shoulder “impingement.” Honestly, I roll my eyes the second that I read these emails. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not making light of their pain. It’s just that it drives me crazy when doctors throw this blanket statement out there.By Eric Cressey
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So You Wanna Be a Fighter?: Part One
It’s been a while since I’ve contributed an article to this site and so much has changed. I relocated to Ottawa last June, changed careers (although not for the better), and most importantly, changed sports. For a long time, I knew my passion was in strength sports, but something else lingered inside. The speech “Let [...]By Casey S. Rusbridge
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Does Your Serratus Feel Neglected?
The serratus (anterior and posterior) is one of the most overlooked and undertrained areas of an athlete’s body, especially in powerlifters. These muscles aid in the lockout of the bench press and stabilize the shoulder blade and shoulder girdle. By neglecting this area, you can suffer during the last half to one inch of your bench lockout.By Chris Clark
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How I Tore My Pec
The following is a recollection of an incident that I suffered close to 12 years ago. It changed my approach to personal exercise and ultimately helped me carve my career in the fitness field.By John Izzo
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A Strength Coaches Guide to Dealing with Pain, Part 1: Shoulder Pain
As a strength coach, I work with many athletes who suffer from chronic joint pain. When I hear them complain about shoulder and knee pain, my first reaction is to blow them off and tell them to go stretch. However, after suffering from the same types of nagging pains myself, I know that their pain is very real.By Andrew Paul
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Oblique Strains and Rotational Power
Earlier this season, Josh Hamilton put on an amazing show with 28 homeruns in the first round of the major league baseball (MLB) Homerun Derby.By Eric Cressey
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Are Your Lateral Rotators Strong?
The rotator cuff muscles of the shoulder play a very important role in the prevention of shoulder injury and in the execution of overhead throwing and hitting actions.By Dr. Michael Yessis
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Preventing Hamstring Injuries: Part I
Last summer, I worked with a college running back who was contemplating quitting football because of chronic hamstring injuries.By Joe Heiler
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Solving Anterior Knee Pain
Pain in the front of the knee is becoming an epidemic among serious lifters and fitness enthusiasts alike. It once was one of those injuries we associated mostly with females and blamed on their alignment but no longer. I see almost as many men now with diagnoses like patellar maltracking, patellar tendonitis, IT band syndrome, and just general “anterior knee pain.”By Joe Heiler
