The summer is flying by again!!!
In the NorthEast we have had beautiful weather, much better than the 7 week deluge of 2009.
I was on the road 11 days out of 21 from the end of July to the first week of August and have enjoyed the last 2 weekends at home for sure. I spent some time in an small Integrated Manual Therapy workshop with NASM CEO Dr. Michael Clark in Mesa, AZ which was just amazing! Thanks Mike!!! We studied assessment and treatment of the pelvic girdle. I have been able to provide relief for so many of my clients since applying this information.
I also taught two NASM Essentials of Personal Training Workshops and an NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist Workshop. I got to visit; Washington, DC, Denver, CO and LA ( and Calabasas), CA. I did stop by the IDEA World 2010 Awards Ceremony in LA as well. Two friends of mine, Tanya Colucci and Lance Breger, were nominated for co-directors of the year. I am very proud of the them and the work they do with http://infinitywellness.org/ that brings health, fitness and wellness to underfunded schools in teh Washington, DC area. Tanya is the founder and Lance is the president.
I shot a handful of videos over this time including this one on Thoracic Spine Mobilization and corrective exercise technique;
Another on Adductor Magnus Dysfunction;
This one on OPT Model Periodization for Max Strength Training for a basketball player during the offseason;
This one on a corrective exercise stretch for the posterior capsule of the shoulder (gleno humeral joint);
This one on a Power Training compound set with a medicine ball and Power Plate;
I post these videos on You Tube and usually Facebook. If you are not following my You Tube Channel and want to see these videos as soon as I post them then follow me at; http://youtube.com/theericbeard
Well, that’s it for me. I had a fantastic day on Cape Cod at the beach, playing mini-golf and downing homemade ice cream fro the Ice Cream Sandwhich in Sandwhich, MA!!
Hope you are having an awesome summer too!!!
Thanks for reading.
Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
Corrective Exercise Specialist
AthleticShoulder.com
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Did Steve Strasburg have the G.I.R.D. and Could His Injury Have Been Prevented?
I am not a Washington Nationals fan. I am a Boston Red Sox fan to be exact but I hate to see injuries like this, on any level. The story is out all over the major media outlets that Steve Strasburg, the next prodigy of professional baseball has suffered an injury to his ulna collateral ligament and will most likely require Tommy John Surgery to repair the damage.
Pundits from all walks of sports and sports medicine, including ex Red Sox, Curt Schilling have commented on who is to blame and why the injury occurred. Was he rushed to the majors? Allowed to pitch too many innings over his your career? Or were the basics of human movement ignored yet again?
Schilling narrates down bio-mechanical breakdowns in his delivery on n ESPN segment that I found and I actually found some good insights to build off of.

His right shoulder does not internally rotate properly. This leads to the elbow extension during the early cocking phase.
Pitching Cycle Breakdown
His back side hip needs some help too.
When the shoulder does not internally rotate properly players develop excessive external rotation and during the follow through there is an extreme increase in forces transferred to the medial elbow, particularly the ulna ligament.
His right hip does not appear to internally rotate as well and maybe not even extend. This will wear down the cartilage in the hip which can lead to arthritis and even tears in the labrum, just ask Mike Lowell and Alex Rodriguez about that.
Mike need some help what his hip and some dorsiflexion!
He had no hip rotation before he had to get surgery
Ouch! Poor kid...
I hope these basic stretches and mobilizations were included in Starsburg’s corrective program, if indeed he was on one.
Let’s look to improve the quality of care and injury prevention our athletes, friends and families receive.
Thanks for reading.
Eric Beard
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AthleticShoulder.com
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