Category Archives: achilles tendonitis

Quick Tip to Improve Dorsiflexion (making your calve stretch more effective)

By admin | Published: January 12, 2012
Happy Thursday Night! I just got home from a trip to Arizona and I am ready for bed, but I wanted to share something with you that I have been using. After I perform soft tissue work on the lower extremity (foam rolling, SMR, manual therapy, trigger point therapy, active release technique…you name it) I [...]
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Can You Give Me Some Advice?

By admin | Published: January 7, 2012
So this guy who I am an acquaintance of, actually we have just played hockey together a couple of times, comes up to me at the gym and asks for “some advice”. Then he clarifies and asks me for “some exercises to help this?” and pulls up his sock to show me this He was [...]
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Barefoot Training Part-2

By admin | Published: July 29, 2011
Friday Night Blog Post? Why not? I started this on the plane the other day… I have been on the road a ton lately. Just this last week I have made two trips to Arizona and one to Denver. They were all good, productive trips. I had some very productive meetings at NASM corporate in [...]
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Improving Running Performance and Running Mechanics

By admin | Published: December 10, 2010
I feel like this should be a book…but I’ll share 2 cents. Running? Lifting to run? Stretching for running? What about core? Yeah…do it all. Yamamoto et al. put together “The Effects of Resistance Training on Endurance Distance Running Performance Among Highly Trained Runners: A Systematic Review” in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research: [...]
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Anke Mobility Issues? This Corrective Exercise Technique will Help Your Soleus

By admin | Published: September 22, 2010
Hi guys, I was able to double the dorsiflexion on one of my clients in less than 5 minutes and they asked how they could keep that Range of Motion. One tool for her is to use this corrective exercise/self myofascial release (SMR) technique to keep her soft tissue extensible. Try 2-3 sets of 8-12 [...]
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