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First Month of Another Fitness Challenge Brings Eric Beard Some Results

How has Another Fitness Challenge been going for you? I have been plugging away at improving my overhead squat and it has felt great! I enlisted the help of Krisitn Mohr, a physical therapist at Integrative Therapeutics in Natick, MA. She can be reached at kmohr@integrativetherapeutics.com if you want some work from her. She is a [...]
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HFPN-Another Fitness Challenge Goals and Progress for Eric Beard 2/11/2010- My Corrective Exercise is Working!

Trying to keep up with the Health and Fitness Provider Network President (HFPN) Ben Tucker, aka. “Triangle Man” is a hard job. He claims he has made some very good progress as well. I have not had my dorsiflexion re-measured yet but I started at; Right Ankle Prone Straight Leg- 0 degrees Left Ankle Prone Straight Leg- [...]
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Overhead Squat Assessment-Excessive Forward Lean from Ankle Restriction at NASM CES Workshop by Eric Beard

This girl was a participant at a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) that I taught for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) in Calabasas, CA last week. I used a modified version of the overhead squat and goniometry to identify that a movement impairment stemming from the ankle was driving this compensation. She had 5 [...]
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Boston CPT for NASM Ends up With Some After Hours Corrective Exercise Action for Eric Beard

Happy Friday! Had a fun first day at the Boston workshop today. I stayed after and worked on a dancer and did a few overhead squat assessments (ACL surgeries, car accidents and scoliosis). Here is the treatment protocol that O followed for one; Worked on a young female dancer after NASM CPT class today in Boston- She had left [...]
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Corrective Exercise Specialist Case Study- Ankle Impairment

Hope you had a great weekend! I enjoyed my Sunday with my family at home and had a blast teaching a Corrective Exercise Specialist workshop for the National Academy of Sports Medicine in Boston this Friday 5/15 and Saturday 5/16. I enjoyed working with this group. Attendees traveled from more than 5 states to attend [...]
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