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Shoulder Injuries Waiting to Happen; Corrective Exercise vs. Rehabilitation
Happy Monday!
As I was perusing the Internet, looking for “stuff’ to blog about I came across an article that appeared in a major market online newspaper written by a self professed “personal trainer and rehabilitation specialist“.
This “rehabilitation specialist wrote about these two exercise to do at home if you do not have equipment;“Triceps dips: Sit [...]
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Tennis Players: It Doesn’t Matter "How You Slice It" Corrective Exercise Before a Problem is Better Than After One!
In elite junior players, the overall incidence of shoulder injury typically ranges from 10-30%. 80% of these injuries are overuse injuries.
Impingement is right up there as well statistically…
Question; can we prevent overuse injuries in elite junior tennis players?
Or do we just rehab or surgically repair it all the time?
maybe we should be doing this BEFORE [...]
"Orthopedic Surgeons and Shoulder Injuries: Can the Rotator Cuff be Saved with Corrective Exercise and Improved Tennis Technique?"
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons report;
“In 2003, approximately 13.7 million people went to the doctor’s office for a shoulder problem, including 3.7 million visits for shoulder and upper arm sprains and strains.
Shoulder injuries are frequently caused by athletic activities that involve excessive, repetitive, overhead motion, such as swimming, tennis, pitching, and weightlifting. Injuries can [...]
What’s Wrong With This Core Training Picture? A Corrective Exercise Specialist Knows
What is wrong with this picture?
Read the text…”An Introduction to Core Stability”…an introduction??? how is standing on the ball an introduction? Maybe this wins style points and get a consumer to purchase something, but this is the message that many coaches and trainer have been fighting against for years. Quality before quantity! Master the simple [...]
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Got Rhythm? Scapulohumeral Rhythm? If Not Your Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Joint Will Pay, Often With Impingement