ericbeard.com » rotator cuff http://ericbeard.com Corrective Exercise, Human Movement, Posture, Success and Personal Development Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:36:24 +0000 en hourly 1 Full Length DVD Content FREE Here! Corrective Exercise and More! http://ericbeard.com/2011/04/19/full-length-dvd-content-free-here-corrective-exercise-and-more/ http://ericbeard.com/2011/04/19/full-length-dvd-content-free-here-corrective-exercise-and-more/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:17:15 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=897 Happy Tuesday!

I now have the privilege of uploading videos to YouTube that are longer than 15 minutes. I am guessing that I have passed a certain number of uploads and maintained a positive status with You Tube. So basically I have not uploaded any iphone videos of a Bruins broadcast or anything like that. I did recently post a series of videos on You Tube giving a basic overview of the OPT Model over the course of five videos. Visit my YouTube channel if you want to see them http://youtube.com/theericbeard. You probably notice that I have been investing my time outside of my blog lately I logged in last week to post and spent an hour fixing the typos in my last post. Sheesjh! What a stinker! My apologies for letting that go out. The content was good but what a mess! So that is fit for public consumption and worth a peak when you have time

More importantly is that I uploaded an entire DVD of mine to You Tube. It is finishing processing right now. The DVD is actually the prologue installment for my DVD series Secrets and Staples of Training the Athletic Shoulder. (of course available at http://athleticshoulder.com ) it is 54 minutes long and has some greta stuff in it if I do say so myself. Please watch it and let me know what you think! I am confident that you will find it helpful.

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
Corrective Exercise Specialist
AthleticShoulder.com
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http://youtube.com/theericbeard

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2011/04/19/full-length-dvd-content-free-here-corrective-exercise-and-more/feed/ 0 Shoulder Dysfunction and Contra-Lateral Sacroiliac Joint Health in a Tennis Player http://ericbeard.com/2011/03/03/shoulder-dysfunction-and-contra-latteral-sacroiliac-joint-health-in-a-tennis-player/ http://ericbeard.com/2011/03/03/shoulder-dysfunction-and-contra-latteral-sacroiliac-joint-health-in-a-tennis-player/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:14:00 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=888 Happy Thursday night!

It seems that I don’t usually get to posting on Thursday nights, but I’d like to get more regular with my blog. And no not to talk about increasing my fiber intake. I don’t have a video to share this week just some insights. (actually I just uploaded one for the edit!!) I have a client that I’ve been working with, who is a seventy-year-old avid tennis player. She is very open-minded to alternative treatments takes very good care of herself. And has recently been receiving physical therapy, stretch therapy, neuromuscular massage therapy, and seeing a chiropractor, for a shoulder injury. She had an MRI to quantify the damage to the shoulder and she’s laid off from tennis to let her shoulder heal. Actually she hasn’t laid off from playing tennis. She’s only playing left-handed now, and she’s the a right-handed player. Talk about dedication to tennis!

This woman has received acupuncture, used homeopathic remedies and mixed these approaches to health care with traditional medicine. Pretty much the perfect client. haven’t actually work with her for a few years but she’s back to see me to help with her shoulder. When I started to ask her about the treatment she’d been receiving, I was pretty happy. It sound like a good mix of therapies the compliment each other well. Once I performed some movement assessments, goniometry measurements, (specific joint range of motion assessments) and manual muscle testing, I found that there were several other areas throughout the kinetic chain contributing to her shoulder injury. I was a bit disappointed that none of the other practitioners that she was seeing were addressing these other areas. It sounded like the work they were doing was appropriate for shoulder, but the rest of the kinetic chain is not being considered. She had restrictions in dorsiflexion flexion, left sacroiliac joint dysfunction and other soft tissue restrictions. Just by releasing her left adductor magnus, left short head of the biceps femoris and encouraging some movement in her sacroiliac joint, she instantaneously stood taller and moved easier. She was excited and relieved that her whole body felt better. It always amazes me the, complexity yet simplicity of the kinetic chain principle. It’s true that sometimes we can’t see the forest through the trees, and I have made this mistake myself plenty of times. So the good news is is that this client will coming to see me for some soft tissue work and very specific corrective exercise programming to address her movement impairments and she will continue to see her other practitioners for localize work at the site of her injury. This is almost the best case scenario we have a specific diagnosis and qualified practitioners treating the diagnosis as well if someone else looking at the big picture. Now at 70 years of age playing as much tennis as this client is played, degradation of tissue is unavoidable. I’m not saying a the SI joint restriction caused her shoulder problem. It might even just be a response to the injury itself. I’m very clear however that does need to be addressed. And if we think about the fascial connections in the posterior chain of the body, the sacroiliac joint dysfunction and right shoulder dysfunction are not uncommon in this situation. We can extrapolate that further restrictions in dorsi flexion bilaterally as well as first MTP joint restriction bilaterally have contributed to her dysfunction as well.

I’m excited to get this client back on the court and playing tennis again…with the racket in her right hand. I’m not sure how long it’s going to take, but I know her love of the game will keep her moving consistently toward that court again.

I’m sure we’ve all experienced situations where other practitioners have get lost in the minutia of the condition. As corrective exercise specialists and personal trainers, we work with our strengths of just looking at human movement. We can’t diagnose, many of us can’t apply manual therapy techniques unless we are licensed to do so, but we can observe and identify movement impairments. We can restore muscular balance. We can activate inhibited muscles. We can teach quality movement patterns. We can make a huge difference. We can do so along with other practitioners who have the appropriate licensure and skill set to identify and treat specific injuries. or we can use this skill set skill set with someone who doesn’t have a diagnosed injury to enhance the quality of life, performance on the court or play time with their kids.

There are so many other people that we can learn from to get better at what we do. There are countless practitioners we can network with to learn more about the body. Just remember that human movement is human movement, and the kinetic chain is the kinetic chain. These basics will guide us in identification of dysfunction reeducation of the neuromuscular system, fitness programs and athletic performance enhancement programs.

That’s all for me tonight. Thanks for reading and here is to to a dry and sunny spring!

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
Corrective Exercise Specialist
AthleticShoulder.com
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Thanks for visiting!

Eric Beard
Corrective Exercise Specialist
CEO A-Team
EricBeard.com
AthleticShoulder.com

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2009/11/05/correctve-exercise-for-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/feed/ 2 Teaching an NASM Personal Trainer Workshop in Atlanta Thinking about HFPN.com http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/25/teaching-an-nasm-personal-trainer-workshop-in-atlanta-thinking-about-hfpn-com/ http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/25/teaching-an-nasm-personal-trainer-workshop-in-atlanta-thinking-about-hfpn-com/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:39:51 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/25/teaching-an-nasm-personal-trainer-workshop-in-atlanta-thinking-about-hfpn-com/ Happy Friday all!

I am enjoying a High Protein Mocha Almond Smoothie from Smoothie King in Atlanta. I love Smoothie King! I think they do a pretty good job with variety and quality of products. I think that IntaJuice may have a healthier product line but I do not see the around too often. It was good regardless…I am wondering if they actually poured coffee into my smoothie? I hope not! It is 8:23 pm and I do not want to be up all night, oh well! I should have asked. I was just too hungry and needed something quick.

I had a pretty good workout. Many of the Double Tree Hotels have deal with Precor and have decent workout facilities. I did my foam rolling and then SMR with the Rollaxer (http://rollaxer.net), static stretching, (corrective exercise) core stability work, balance work, legs and a couple of sets of biceps and triceps. I have trained arms only 3 or 4 times all year (and it shows lol!).

I am in town teaching an Essentials of Personal Training workshop for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM.org) with my buddy Rob Rettmann. We have a good group and are having fun.

I had a couple of good talks with Scott Pullen of NASM and DotFit (http://dotfit.com) and Wendy Batts of NASM and The Health and Fitness Providers Network (http://hfpn.com) and the functionality and our plans for the HFPN site. We look for big things within our prospective networks.

Specifically I was talking with Wendy about a webinar on HFPN sometime before Halloween. I had a few ideas for topics for my A-Teamers…do you have any requests?

Let me know and I might be able to put it together in time, if not I have a few things up my sleeve. I am sitting at Smoothie King right now, they have 3 Macs set up for customers…they are NICE!!! I need to upgrade my lap top soon.

Anyhow..I need to get back to the hotel, I need to put together an email for a Level 2 Kettlebell and Corrective Exercise Workshop that Jen Brickey and I are putting on on 10/24/09 from 9:30 am-1:30 pm at the Manchester Athletic Club on Atwater Ave in Manchester Be The Sea, MA. Only $100!!!! NSCA credits for sure, maybe NASM :) Let me know if you want to know more about it. We are putting together a Facebook Event and I will put it up on my blog here as well. there have been solid responses to the Level 1 we have put on twice this year, we look forward to Level 2 with some great stuff! Jen will just be back from an RKC event and will be all fired up I am sure.

Hmmm…I just remembered I had a 2 ounce shot of wheat grass…I am a sucker for this place! Do you think wheat grass is a scam? Let me know with a a comment below…Happy Friday!

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
Corrective Exercise Specialist
AthleticShoulder.com
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For a FREE DVD on training the Athletic Shoulder visit AthleticShoulder.com today!

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/25/teaching-an-nasm-personal-trainer-workshop-in-atlanta-thinking-about-hfpn-com/feed/ 0 Secrets of Training the Athletic Shoulder: Corner Activatons from AthleticShoulder.com http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/14/secrets-of-training-the-athletic-shoulder-corner-activatons-from-athleticshoulder-com-rotator-cuf/ http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/14/secrets-of-training-the-athletic-shoulder-corner-activatons-from-athleticshoulder-com-rotator-cuf/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:03:24 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=346 Hi guys,

Just wanted to share a video from my DVD series. This is a unique twist or “secret” for training the athletic shoulder. It is a combination of a pec minor stretch and activation exercise for the posterior rotator cuff.

Hope you enjoy and of course if you want more of these visit my You Tube channel http://youtube.com/theericbeard , please subscribe so you can get all of my videos as fast as they come out. Please comment and rate the videos so I get to know what you like and want to see.

Of course:) you can check out the entire series at http://athleticshoulder.com .

Hope you are having a great day!!!

Make a difference, not just a living.

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
AthleticShoulder.com
EricBeard.com
NASMProAteam.blogspot.com

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]]> http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/14/secrets-of-training-the-athletic-shoulder-corner-activatons-from-athleticshoulder-com-rotator-cuf/feed/ 0 Corrective Exercise and Performance Enhancement for The Shoulder Complex Has Evolved http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/08/corrective-exercise-and-performance-enhancement-for-the-shoulder-complex-has-evolved/ http://ericbeard.com/2009/09/08/corrective-exercise-and-performance-enhancement-for-the-shoulder-complex-has-evolved/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:23:37 +0000 admin http://ericbeard.com/?p=343 Whewww!!

I have been putting every waking hour into my new 6 disc DVD series Secrets and Staples of Training The Athletic Shoulder and it is finally ready!

If you want to deliver faster and greater results for your clients and position yourself as an expert with the shoulder complex then this is the system for you. A comprehensive 6 DVD system that takes you through the shoulder complex “soup to nuts”.

Check out my sire http://athleticshoulder.com and you can get access to FREE video about training the rotator cuff and also a FREE DVD (the first in my series of 6) that covers the 11 Components to Delivering Health and Function of the Shoulder.

I hope you love it, I honestly have not seem another program that has this much information in it that can help you and your clients, patients and athletes reach faster and more powerful results. From corrective exercise to athletic performance enhancement. This system is chocked full of good stuff!

Click here to visit now http://athleticshoulder.com

I hope my favorite quarterback is following this approach, lol! My Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are ready for another big season and  I don’t want #12 on the sidelines!

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard

Corrective Exercise Specialist

CEO A-Team

ericbeard.com
athleticshoulder.com

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