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• 3D Imaging System Helps Athletes Recover from Injuries

  Created: Sat, Jan 10, 2009 07:43 PM Author: Sports Injury Prevention & Performance

   A new computer-based system gives physical therapists real-time, objective measures of the motion of each joint in the patient's body. The system uses magnetic trackers to read the positions of electrodes placed at several points on the body, and transl...

• Core Stability in Cycling and Running

  Created: Sat, Jan 10, 2009 04:23 AM Author: Charles DeFrancesco

   The core is where the most of the body’s power is derived. It provides the foundation for all movements of the arms and legs. The core must be strong, have dynamic flexibility and function synergistically in its movements in order to achieve maximum p...

• Is Our Training Leaving Our Athletes Untrained?

  Created: Sat, Jan 10, 2009 04:19 AM Author: Ben Cormack

  If our strength and conditioning program does not look, smell and feel like our chosen sport or function, are we leaving our athletes untrained? We know the ability to enable our athletes to move fast and efficiently around their chosen sporting environme...

• Teaching Technique to Young Athletes

  Created: Sun, Jan 04, 2009 02:08 AM Author: Brian Grasso

  Brian GrassoDemonstrating good technique from a sporting perspective involves applying optimal movement ability in order to accomplish or solve a particular task effectively. For instance, a young athlete who demonstrates sound technical ability while ru...

• SAQ, A Developmental Perspective - Part 1

  Created: Sun, Jan 04, 2009 02:06 AM Author: Tony Reynolds

  Tony ReynoldsSpeed, agility and quickness (SAQ) training is a subject that tends to become a topic of heated discussion. Many coaches feel the effort put forth while practicing a sport is sufficient to improve these types of motor skills. Their assertion ...

• Anterior Knee Pain - Pain Site vs. Pain Source

  Created: Sun, Jan 04, 2009 01:55 AM Author: Michael Boyle

  Michael BoyleAnterior knee pain goes by a large number of names but unfortunately seems to have relatively few effective treatments. Chondromalacia Patella, Patella Tendonitis and Patella-Femoral Syndrome are all names used to describe various types of of...

• Watch Your Feet

  Created: Sun, Jan 04, 2009 01:54 AM Author: Gray Cook

  Gray CookOne of the secrets behind core training and functional exercise is in understanding the importance of foot position. I have spent a tremendous amount of time, over the past 10 years, reviewing research on core stabilization and functional movemen...

• Relax and Restore the Body Using Foam Rollers

  Created: Sun, Jan 04, 2009 01:50 AM Author: Irene Lewis-McCormick

   Irene Lewis-McCormickPersonal trainers and group fitness instructors can utilize foam rollers with clients of all ages and fitness levels due to their ease of use and versatility. Foam rollers are a safe option that can accommodate a wide range of fitne...

• Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles

  Created: Thu, Dec 25, 2008 03:02 AM Author: Gina Kolata

   Correction AppendedOne of the great unanswered questions in physiology is why muscles get tired. The experience is universal, common to creatures that have muscles, but the answer has been elusive until now.Scientists at Columbia say they have not only ...

• He SAID, She SAID

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 02:47 AM Author: Frank Forencich

     Let’s see if we can condense every single thing we know about training, health and fitness into a single act of understanding. If we’re smart, maybe we can fit it all into one good book. Or even better, how about a truly incisive paragraph that w...

• The Crossover Concept

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 02:44 AM Author: Bob Seebohar

    The crossover concept, the idea that the balance of fat and carbohydrate utilization during exercise depends on the interaction between exercise intensity and a person’s endurance training status, dates back to the 1930s and has been widely accept...

• Spine Warm Up

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 02:11 AM Author: John Paul Catanzaro

    It is estimated that up to 80 percent of the population has experienced or will experience at least one bout of low back pain in their lives. So it would be wise to warm up the spine thoroughly prior to physical activity, but how? In this article, I...

• Weak Gluteus Medius and the Implications on Knee Rehab

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 02:05 AM Author: Bryce Hastings

  It was anything but a smooth transition from the Manly Rugby League side back to Rugby Union for Craig Innes. During a game in March, after only a few weeks back with the Auckland Blues rugby team, Innes twisted his knee awkwardly at the bottom of a ...

• Hip Extension and Back Pain

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 02:01 AM Author: Dianne Woodruff

    We usually think of back pain as a result of disc problems, nerve impingement or muscle spasms. We teach people how to lift things properly and strengthen the “core” muscles to protect the back. We seldom link the functions of the hip joint to b...

• Improving Balance

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 01:58 AM Author: Evan Osar

  How many of you currently train clients who struggle with their balance? Whether you are training the geriatric, athletic or general fitness client, balance is essential to improving performance, regardless of a client’s goals. The loss of balance is ...

• Dynamic Mobility Training

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 01:56 AM Author: Eric Cobb

    In the training world, one of the “newest” popular ideas is that everyone needs mobility training. This is absolutely true! However, there is a clear lack of understanding in many circles of just what this means. The fact is, in order to use mob...

• Defining the Hips

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 01:52 AM Author: Adam Wolf

    What constitutes the hip structure? I think of the hips as more of a region than an anatomical place on the body. However, to define the “hips” as an osseous structure, it would consist of the interplay between the head of the femur with the aceta...

• Neuromuscular Adaptations

  Created: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 01:38 AM Author: Dr. S.A. Ward - Norfolk State University

  Terminology that will be addressed in this article: Muscular Strength, Muscular Power, Muscular Endurance (1-RM), Hypertrophy, Atrophy, Hyperplasia. ...