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For diaphragmatic breathing in tall kneeling, place one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach.Take a deep breath in and you should feel all the movement coming from your stomach, so the hand on your chest should not move at all, while the one on your stomach moves out forward.
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For lower body extension rolling start with both arms overhead. For this rolling pattern, you're going to keep your arms and your upper body completely still like you can't move them. You're going to begin the pattern by bringing the leg over and across your body, while keeping the upper body rel...
For long arc quad with ankle pump with weight, straighten the knee all the way out. Hold it there. Bring the ankle up and down while you keep the knee perfectly straight. Repeat that ten times.
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Let's go ahead and bring your right foot out to the side. Slide it out. Keep that knee nice and still. Good. And let's see the left foot. Let's do both feet at the same time. And let's do internal rotation on the right and keep that foot, nice and flat. So that's really limited. Let’s go ahead on...
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All right. Now we're going to measure shoulder extension range of motion. Our athlete’s going to be in the prone position with the head in neutral. And we're going to still use our same seize grip stabilizing position. This time I'm going to have my thumb on the backside of the scapula, and my fi...
The Lateral March is a dynamic exercise focused on generating lateral power and improving coordination. The goal is to move side-to-side by combining a proper marching form with a powerful push-off from the trailing leg.
 Key Lateral March Technique CuesÂ
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Posture and Form: Maintain a tall, u...
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For the hands and knees to three point transition phase one, start by bringing your foot up next to your hand, and then come up nice and tall with your arms overhead, getting into a nice tall posture. Come on back down and repeat.Â
I remember him vividly.
He was a cantankerous old farmer. You know the type. Rough and rugged exterior but would do anything for anyone at the drop of a hat. At 72, he was still working on the farm daily.
He’d had a total hip replacement and was resistant to physical therapy from the beginning.Â
...Hey, everyone. I had a reader submitted question here about ACL reconstruction.
“Hello, I'm a PT and I've been really enjoying going through your med bridge courses. They've been super insightful, particularly with ACL reconstruction."
Thank you so much. I appreciate it. I love doing them. They're...
Knee extension ROM is essential after ACL reconstruction. We know we need to restore it (including full hyperextension) but sometimes it can be tricky. Using this hold relax technique can be a game changer especially when you combine it with an external rotation bias. Â
If you need a MedBridge subs...
I'm often asked, "How do you get buy-in with a coach or a team in your group testing, your pre-participation physical testing?"Â I will tell you, this actually goes to getting buy-in in just about anything.Â
See, we're so excited about what we're doing, whether that's group testing or a rehabilitat...
