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One of my favorite tests in early return to sport rehabilitation is the single leg heel raise test. We require the athlete to do 30 of them slow and controlled with full range of motion. This is going to tell me three different things. One, first off, obviously, the strength of the gastroc soleus ...
My wife and I are athletic trainers, so we understand what a challenge it can be to get your CEUs completed in each reporting period. Fifty is a lot of CEUs and my wife does all of her continuing education through MedBridge. While getting the required CEUs is important, if I have to go through the p...
I was at a conference, and someone asked a question that surprised me: 'What were the things that unlocked your career?'
It’s a powerful question, and it made me reflect. The answers I landed on weren't what I expected. They had less to do with a specific technique or certification and more to do w...
What is the best renewal discount coupon code for a MedBridge subscription?
While it seems that most PTs, ATs, OTs, SLPs, and RNs know that the best price on MedBridge is $225 per year for unlimited continuing education if you use a promo or coupon code PLISKY, which gets you $150 off (or over 45% ...
There are so many great courses on Medbridge for athletic trainers. Sometimes it can be hard to decide which ones to take. That's why we have compiled this list of our favorite Medbridge courses for athletic trainers. If you are trying to decide if a Medbridge subscription is worth it for you as an ...
I want to take you through some diaphragmatic breathing. So this is belly breathing. This is just going to help your core function a lot better.
So what we're going to do is, I want you to start . . . we're going to put your hand on your chest, one hand on your stomach. And I want you to take a c...
For the lean, lock, lift exercise with weight, you will bend the left knee up. Hug your arms around it. Bring your knee all the way up to your chest. Lean toward that right side. Straighten your knee all the way out and bring your toes up toward your nose. And then go ahead and lift the leg up, k...
Hey everyone, in this video, we're going to be discussing A Skip with a triple exchange for maximum speed and acceleration development. This will be very similar to our regular A Skip and our A Skip with our double exchange. So we're going to instruct our athlete to get into the starting position. O...
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...
For the ankle step over exercise, place the balls of your feet up on a board or a book. Lean into the wall with your elbows. Now keeping that ankle in that same stretched position, step over the board and lightly touch your heel down and then return. A key thing on this exercise is to make sure you'...
