Results For Category: "Injury Prevention"

Getting upstream: shifting from reactive to proactive

I must confess, sometimes I experience a sense of social media-induced frustration. This frustration is often easily remedied by not looking at…

When are you going to stop doing your PT exercises? (part one)

There’s a fascinating phenomenon that exists within the world of recreational circus arts and, depending on the background of the artist, it…

Training Equals Rehab*: My Movement Check-Up

Sometimes, I think the gray areas are great. In this next installment in the ongoing diary of my “return to rehab” for…

Squeeze your glutes! But what if you can’t squeeze your glutes?

Recently, a friend’s post sur les médias sociaux began an important conversation about quality coaching and quality movement. It started with an open letter,…

Hey bendy people! Managing hypermobility for circus (part two)

“You mean push-ups don’t have to feel horrible?” She looked so relieved. Welcome back for part two! (Here’s a link to part…

Two Exercises, plus progressions, that Strengthen your Shoulder Stabilizers

There are of course more than just two exercises that strengthen your shoulder stabilizing muscles, but I wanted to focus on these two…

My big takeaways from The Anatomy of Circus with Emily Scherb

Last weekend, Emily Scherb—Physical Therapist for Circus Artist-Athletes and Anatomy Nerd Extraordinaire—was in Boston. That fact alone was amazing for those already…

Improve Your Training Results with Your Breath

In November I posted Breathing and Your Training about how to breathe when training. This month I want to expand on that idea even…

Injury Prevention in Circus Arts: an approach we need to talk about more (part three)

[alert type=”info” close=”false”] If you’re just joining us, the rest of this rather lengthy explosion of thoughts can be found here: part…

Injury Prevention in Circus Arts: an approach we need to talk about more (part two)

[alert type=”info” close=”false”] In case you missed it, you can find part one here. [/alert] Functional movement represents the basic foundation for…