Results For Category: "shoulders"

The following builds on a recent online discussion about the hanging shoulder shrug warm-up exercise. It began—as many things do—with a post…

In the world of circus arts education, it is taken as a given that an understanding of anatomy is important. I couldn’t…

In case you missed it on Instagram…before I accidentally deleted it, here’s another installment of “Exercises Every Circus Artist/Athlete Should Do”. In…

There were a handful of things about how my body was feeling that prompted my return to physical therapy—but I would not…

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

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…

Before pilots take their planes into the air, they run through a preflight checklist. The basic—yet critical—premise is that it’s better to…

You know, there’s a piece to this expanding and wonderfully complex puzzle that is the healthy flyer/aerialist/circus artist that has been nagging…

Here’s a fun paradox for you: one of the main goals of this blog is to provide you, dear flyers and aerialists,…

The world of elite gymnastics has been well acquainted with the world of sports science for some time. This relationship is something…