Lunges: But Without the Knee Pain
At Reimagym, we’re often asked how to make split squats or lunges feel better on the knees. I am familiar with this challenge. Due to overuse, I have almost no …
Geekery: Relative Stiffness and the Warmup (part deux)
In that same presentation where Coach Boyle reminded us of the useful practice of stealing smart people’s stuff to use with our own trainees—the topic was conditioning (not to be …
When are you going to stop doing your PT exercises? (part two)
So what about progression? In part one, we started looking at how injuries happen—since that’s how most folks end up “doing PT”. The focus was on tissue capacity. We looked …
Getting Uncomfortable: My Movement Check-Up
Recently, I went in for a movement check-up. Or you could say I returned to physical therapy. I think I would prefer to describe it as performance therapy. I first …
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 acquainted with her awesomeness, however she took it …