Rehab & Recovery

The Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI) course I took helped me understand body position optimization so much. I immediately saw how I could use this to help benefit my athletes and clients (and hopefully, I can help you help your clients and athletes).

The intricacies of the thyroid are complicated, so I wanted to triangulate my advice versus just taking one opinion and rolling with it. When I did so, I found that they all had very similar conclusions. Here's my treatment plan.

So here is the decision you need to consider: should you adapt your training in favor of less dangerous styles of exercise and workload, or continue as planned on your strength journey?

For starters, if you have access to equipment during this time, it is recommended that restraint be employed pertaining to exercise intensity and volume as both have been implicated in temporarily suppressing immune system function.

Why is it important to get thyroid testing done? What thyroid markers should be tested? What causes thyroid dysfunction? As I dive into thyroid health and function, these are the questions I'm discovering. I'm still trying to get a better understanding of it all, but here's what I know so far.

Slowly each week, I was getting bigger and bigger — and not the good kind. I exploded from a 130-pound fitness chick to a 200-pound walrus. After a solid three years of impeccable blood lab results, it's time to dabble in my sob story and ultimately share the phases I undertook to regain my health and life.

Today, we’re going to go over the functional implications that our sympathetic dominance has on our musculoskeletal system. P.S. I'm really enjoying writing this series!

I see the same mistakes made over and over, and these mistakes are absolutely huge when it comes to being able to keep training progressively.

Do you fall into the category of lifters who don't move outside of the 1-3 hours spent in the gym? If so, you're not going to last very long in this game. Here's how to increase your longevity as a powerlifter.

Are you not performing optimally because of a tight scapula? Limited scapulae mobility can prevent you from increasing your overhead strength the way you want to.

Physical rehabilitation is as much about the mind as it is the body. The right attitude is the first step to putting a stable, consistent rehabilitation plan in motion.

The initial stages of the balance, stability, and proprioception phase will be performed through the slow rebuilding of ROM through single-leg movements and will eventually use more advanced dynamic movements, such as jumping and landing mechanics drills.