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PRE-hab and Injury Prevention

The Only Good Uses Of an Exercise Ball.

June 10, 2007

I now present to you the best and highest use of those ubiquitous fitness balls (aka Swiss balls aka stability balls aka physioballs) you see lying around every commercial gym:

Above: Click on the screen to play the clip. God Bless America.
Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, let’s talk seriously:
Physioballs can [...]

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5 Fixes For Rotator Cuff Trouble.

May 24, 2007

It’s often said that living a healthy lifestyle means staying active. Well, with springtime comes flights of fancy, rebirth, and (of course) spring sports, like golf and tennis. Along with spring sports comes their corresponding injuries and over the next few weeks I’d like to offer up some strategies to prevent these from [...]

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Weekend Warrior Syndrome.

April 11, 2007

My friend and one-time training partner Gary Valencia used to talk derisively about the concept of the “Weekend Warrior” – the 5 day a week Nine to Fiver who, come the weekend, engages in strenuous physical activity all weekend (as if he were a top-notch athlete in prime competitive condition). Of course, being a [...]

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Exertional Rhabdomyolysis.

March 15, 2007

Men’s Health magazine did a story some time back about bad trainers, the shining example being a trainer who pushed his client so hard that he developed exertional rhabdomyolysis, a condition where so much muscle fiber is broken down that the myoglobin from the muscle tissue clogs up the kidneys, ultimately causing kidney failure if [...]

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The Fast Way To Results.

March 13, 2007

What’s more important in terms of getting results from your workout program, technique or intensity?
In other words, what matters more, working as hard as possible or performing the exercises as perfectly as possible?
If you ask 100 trainers and/or exercise enthusiasts, I have no doubt in my mind they would answer that intensity is the better [...]

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Injuries Happen.

January 29, 2007

Above: Don’t be this guy.
Most of my clientle are damaged. By that, I mean (this figure is not meant to be accurate so don’t quote it) 90% of the individuals I work with sustained their particular injuries or ailments through mundane circumstances. For example, close to 100% of the folks I train [...]

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Injury Management: What To Do in The First 48 Hours.

April 4, 2006

There’s no other reason for a post of this nature – you guessed it, I hurt myself.
The particular offender this time? Snowboarding.
Step 1. Determine the nature of the injury. Identify the anatomical structures involved, the circumstances surrounding the incident. Interview the hurt individual, if possible, to determine what other complications may be [...]

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Misadventures in Grappling, or How I Broke My Shit.

August 27, 2005

It seems that injuries are a way of life for a combat athlete. Or for a mere dabbler, for that matter. The latest incarnation of acute trauma occurred during a spirited session of grappling at the good ol’ New York Health and Racquet Club.
Here are some small lessons I’ve learned from that day:
1) A 115 [...]

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This One’s for Gregory Huston – The Rotator Cuff.

May 19, 2005

I’ve already written a pretty extensive article on the rotator cuff (which can be found on my website, http://www.etfwellness.com/ ). However, I think the rotator cuff is one of those “rubber ducky” topics – you try to push it down, but it keeps bobbing back up to the surface. I like talking about the [...]

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The "Holistic Effect" and its consequences

May 12, 2005

A perfectly crafted Rolex watch is a marvel of human engineering. Thousands of intricate pieces moving in unison towards an ultimate goal: the compartmentalization of time as a measurable unit.
Which can be completely thrown into chaos with the inclusion of a single foreign grain of sand. Or a single drop of water.
The human body is [...]

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