Find that Sweet Spot through your Foot Whether you are squatting, performing a step-up, balancing on one leg, or even riding your bike, you should think about where you are putting the emphasis through your foot. Oftentimes, we see people driving through the lateral aspect of the foot, and this places some weird stress and […]

 Let’s Address that Finicky Lower Back Every week, we hear a patient say something to the effect of, “I threw my back out.” What muscles did they exactly “throw” out, and what can we do to help prevent this? While your big back extensor muscles (those bands of tissue that run north-south on either side […]

Improve your Stability and Balance with a Posterio-Lateral Reach! Do you or an athlete you know have difficulty maintaining proper hip-knee-ankle alignment when performing exercises on one leg? If so, check out this cue. Usually, to avoid knee valgus stresses (knee buckling inwards), we would purposefully drive the knee out…or perhaps even put a band […]

A New Cue for Hip Stability We’ve worked on the Single-leg Good Morning/Hip-Hinge/Warrior III (depending which discipline you follow) before, but we’re back today with a neat little trick to keep your pelvis level during the movement. Using a mirror is great for visual feedback, and I would usually ask you to keep the foot […]

Maximize your Leg-day Gains (and Knee Health) by Firing Up your VMOs! Over the past few years, we have fired up the Posterior Chain before Deadlifts, we have cued the Hip Rotators before Single-Leg Exercises. Now, we take a pretty basic therapeutic exercise, the Terminal Knee Extension, and we apply it to Leg Day! Of […]

Work ALL the Core! “What’s the best core exercise?” <- that is a question we field all the time. While I like a variety of movements, I tend to gravitate towards the exercises that give you the most bang for your buck. Taken from gymnastics, the hollow log roll gets after it all in the […]

What Type of Bridge is Right for Me? You’ll see people doing various types of bridging exercises: sometimes with a ball between the knees and other times with an elastic band around the thighs. Depending on your needs, here is how you will choose the proper variation for yourself. “I sit at a desk all […]

Why Does my Friend Walk Like a Duck? While walking with your toes flared out does not bring an end to the world, over time, it can lead to some pretty complicated issues in the ankle, knee, and hip. Think about the joints craving alignment and never being able to realize the position. The reason […]

…But How Do You Activate Your Core??? If you want a great drill to do before your next workout, then look no further! This is great to do before a heavy lifting day with your favorite barbell OR before you sneak in a “7-minute abs” session. Awaken all those trunk muscles by grabbing a physioball […]

A Sleeping Tidbit and a Major Announcement!!! Do you or someone you know have difficulty sleeping due to shoulder pain? If you answered yes to either, pay attention. Many people go to sleep lying directly on their shoulder, whereas the weight should be dispersed across the back of the shoulder/shoulder blade. Try lying on your […]