Understand the importance of this. It’s impossible. Teach your kids to communicate better with athletic trainers. Understand liability, bureaucracy yet at the same time realize they want the best for your young athlete.
Category: Health and Fitness
Is it too late for “Dry January?”
As much as it seems to be self-evident, there are actually a couple pretty interesting facts and some ideas that I found that are unique so I thought I would share.
The Joint by Joint Approach of Treating your BODY!
Another idea, One I feel is one of the most effective ways of utilizing how the body works together is “the joint by joint approach”. This article is a brief and easy-to-understand explanation of this idea.
Plantar Fasciitis
Different treatments make a HUGE difference in the success of treating plantar fascitis, yet, most advice out there has 1 GIGANTIC FLAW!
Sports Nutrition for Young Athletes
What our kids put into their bodies makes a difference.
Proteolytic Enzymes for Inflammation Control
Looking for an alternative to NSAIDs for inflammation and flareups? Proteolytic Enzymes might be a great option.
Macros, the Food Plan
So why now? Didn’t macros just die like a decade ago with all the new stuff: the keto’s, the intermittent fasting’s and the reactive foods ideas?
The short answer is they never went anywhere. Macros are science. It’s the definition of your food.
Being the Sherlock Holmes of Healthcare
All good doctors should at first, be great detectives. There are many clues in the human body and discovery of certain clues may be the breakthrough that’s missing.
Return to Play Criteria for AT’s and Coaches
Although I think the diagnosis and occasionally rehab/treatment for some athletic injuries and definitely for illnesses can best be managed by an adjunct doctor, the athletic trainer in conjunction with coaches is best suited to assess the athlete’s day to day recovery and return to play and practice.
The Trouble with Hips
Hip pain is complicated. This is the “engine of the body” and has a million working parts. Stop being satisfied with “piriformis syndrome” and lame stretches that get you no where.