Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS –Maximum Training Solutions, LLC Scott Moody – Centers for Athletic Performance, Inc To read this article in PDF format, click here When conditioning our athletes we must take many factors into consideration. We must look at the demands of the sport, more specifically the amount of time spent in continuous […]
Core Mobility Series
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I was recently reminded how powerful the Core Mobility Series (CMS) is for our athletes. The CMS was a product of a brainstorming session between myself and Andrew Harestad, owner of CAMP in the Salt Lake City area a few years back. After we started playing with the concept, […]
Follow Up: Correcting Tibial Rotation
By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS A few weeks back, I published a 2 part blog series on Tibial Rotation (IR). In that series, we discussed the need for Tibial Internal Rotation and then how to correct it. I wrote about it, because I found a while back that I wasn’t looking hard enough at […]
Brain Training via the Foot
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Geographically, the brain and the foot don’t get any further apart. Despite the distance, the foot and brain are intertwined to provide constant feedback to each other and the combination ultimately shapes how we move. A few years ago, training without shoes or with minimus style soles became the […]
Training the Neural Edge
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS “The Brain Reigns Supreme” If you attend one of my courses, this will be drilled into your head; because, frankly, its true. Renowned neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert explains, “We have a brain for one reason and one reason only, and that’s to produce adaptable and complex movements. There is no […]
Squat and Lunge Modifications
Ankle Dorsiflexion: Athletes, sport coaches, personal trainers, and parents may see the value of increasing ankle dorsiflexion, but rarely are they equipped with the skills and knowledge to perform joint mobs (sometimes even self joint mobs). So, what’s the next best alternative? Making some simple modifications to squatting and lunging movements can make a huge […]
Sports Medicine Professionals
Are you an Athletic Trainer, Physical Therapist, Physician, or other health professional caring for athletes or active individuals? Do you have a patient with an injury that just doesn’t seem to get better? Or, are you interested in improving your knowledge base and skills to aid in the care of your patients? We’re Here to […]
Trap Bar Deadlift: Friend or Foe?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS For one reason or another, I have found myself in the same discussion a lot lately, either online or in person, regarding whether or not the trap bar deadlift is a good movement or not. I have had conversations with our staff at Missouri State, with another collegiate strength […]
Rocktape + DVRT Clean & Press: Diaphragm
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS This is the 3rd and final part of my 3 part series on ways that we can combine 2 of my favorite training techniques…DVRT and Rocktape. If you are training for the DVRT Clean and Press test as part of the level 1 certification, you know that passing it […]
Rocktape + DVRT Clean & Press: Shoulder Stability
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS In part 1 of this 3 part series, we showed how we can use Rocktape to improve the Performance Back Chain to decrease fatigue, improve accuracy and ultimately crush the DVRT Clean and Press test. If you missed it, click here. One major limiting factor for people who are […]
Rocktape + DVRT Clean & Press: Performance Back Chain
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Recently, I got together with my good friend and DVRT Master Instructor Larry Betz of the Brooklyn Athletic Club in Brooklyn, NY and we were discussing ways that we can help people who are training for the DVRT Clean and Press test as part of the DVRT level 1 […]
Tibial Internal Rotation Part 2: How to Get It
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS In part 1 of this 2 part series, we discussed why we need Tibial Internal Rotation. If you missed it, click here. Now that we understand the need for it, let’s talk about how we can improve it. If you are like me and use Selective Functional Movement Assessment […]
Tibial Internal Rotation Part 1: Why we need it
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS For a number of years in my clinical practice, I have largely ignored the triplaner mechanics of the lower leg. Meaning, I didn’t fully appreciate the need for movement in multiple planes of motion in the lower leg, and specifically the Tibia. After all, I was taught that the […]
Will We Ever Get Along?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Over the past few years I have traveled all over this great country of ours lecturing and working with all kinds of great professionals. I have worked with Athletic trainers, Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Strength & Conditioning Coaches, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Physicians, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Personal […]
Should EVERYONE Be Able to Squat?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I have traveled the country over the past few years teaching and speaking and interacting with a number of PTs, DCs, ATCs, and other healthcare providers. As you may know, I am a big believer in a movement-based approach to rehab. Meaning, the earlier and more that you can […]
Quadruped: A Great Exercise Usually Done Wrong
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Some people call it the quadruped exercise while others call it the bird dog. I have also heard it referred to as diagonals. Regardless of your terminology, it can be a great exercise for improving trunk stability and improving movement strategies. Dr. Stuart McGill likes it so much, he […]
Should FMS Dictate Practice Status?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS As many of you likely know, I’m a fan of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS). I have been performing the FMS with athletes since 2001 and over the last 8 years, between myself and our student athletic trainers, I oversee close to 500 screens being performed each year as […]
Returning to Running After Injury: The Case for Introducing High Speed Running Early in the Running Progression. Part 2
By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS In Part 1 of this series, we discussed why you should be introducing running at 80% of full sprint as their reintroduction to running when returning your athletes from an injury. If you haven’t read that post, do it here because it has important information as to why we […]
Returning to Running After Injury: The Case for Introducing High Speed Running Early in the Return to Play Progression. Part 1
By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Running is a bit of an interesting topic in our current sports medicine environment. It wasn’t that long ago that running for cardiovascular fitness was considered a pillar of physical fitness. As the fitness industry has changed, running has been looked upon by some as almost a dirty word […]
Rotation = Less Foot Pain
Like most clinicians, I see my fair share of foot and lower leg pain. At the collegiate level, plantar fasciitis, posterior Tib pain, and Tibial stress fractures occur much more than I would like. We have seen a reduction over the last 8-10 years in these injury rates due to a better understanding of the […]
Training with Progressions
Strength Training 101: TRAIN WITH PROGRESSIONS!! This isn’t a difficult concept, yet I come in contact with so many coaches and personal trainers who either choose not to or don’t know how to use progressions with their programming. Your athletes and clients must EARN THE RIGHT TO PROGRESS!!! If we just assume that they have […]
1/2 Kneeling Windmill: Part 3
To wrap up our series on the 1/2 Kneeling Windmill, I want to demonstrate some advanced techniques. In part 2, we discussed moving the foot position to challenge mobility (along with stability). In part 3, we are showing how we can use the same positions and techniques and change the dynamic of the movement by […]
1/2 Kneeling Windmill: Part 2
In Part 1 of our 3 part series on the 1/2 Kneeling Windmill, we discussed the basics of this great movement that challenges both mobility and stability. In Part 2, we see how we can challenge a more advanced athlete by modifying their foot position and stance. Explore this very versatile and powerful movement… Looking […]
1/2 Kneeling Windmill: Part 1
At MTS, we are always looking for quality, dynamic and versatile movements. Exercises that stretch an athlete’s limits of mobility, stability, strength, and motor control reign supreme when we look at exercise selection. This holds true with every athlete that we work with, whether they are returning after a surgery, looking to prevent a surgery, […]
Half Kneeling Windmill
At MTS, we are always looking for quality, dynamic and versatile movements. Exercises that stretch an athlete’s limits of mobility, stability, strength, and motor control reign supreme when we look at exercise selection. This holds true with every athlete that we work with, whether they are returning after a surgery, looking to prevent a surgery, […]
Thoracic Spine Mobilization with KnotOut
The Thoracic Spine has been described as a movement “linchpin.” Meaning, it plays a huge role in just about every movement pattern in the body. When it breaks down, so does everything around it. According to the Joint-by-Joint approach by Boyle and Cook, if the Thoracic Spine is immobile, the lumbar spine will be forced […]
Thoracic Spine Mobilization
The Thoracic Spine has been described as a movement “linchpin.” Meaning, it plays a huge role in just about every movement pattern in the body. When it breaks down, so does everything around it. According to the Joint-by-Joint approach by Boyle and Cook, if the Thoracic Spine is immobile, the lumbar spine will be forced […]
