By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS What is the most important thing when designing a program? Is it exercise selection? Is it the sequencing and timing of your interventions? Is it sets, reps, and volume? Those things are all important, but the honest truth is that the most important thing in the programming process is […]
New Approach to Preventing Ankle Sprains
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS According to NCAA reporting, ligament strains to the ankle are the most common injury across 15 sports with a rate of 14.8% of all injuries. They can be annoying, nagging and even debilitating. Everyday I work with a large number of high risk athletes in sports such as basketball, […]
Traction Hip Mobility
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS The hips are often problematic with our patients, clients and athletes. They tend to be tight and restricted, even though the joint is designed and intended to have a very large range of motion. This is ultimately because a lot of people are unstable in other areas of the […]
Breathing, Reaching and Speaking
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS This past weekend, I had the pleasure of teaching Neurofacilitation for Better Movement in the Salt Lake City, Utah area to a group of really fun, bright and enthusiastic fitpros and clinicians. We had a ton of fun in that course, sharing how the brain can and does change […]
Lower Body Workplace
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Recently I spent 4 days with some of the smartest people anywhere in the field of movement science at the annual Rocktape Instructor Summit. It is a chance for the best Rocktape professionals from all over the world to assemble and work tirelessly for a few days to improve […]
Are Planks Really Good?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Recently, I read a post by Charlie Weingroff about the plank and it got me thinking about how we use the plank and how a lot of the clinicians and coaches that I work with tend to use it. As with most things Charlie puts out, the article is […]
Rolling Revealed – Stream
Do you want to add an effective, affordable, and simple technique to add to your toolbox? Learn everything you need to know about multisegmental rolling in the brand new video “Rolling Revealed” Discover, Step-By-Step, How to Enhance Your Skills and Improve Your Clinical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction By Learning Multisegmental Rolling Patterns “Welcome […]
4 Reasons to Roll
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS If you have been through one of my Neurofacilitation for Better Movement or Rocktape FMT Performance courses in the past, you know that we spend som e time getting down on the ground and rolling around. If you haven’t been able to attend one of those courses, you may […]
Rolling Revealed – DVD
Do you want to add an effective, affordable, and simple technique to add to your toolbox? Learn everything you need to know about multisegmental rolling in the brand new video “Rolling Revealed” Discover, Step-By-Step, How to Enhance Your Skills and Improve Your Clinical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction By Learning Multisegmental Rolling Patterns “Welcome to Rolling […]
Magic Taping
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I have said multiple times that what we in the Rocktape world refer to as “Tweak Taping” is the closest thing to magic that I have seen in quite some time in the rehab world. It is amazing to me because, while we usually teach long fascial taping to […]
Instability or Smudge?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Over the past couple of weeks, I have had another very interesting and fun case to work with. The athlete is in his 4th year of playing for us, so we have a long history with him, but my involvement has been somewhat limited as he has worked primarily […]
12 Variations of Crawling
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Last week I discussed 5 reasons that adults should be crawling. If you haven’t read it, I highly encourage you to go back and look at it, as it explains why I’m such a fan of crawling in general. Once we understand the ‘whys”, it’s important that we look […]
5 Reasons Adults Should Be Crawling
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Many of us think of crawling as something that we forget about as soon as we were able to ambulate in an upright position. It makes sense not to crawl when you don’t have to, because we are faster and more efficient walking and running as compared to crawling […]
Should We Crush Tissue?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Recently, I have found myself reflecting back on some techniques and approaches that I have significantly changed my thought process and approach on. While it frustrates me that in the past I have made decisions and used techniques that are sub-optimal, I also believe that this evolution is an indication […]
Return to Play for the ACL Deficient Women’s Soccer Player
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Several weeks ago, I wrote about a taping technique that I was using as a variation of tweak taping to assist one of our women’s soccer players return to play after tearing her ACL. At that time, she concluded that she wanted to try to finish her season before […]
Movement Defined
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Most of you know me as a person who is passionate about movement. I love it. I think moving well and moving often is a HUGE key for just about everything that ails us. Movement has been shown to improve things like tissue healing, longevity, quality of life, and […]
Internal vs External Load
by Mikel Cox, ATC How many of you utilize half kneeling with the individuals you work with? Now how many of you always give that same person a weight of some sort to load them in half kneeling? If your hand is still raised then the rest of this is for you. I have one […]
5 Must Reads on Movement
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I consistently refer to several texts when I teach that have really shaped how I view the human body and movement in general. Then, I watch my course attendees write feverishly to get down the name of the book and the authors in hopes that they will be able […]
Why You Should Use Dense Exercises
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I have long used and preached the use of what I call “dense exercises” for rehab, sports performance training, and general fitness, so I think it is something worth looking at. They offer a ton of advantages over more traditional single joint or low threshold movements. They are used […]
Plantar Fascia Pain Explained
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I always get a few interesting faces in the crowd when I make the statement at my courses that plantar fascia pain is rarely coming from the plantar fascia. As much as we would like to think that plantar fascia pain is coming from the foot, because it would […]
Hip Control Tweak Taping
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS This week I gained a very challenging and fun patient. For those of us who work in the rehab setting, oftentimes unfortunate situations for our patients turn into our most interesting case studies. That’s the situation for me this week. Unfortunately, a senior on our women’s soccer team tore […]
Inverted Row Variations
I’m always looking for and using what I consider “dense” exercises. I define Dense exercises as those that challenge the body neurologically by utilizing multiple joints, moving along fascial lines, and oftentimes challenge my patients in areas where their movement patterns tend to be poor. Dense exercises make the best use of your training time […]
Clinical Approach to Periodization
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I have long described myself as a strength coach who happens to be an athletic trainer, and my rehab philosophy has always fallen in line with that mindset. I have always pushed the limits for my athletes to get them moving very quickly after an injury and integrate movement […]
Stroke Taping Technique
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I want to be very clear up front as I roll into this blog post that I don’t treat stroke patients, nor do I consider myself any sort of an expert on them. I do often get asked about taping stroke patients when I teach Rocktape courses because we […]
Load: Understand It. Respect It. Use It.
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Load is great, but you better fully understand it before you use it! Loading a person or athlete is something that we have done for years with relatively good results for sports performance, rehab and fitness. There are seemingly endless methods and implements for applying load, including barbells, bands, […]
9 Keys to Post Op Shoulder Range of Motion
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I have mentioned in many of my courses that I am typically able to get full passive range of motion within a few days following shoulder surgery or major shoulder injury with absolutely no passive stretching. Because of time, I rarely get to go into details as to how […]
Is there a new Treatment for Muscle Cramps?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Recently I was sent an article from the Wall Street Journal about a new treatment for muscle cramps. As a collegiate athletic trainer who deals with athletes who cramp on a pretty consistent basis as well as a person who personally deals with some spasticity related to MS, the […]
