by Jared Woolever, MS, CSCS, TPI The other day, while I was coaching, it came to me…I finally realized the most important question to ask someone while they’re working out. What’s that you ask? It’s a simple question that I’ve been using for a long time. Where do you feel it? Five simple words can […]
ACL Taping Application
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Last week I evaluated a college freshman who is entering her first year of soccer after having tearing her ACL twice in the same knee in the past 16 months. Upon evaluation of her knee that is about 3 months post ACL reconstruction (her second surgery), she still has […]
Proper Progressions Through Postural Positions
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS There are a number of ways that we can progress people from simple to more complex exercises and programs. One of the easiest and most successful progression models is to move people through different postural positions. By making small changes to posture, the nervous system is challenged in new […]
Movement Evaluation Basics
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going because you might not get there.” -Yogi Berra Performing a great evaluation might be the most important part of training athletes and the general population alike. It can be tempting to skip over the evaluation […]
Why Are We So Poor at Rotation?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I have said many times that the vast majority of us suck at moving in the transverse plane. We don’t rotate efficiently. But why? What is the reason? This is an interesting question that I don’t know what we can arrive at a really exact answer because the answer […]
Early ACL Rehab 101: Top 10 Interventions
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS An Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear can be a HUGE injury. They are all-too-common among athletes, especially in speed and power sports. They usually sideline an athlete for at least 6 months, but my greater concern for the young people that I work with is the long term health […]
Does Stability Training Have to be Unstable?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Not too many years ago, instability training was the next big thing. It promised to solve all of our movement pattern issues and make mediocre athletes ready for draft day. Every was doing it or wanted to do it. Instability training is basically using anything that one can think […]
Is Balance Possible?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I am currently reading a book on business and life, entitled “The One Thing.” The premise of the book thus far is that we typically try to do too many things and it holds us back from doing one thing really, really well. It is a good lesson for […]
Tweak Taping Explained
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS As many of you know, I love tweak taping. I teach it in the Rocktape FMT Performance course and use it or a variation of it for the majority of my taping applications with my athletes. It has proved to be a great way to improve range of motion […]
Will We Really 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 […]
Seminar Review: Mastering Dry Needling Level 1
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Last weekend I had the opportunity to be the student instead of the instructor, which was a nice change for me. I love to learn and I really wish that my schedule would allow me to take more courses than I do, but with my family, full time job […]
What Exercises Should Throwing Athletes Avoid?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS This is an age old question. For years there have been thoughts and theories on what throwing athletes should and shouldn’t be doing to remain healthy and improve their performance. This debate goes back years longer than I have been seeing and treating people, but I can recall very […]
Suitcase Deadlift
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Deadlifts are as old as lifting weights. For the most part, they are a simple concept. Lift a heavy object off of the floor and put it back down. Conceptually, they are very simple. They are also very effective. Deadlifts work well for improving overall strength. They are great […]
Why I Love Carries
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I love carries. Seriously, I love to have my people carry things around. I have my injured patients carry things. My personal training clients carry objects. My athletes carry a lot of things. Carries are simple, versatile, effective, and can be done with just about anyone anywhere with any […]
5 Reasons it isn’t Just an Ankle Sprain
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I often tell people that in my role as the rehab coordinator for the Division I university athletic program that I never get to work on an ankle sprain. I joke that I don’t get easy stuff like ankle sprains. I tend to get complicated low back pain, sports […]
Create an Alliance
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS In my younger, more arrogant years, I used to think that a surgery was a surgery and I could rehab any surgeon’s work and get people back to a high level of activity, regardless of the structural repair. Over the years, I have learned that this process takes great […]
What Exercise Should Be Avoided?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS As with most of my blog posts, I look for things that strike me as interesting, odd or irritating to write about each week. This past week, I viewed an interesting video on social media that I couldn’t help but comment on. I won’t share the video here, because […]
Menstrual Cycle and Injuries
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS In my 15+ year career, I have worked with thousands of athletes, I have likely trained more female athletes than male athletes. I love training both for different reasons, but there is no doubt that male and female athletes should be trained differently. There are great differences in the […]
Densification vs. Fibrosis
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS A topic that always brings with it a lot of questions and debate in the courses that I teach the concept of looking at densified tissue vs. fibrotic tissue. I don’t consider myself an expert in the field, but I have learned a few things on this topic and […]
Words Matter
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Building an environment that sets people up for success should be a priority for all of us, regardless of who we are, where we work, and who we interact with. For most of us reading this post, that means physically preparing our patients and clients with proper progressions to […]
Is Tissue Damage Normal?
By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I recently saw this post on Instagram from Dr Erson Religioso III, DPT, MS (@modernmanualtherapy), and it really resonated with me. By the way, if you aren’t following him, you should be. The graphic really drives home the idea that tissue damage is not correlated with pain. It cites […]
Information Mash Up
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS It has been a crazy week already with work, family and other requirements. So, I just haven’t had the bandwidth necessary to put together a decent blog post. So, I thought I would just assemble a little bit of a mash up of info to pass along. I’m sure […]
Mitch in Uganda
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Most weeks this blog is dedicated to movement, exercise, rehabilitation and fitness, but I also know that there are some things in this world that are bigger and more important than my small sphere, so I feel the nudge to share some of those things on this platform. As […]
Updated Must Reads on Movement
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS About a year and a half ago, I published a post about my 5 “Must Reads” on movement and it received quite a quit of attention and traffic. A lot has changed in the past 18 months, so I thought it would be good to update the list. Many […]
Trick or Placebo? Does it Matter?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS When I teach my classes, I like to demonstrate a lot of techniques that get quick results with relatively little effort. In seminars, I use them to illustrate and prove points related to our discussion in that moment. Because I usually teach about the nervous system and it’s pliability, […]
Floss Band Joint Compression Training
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I have been using floss bands off and on for the past 5 or 6 years with moderate success. Kelly Starrett first exposed me to the idea of floss bands with his voo doo band strategies in his online videos years ago. I have found some moderate success over […]
Fix the Squat from the Bottom Up
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS The squat is widely accepted as a fundamental movement that is needed for all activities, including Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). It is obviously needed for athletic movements in order run, jump, plant and cut. But, it is also needed for basic things like sitting on a toilet. Being […]
