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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Different Kind of Blog Post
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS You may have noticed that I took last week off of blogging to focus on one of my favorite events of the year…RAGBRAI. For those of you who don’t know what RAGBRAI is, it is the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (or RAGBRAI for short). It is […]
5 Variations of the Mini Band Sidestep
By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Many of us use the miniband sidestep as part of our injury prevention, performance training, or rehab programming. Some refer to them as monster walks, banded shuffles or some other term, so for our purposes today, we are going to refer to it as the miniband sidestep and know […]
Improving Post Op Knee Flexion
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS One of the first things clinicians learn about post op patients is to improve their range of motion as quickly as possible. Because, in order to have joint stability, you have to have joint mobility. Over the years of working with tons of knee patients, I have found a […]
Post Op Knee Taping Technique
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I’m always looking for ways to improve the outcomes for our post operative patients. One of my irritations over the years has been with the braces that a lot of orthopedic surgeons place on knee patients while in the operating room, shortly after closing their incision and then require […]
Reengineering the Straight Leg Raise
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS I, like so many clinicians, was taught in school that we must perform the standard quad sets, glute squeezes, and straight leg raises with every patient immediately after knee surgery. To be perfectly honest, these movements didn’t make a lot of sense to me then, and they still don’t […]
