by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS This is sort of an age old question for healthcare providers. Does posture really matter? Some people have “horrible” posture, but never have a pain or problem. Others look much better, but feel like crap all of the time. If we assume that posture does matter, how do we […]
Take Homes from MSPC
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Last Friday I was honored to be able to both attend and speak at the Midwest Sports Performance Conference on the campus of the University of Kansas. The event is organized and run by Andrea Hudy, the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance, and her strength and conditioning staff […]
Taping for Knee Pain
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Lots of us deal with Patellofemoral Knee Pain (PFP). We either suffer from it ourselves or we deal with it with our patients or clients. It is prevalent among active individuals who have lost some mobility, stability or motor control somewhere along the line. It is typically characterized by […]
Link Between Push Ups and Cardio Health
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Recently, there was an interesting study done that looked into a possible link between cardiovascular health and a push up exercise. What they found after looking at 10 years worth of data from 1104 firefighters was that those men who could perform 40 or more push ups were at […]
Fixing Hip Pain with Compression
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Hip pain has haunted a lot of us in our career. It certainly isn’t of my favorite thing to deal with. Hip pain can be complex and difficult to trace to the source of the problem. They can be either mobility or motor control related, or a combination of […]
Creating Resilient Runners
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS On Tuesday, I had the privilege of delivering a webinar with my good friends at WebExercises.com on helping to injury proof runners and improve their performance. In this week’s blog post, I wanted to recap the webinar and also make sure that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy a […]
