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 […]
