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 […]
