by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Some people call it the quadruped exercise while others call it the bird dog. I have also heard it referred to as diagonals. Regardless of your terminology, it can be a great exercise for improving trunk stability and improving movement strategies. Dr. Stuart McGill likes it so much, he […]
Should FMS Dictate Practice Status?
by Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS As many of you likely know, I’m a fan of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS). I have been performing the FMS with athletes since 2001 and over the last 8 years, between myself and our student athletic trainers, I oversee close to 500 screens being performed each year as […]
Returning to Running After Injury: The Case for Introducing High Speed Running Early in the Running Progression. Part 2
By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS In Part 1 of this series, we discussed why you should be introducing running at 80% of full sprint as their reintroduction to running when returning your athletes from an injury. If you haven’t read that post, do it here because it has important information as to why we […]
Returning to Running After Injury: The Case for Introducing High Speed Running Early in the Return to Play Progression. Part 1
By Mitch Hauschildt, MA, ATC, CSCS Running is a bit of an interesting topic in our current sports medicine environment. It wasn’t that long ago that running for cardiovascular fitness was considered a pillar of physical fitness. As the fitness industry has changed, running has been looked upon by some as almost a dirty word […]
Rotation = Less Foot Pain
Like most clinicians, I see my fair share of foot and lower leg pain. At the collegiate level, plantar fasciitis, posterior Tib pain, and Tibial stress fractures occur much more than I would like. We have seen a reduction over the last 8-10 years in these injury rates due to a better understanding of the […]
Training with Progressions
Strength Training 101: TRAIN WITH PROGRESSIONS!! This isn’t a difficult concept, yet I come in contact with so many coaches and personal trainers who either choose not to or don’t know how to use progressions with their programming. Your athletes and clients must EARN THE RIGHT TO PROGRESS!!! If we just assume that they have […]
