With London calling, many athletes are looking for help with injuries. Instead of recording a lecture we are making the presentation interactive. So to help a 110m hurdler we decided to open up a project of mine for readers interested to see what international regeneration methods are being employed as we speak. For the donation of $25.00 you are getting a custom presentation with question and an [...]

Fascia is important but the muscular system is just as important. Anatomy Trains is not a trail guide or a system, it's a process. Working with various therapists of the years and focusing myself on biomechanics, a relationship exists with new tracks. Tom Myers is hot right now and he should be, but other therapists who don't speak as much are more vital as they are the ones in the trenches expe [...]

Many coaches in the throws or even multi-events are wondering who to listen to regarding shoulder health. The sleeper stretch a few years ago became the next big thing as strength coaches starting to cross the lines over to Physical Therapy. Recently Jeff Cubos and Mike Reinold have shared their opinion as matter and now the question is when is it appropriate and who is wasting their time. Like an [...]

After spending 200 hours on intense case studies we decided to release the next 12 Valencia Project Topics as public interactive videos instead of just narrated powerpoint slides. This means anyone may get part 1 for free for all Elitetrack.com readers and part 2 is interactive questions and in depth case studies. My earlier post on Foam Rolling Timing shows the difference between generic content [...]

When do we foam roll? At the end of training. The classic adage of "finish a workout the way you wish to start the next workout" can not be emphasized enough. If we need to foam roll to train what does that say about the program design and the state you left the previous session? Wouldn't therapy be more effective having one day versus minutes? The attached photo to the right is from an athlete [...]

Sprained Ankle? Perhaps the best value this summer has to be Joe Przytula's ebook on the kindle (iPad) because it's exhaustive. I like the fact it's a practitioner's guide because it shows what he does and it was very important to see a lot of manual therapy done by an ATC at a large high school setting. His book can be found on Amazon, and it's a steal for under ten dollars. I had a few minu [...]

I can't do justice to what I learned from Tracey Fober last week but I must say that it was worth the trip to Texas. It's nice to see such a perceived clash-combination of weightlifting and physical therapy but it's far more harmonious than one could expect. Her hands on practical was very enlightening and I was able to take home some good information that wasn't watered down or too general. M [...]

In September of 2009 I posted a concept many coaches and therapists were talking about; Buffer Zones. Last week Dr. Vitteritti spoke at his keynote presentation about Buffer Capacity, a very similar concept. Much of his presentation he talked about workload and thresholds and it was nice to see the fusion between sport and therapy. Often we get therapists that don't look at the training week and [...]

Funny thing happened to me the other day. I’m currently in the midst of undergoing physical therapy to help get over an injury I did to myself trying to train through a sinus infection (I’m sure that’s another blog unto itself!). During my last session my PT was attempting to get me to go through a movement that for whatever reason, I just couldn’t do. She kept using the same prompts ov [...]

Social media has done a nice job of networking therapists and coaches, and a nice video by Patrick Ward was done to share some therapy techniques. Yet, the etiology is often murky, since program design and running mechanics are likely to be most of the problems. Hamstring flexibility is a red herring, but it does pay to have 95-100 degrees to be safe. The real cause reaching mechanics that overloa [...]