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Predicting A Torn ACL?
I spent this past weekend at a volleyball tournament. Most of the players were 12 – 14 years old. With so much volleyball to watch, I tried to use it as a chance to gain a better perspective of the...
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Why Junction Boys Syndrome Still Exists
The May issue of the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research has an excellent article called “The Junction Boys Syndrome”. The syndrome title is based on the book and movie called “The...
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How Important Is Landing In Preventing ACL Injuries?
No question that it will go fast. But how does it stop without crashing? I have previously written about the role of a proper landing in the prevention of ACL injuries. I thought that I would expand...
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Help For The ACL: Correction Of Poor Landings In Volleyball
More on the ACL While writing my last blog post on landing mechanics and ACL injuries, I came across a study by Parsons & Alexander that was recently published. The study attempts to discover if...
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Concussion Prevention For Football: Strengthening The Neck
Is this a concussion happening? Concussions In Football One of the hot topics in sports medicine the last few years has been concussions. It seems that every where you turn, concussions are being...
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Injuries Happen
Marcus Lattimore, Running Back for The University of South Carolina If you keep up with sports, there’s no doubt that you heard about the injury to Marcus Lattimore this past weekend. While I’m not a...
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An Ounce of Prevention for Ankle Injuries
If you’re an athlete, you need to keep your ankles healthy. Often I hear athletes mention that they have “weak ankles”. My guess is that the problem isn’t so much “weak ankles” but an initial ankle...
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Lower The Injury Rate By Strength Training
Strength training helps to prevent injuries. What is the most important function of a strength training program? To get stronger to perform better? To get faster? To be able to jump higher? Guess...
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Staying Sharp
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had some time to try and sharpen my mind. While I’ve looked at numerous topics, much of my effort has focused on the assessment of movement and correction of errors....
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