Isometrics for Tendon Injuries: Why the Research Points to Holding Still to Get Better
The Patient Who Had Tried Everything The patient sitting across from me had been dealing with Achilles pain for seven months. He had rested it for six weeks at his doctor's direction, stretched it twice a day, and completed two rounds of anti-inflammatories. He was...
Should You Lift With Pain? A Chiropractor’s Traffic Light System
The Wrong Question to Ask The number one question I get from patients who love to train is some version of this: "Can I still work out while I'm hurt?" It makes sense that this is the first thing people ask. You've built a routine. You have goals. You do not want to...
Running Form and Injury Risk: What the Research Actually Shows
She had been running her whole life, through high school track, through the years after, training now for her first half marathon. Then the right hip started doing what her left hip had done in high school. The one that cost her her senior track season. She knew how...
The Biggest Mistake We See: Quitting Care When the Pain Goes Away
The pain is better. Significantly better. The patient comes in, reports improvement, moves more freely than they have in weeks, and says some version of: "I think I'm good." This is the moment where the most important conversation in rehab happens, and where, in my...
Why You Still Need Resistance Training Even If You Work a Physically Demanding Job
I hear this one regularly: "I don't need to lift weights. I get enough exercise at work." The arborist with chronic low back pain said something like this. He climbs trees for a living. He hauls equipment, pulls himself up with his arms, carries weight across uneven...
What Is GPP? The Most Useful Training Method You’ve Never Heard Of
You have probably heard of SPP, specific physical preparation. Runners build running fitness. Swimmers build swimming fitness. Powerlifters train the powerlifts. What most people have not heard of is GPP, general physical preparedness. And in my experience as both a...