Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “motivation & inspiration”
Phase 2: Intermediate Phase Along with progression of the strengthening program, the goals of the second phase in dealing with patients with shoulder pain, is to increase the flexibility, mobility, and ROM of the shoulder joint complex and enhance the patients’ overall neuromuscular control. An EMG data driven exercise program designed by Wilk et al, the Thrower’s Ten, is implemented during this stage to permit a …
PT, DPT, FAPTA
The rehabilitation of the shoulder has evolved over the past 20 years. In the past, the rehab program focused on strengthening the rotator cuff muscles. Then Dr. Kibler and others taught us to also treat the scapular muscles and scapula posture. Since then numerous articles have been published suggesting GIRD (glenohumeral joint internal rotation deficit) was the cause of shoulder …
PT, DPT, FAPTA
Fitness reminders for you and your clients How often have you seen or heard your client make a comment about one or more of the following mistakes? As a personal trainer and group instructor I see common mistakes that can keep individuals from reaching their goals or even cause injury. It is so important to communicate and remind our clients how to have a …
Corporate Fitness Manager and Certified Personal Trainer
Feel the burn with this 15-minute ab circuit! Customizable for all fitness levels. Preform each exercise for thirty seconds, moving on to the next exercise without a break. Complete the circuit two or more times for a complete abdominal workout.
Corporate Fitness Manager and Certified Personal Trainer
If you’re a personal or group trainer/coach/instructor and are always stressing the importance of “perfect form,” you might want to re-think your approach. There is absolutely no such thing as perfect form that everyone should be able to perform. We all have different shapes, sizes, strengths, injuries, histories, etc. We are all unique. There is absolutely a goal that we …
CF Level 1, CK-FMS, DVRT, RKC
NOTE: The following, used with permission of the author, is excerpted from the Conscious Coaching Field Guide by Brett Bartholomew. This field guide is a companion piece to Bartholomew’s book, Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science of Building Buy-In, which is mentioned at the bottom of this piece. “Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes …
Founder of The Bridge Human Performance
June’s workout of the month features one of our newest products, the 3ACT Slide! The 3ACT Slide reinvents the idea of a traditional linear slideboard in a functional, fun, easy-to-use tool for all fitness levels. Perform each exercise for :35 seconds with :15 seconds of rest in between. Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 mins. Do not lift your feet off the …
Sales Manager at ELIVATE Fitness, Level 1 CrossFit Coach and Founder/Co-Owner, Coach at The Bar Athletics
With May being National Posture Month, it’s a good time to remind patients that slouchy sitting and bad tech habits are a common cause of back and neck pain as well as headaches and low energy. Once you’ve personally taken the first step towards better posture, it will be easier to help your patients. Look up and adopt new posture …
Posture Expert, Author, Speaker, Clinician
Are You Still Using Paper Copies For Your Patients’ Home Exercises and Stretches? Your clinic and your patients deserve better. Why? Problem: A paper copy or photocopy of a photocopy with stick figures or old images is hard to understand Solution: WebExercises® gives you or your staff the ability to quickly and easily create concise and personalized exercise programs, selecting …
Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Business Development at WebExercises, Inc.
According to U.S. News, 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail by February. Seeing as how we’re now into February, how are your resolutions coming along? How about those of your clients? If you or your clients have fallen away from the goals you set for the new year, the problem may have been the way those goals were initially …
Corporate Fitness Manager and Certified Personal Trainer
