Mike Reinold

The diaphragm is an important component in core stability. Individuals with low back pain have been shown to breathe differently.

The hip thrust exercise has become a common exercise for strengthening the gluteus maximus. By performing a kneeling hip thrust, it becomes a better activation and lower level strengthening exercise for the more basic patient.

Dry needling is gaining more popularity and becoming another great option when dealing with trigger points as well as pathologies such as lateral epicondylitis.

Viscosupplementation is becoming a popular treatment for knee arthritis. It is important to have a clear understanding of what viscosupplementation is and what it means for our patients and clients that may be dealing with knee osteoarthritis.

This week’s guest post is a video demonstration of the single leg hip thrust with band-resisted hip drive by Eirik Førlie.  I received a lot of feedback regarding my posts last week on hip flexion strength and hip flexion exercises.  Eirik sent me this exercise demonstration and thought it would be great to share.   Single [...]

Incorporating hip flexion drills into our programs is often important. Here are a couple of exercises to try as well as some thoughts on assessment of functional hip flexion mobility.