Mike Reinold

Our daily posture and habits are feeding into subtle breathing pattern disorders that is probably more prevelant than we realize.

This month’s Inner Circle webinars discussed strategies to enhance the balance between the upper and lower trap, a common dysfunction I see.

Proper sequencing of the kinetic chain & focus on the development of leg strength and power are important to consider in baseball pitching.

Scapula exercises are very common and usually a needed component to any rehabilitation or corrective exercise program. Like anything else, there seems to be a few commonly accepted themes related to scapular exercises that many people take for hard fast rules. No program is right everyone! Here are 3 myths of scapular exercises that I thought would good to discuss.

Just like any other aspect of our rehabilitation and corrective exercise programs, the ultimate goal should be to groove motor patterns with simple exercises and slowly integrate them into more complex functional movement patterns. While the chin nod is a great choice to work on upper cervical flexion in those with postural adaptations and an upper body cross syndrome, it is really only a small part of the pattern. This video demos the integration of the chin nod with the shoulder W exercise.

Several weeks ago I was in San Francisco and stopped by TRX to see my friends Brian Bettendorf and Pete Holman.  We had a great time sharing thoughts and exercise techniques.   TRX Rip Trainer Pete Holman is the Director of Rip Training at TRX and original creator of the Rip Trainer.   Many are [...]

The chin nod is a simple variation of the chin tuck that focuses on upper cervical flexion without shear force.

The rotary stability plank is one of my go to Functional Stability Training exercises to start training the core to stabilize in multiple planes of motion. Here are a few progressions of the exercises.