Mike Reinold

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

For those of us that work with athletes, you know that eventually you will get questions from them such as, how can I increase my vertical jump? What if I told you that you can increase your vertical jump by 2 inches in just a few minutes?

Today’s post is written by Rick Kaselj.  Rick is the creator of the Muscle Imbalances Revealed products that I have mentioned in the past.  I reviewed both the lower extremity and upper extremity editions of Muscle Imbalances Revealed in the past.  Rick has a nice presentation on the neck in the upper body edition and [...]

There may be stretches that you can perform that are safer and more effective than the sleeper stretch.

Three keys to performing the sleeper stretch with good technique.

Patellar tendon straps, or infrapatellar straps, have been long used to decrease pain and patellar tendon strain in individuals with patellar tendonitis. Studies show anywhere between 70-80% of people wearing patella straps reported improvement in both acute and chronic cases of patellar tendonitis. It also now appears that patellar tendon straps are effective in reducing patellar tendon strain in the majority of subjects, which may be the mechanism behind the pain reduction.