There are so many options available these days to help optimize recovery from training and injuries. Some are grounded in research and some have been around "forever." It can be very hard to...
Cryotherapy for Athletes
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Injury Prevention and Treatment
Health and fitness articles to help personal trainers employ injury prevention and treatment approaches.
Injury Prevention: Fundamentals of Assessing Risky Movement Patterns
Physical therapists and sports medicine professionals often use the term “overuse injuries” to describe the unfortunate result of repetitive actions executed with sub-standard technique. Trainers...
Oriental Medicine Modalities for Athletes
There are several other modalities utilized by Oriental Medicine (OM) and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that can help athletes besides acupuncture. Some of these may be familiar, and probably...
Developing Flexibility for Fitness and Better Living
Flexibility training is one of the most overlooked and underappreciated components of physical fitness. Mostly, because it is generally programmed at the end of a workout as part of a cool-down...
Seven Tips to Reduce Swelling After Running a Marathon
There’s no denying that the fitness prep for a marathon is challenging. However, often it’s the aftereffects of a race that catch up with a runner. As a personal trainer, it’s your job to help your...
Body Awareness: Active Hands
The quality of training sessions considerably rises when the client begins to think about how they're moving rather than just doing it. Teaching body awareness is just as integral as teaching a...
Acupuncture and Athletes
As a fit pro, I'm always looking for options my clients can use to keep them in great health in order to reach their fitness and wellness goals. I've recently started officially studying Acupuncture...
What Are Trigger Points?
There exists as a ubiquitous part of the human condition a vicious cycle of myofascial pain and compensation that is self-perpetuating and inescapable, and quite relevant to the job of a fitness...
Blue Blockers to Prevent Eye Strain
Fitness trends come and go. Early on, I thought Virtual Personal Training was going to be one of those. But with many states still under shelter-in-place orders and continual advances in technology,...
Hernia Healing: Start With Prevention
Each year, hernias affect more than 5 million Americans. Unfortunately, many individuals either choose to self-diagnose/treat or ignore the symptoms, both of which can have serious implications....
