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Over the last couple of years, we have seen an influx of new technologies and web applications that, if used wisely, can really be a useful tool for developing ourselves and our professional skills.  There are a ton out there but I tend to gravitate towards the free ones and the ones that seem to have a good foot in the ground.  It seems like some of the lower end competitors can easily go out of business at any time!  Below... Read more... Read Full Story

As many of you probably know, my life gets a little bit more hectic in February, so I have been really trying to take advantage of the last few weeks to tackle some long term planning.  That being said, I actually have hit many of my project goals and have a lot of exciting things coming your way over the few months.  And I’m not just talking about all these cool new scribbles and annotations I have been doing with my new tablet (see... Read more... Read Full Story

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Welcome to 2011!  How about that for a title of an article on this site!  Can’t wait to see how many people do (or do not!) read this!  To celebrate the new year, I have published some recommendations for those just starting some new year’s resolutions to get back into shape and to workout.  Everyone knows that I am a therapist, athletic trainer, and strength coach and actively work in all 3 domains – I... Read more... Read Full Story

In the past I have published a “best of” article that I thought was fun to put together at the end of each year.  I think it is amazing to reflect back on past posts and remember when I was excited when 4000 people a month would visit this site, considering there are over 1000 people a day and 30,000 people a month now!  Here are the top posts this year in several categories.  Thanks again for visiting and reading these articles,... Read more... Read Full Story

Last year around this time I published a pretty popular post, called “5 Things I learned in 2009.”  In this post I reflected on a few changes in thought that I had been progressing towards in regards to things such as posture and trigger points.  I am a fan of always evolving and publishing that post last year actually changed my thought process in 2010.  During the course of the year, I thought back to that post and challenged... Read more... Read Full Story

Congratulations to Chris Joyce and the Northeastern University Physical Therapy Program, this summer’s winners of my student contest to visit me at Fenway.  We spent some time together talking about sports medicine and career advice one afternoon.  I had a blast and hope everyone else did too! Anyone have any ideas on what kind of contest I can run next year?  I need some ideas! Sign up for my FREE newsletter for even more... Read more... Read Full Story

One of the most common, yet least understood, treatment technique may be patellar taping.  First introduced in 1984 by Jenny McConnell, a physical therapist in Australia, patellar taping has become increasingly popular.  The original intent of performing patellar taping, or McConnell taping, was to alter the tilt and position of the patella, most commonly by shifting a laterally displaced patella more medially to correct patellofemoral... Read more... Read Full Story

Today’s guest post is written by Larry Steinbeck, PT.  Larry and I have been talking about Stecco and his Fascial Manipulation book for some time now.  I have both books and must say they are fascinating.  It is a great way to look at the body and to combine the thought process of the kinetic chain and manual therapy.  For those familiar with Anatomy Trains, this is pretty similar.  I find that Anatomy Trains is a bit... Read more... Read Full Story

This past weekend I presented at the Sports Section of the APTA’s annual Team Concept Course in Vegas.  Thanks for all that attended, it was a great turn out.  For those in Vegas, I again apologize for having to leave the conference early.  Unfortunately I was only there for about 14 hours before I had to urgently leave! I wanted to make the outlines of my talks available so that you could still download and view.  Our... Read more... Read Full Story

Groin strains and other injuries are very commonly observed in sports, and have been reported to cause up to 16% of injuries in sports like soccer.  For those that work with athletes and who have seen these injuries, you know that groin strains can be tricky and often times become a recurrent problem.  Thus, it is important to identify risk factors associated with groin injuries to assist in identifying those at risk for injury as well... Read more... Read Full Story