Shoulder Rehab Made Easy
Shoulder rehab is hard right? There are so many things that can go wrong in there- subacromial bursitis, supraspinatus impingement, biceps impingement, rotator cuff weakness, frozen shoulders. The list goes on and on. How do we know what is what? And what do we do specifically if we don’t know what is specifically wrong? And maybe worse, what do we do when we do know what the problem actually is? Looking through a well-regarded text like Kendall’s ‘Muscles; Testing and function’, with its 100+ pages of muscle tests for the upper extremity alone can tempt even the most stoic of anatomy nerds to place shoulders into the ‘too hard basket’. It needn’t be this hard.
Suddenly our ideal ’corrective’ exercises are suddenly not only useless, they may be reinforcing dysfunctional patterns already present!
Let me give you two pieces of information that may ease your frazzled mind.
1) As an Exercise Professional, it is not your job to diagnose. In fact, as a Personal Trainer or Exercise Physiologist diagnosis exists outside of your scope of practice.
2) Regardless, diagnosis of the specific injury is superfluous to what you actually need to do for effective shoulder rehab.
For a shoulder to be happy, healthy and functioning beautifully you really only need to tick three boxes. Continue reading
TAFE SA say no to crunches!
It is with much excitement that I can share with you that today I had a meeting with the lecturers from TAFE SA’s Fitness program. The meeting occurred at their request, as thy wanted a review of the evidence of the risks and benefits of different forms of core/abdominal/trunk training.
After viewing the evidence, and much discussion about practical delivery of this information, a consensus was reached that the material delivered to Cert 3 and 4 students would need to change to take into account the large body of evidence pointing to crunches and sit-ups as exercises that fail the risk-to-benefit test.
We discussed practical, useful, and functional ways to challenge the core/abs, and even to achieve that desired six-pack!!
I’m very excited, and feel privileged to have been able to be a part of such a meeting, and to be able to facilitate the technical discussions that were had. I think this is a huge step forward for our Industry. I also really appreciate the open and flexible attitude of the TAFE lecturers who are obviously very interested in providing the best possible information to their students!
The Swinging of the Pendulum – Filex2011 update1
True to form Filex2011 offered us a delicious smorgasbord of presenters and sessions, from yoga to plyommetrics, marketing to corrective exercise, from pre-choreographed group exercise to award winning researchers and professors, and everything in between to suit the fussiest of delegates. As I expected it brought the latest and greatest information in fitness and exercise, but I question if it was all delivered in a context that makes it useful for actual application.
its easy to get a crush on sexy new information
We need to be aware that its easy to get a crush on sexy new information that may make a lot of sense when presented by a dynamic, convincing and well meaning educator (or two). The question I always ask myself is: would I be comfortable to introduce this sexy young thing to my friends (colleagues) and family (business and clients). Continue reading
Flexibility – achieving great movement
Sunday February 26, 2012 – Sunday February 26, 2012
9 Kensington Rd
Description:
Workshop from 9:30 am – 4pm (please arrive at 9:15am for registration)
Registrations close on Wednesday February 22nd, 2011.
Crunches: An aptly named exercise
I don’t like abdominal crunches. I don’t prescribe them, and don’t like the fact they are still widely prescribed. I think they are, for most people, a bad exercise. There are three major reasons why. Continue reading
