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Layering The Basics For Optimal Movement
Optimize Movement
Mike Reinold

Layering The Basics For Optimal Movement

This week’s post comes from my friend and colleague at Champion, Dave Tilley. Dave is no doubt one of the most impressive up-and-coming PTs out there right now and we are thrilled to have him part of our team at Champion. In this day and age, I’m seeing more and more students and young professionals skip the basics. In this post, Dave talks about how he focuses on some of the basics to achieve optimal performance.

It’s good to take a step back and make sure we have addressed the low hanging fruit before we scale the entire tree. Only once the basics are covered can we start tackling more complex concepts to help optimize their movement or performance.

An Easy Drill to Enhance Thoracic Extension
Injury Treatment
Mike Reinold

An Easy Drill to Enhance Thoracic Extension

One of my big principles of rehabilitation and corrective exercises is that you follow up mobility drills with some sort of activation or strengthening drill. You want to use the body in this newly gained mobility.

For some reason, I feel like this is often ignored with thoracic mobility.

In the video below I show an extremely easy way to start working on thoracic extension endurance. Certainly not groundbreaking, but an important drill that is often overlooked.

enhancing thoracic mobility
Injury Treatment
Mike Reinold

Enhancing Thoracic Mobility

Limited mobility of the thoracic spine is a common finding and something that tends to get worse over time. To me, it’s one of those “use it or lose it” types of mobility in the body. Several issues can occur from limited thoracic mobility, such as shoulder, neck, and even low back pain.

Thoracic mobility drills are common, but only part of the puzzle. I have a new presentation where I’ll be reviewing some of the self mobility, manual therapy techniques, and corrective exercises I use to enhance thoracic mobility.

Enhance Performance
Mike Reinold

What Exactly is Optimal Movement Quality?

I usually think of optimal movement as simply two things: 1) Do the right joints move (and the wrong ones don’t)? And 2) Do the right muscles work (and the wrong ones don’t)?

Simple. Watch this video to learn more about what I mean.

integrating breathing drills
Injury Treatment
Mike Reinold

Integrating Breathing Drills

This month’s Inner Circle webinar is on Integrating Breathing Drills. In this presentation, I review a couple of quick techniques I use to determine what type of breathing drills to incorporate into my programming. I’ll overview several different breathing techniques and progressions that you can start implementing.

keys to effectively stretching the forearm
Baseball
Mike Reinold

Keys to Effectively Stretching the Forearm

I’ve always been complimented by my athletes and patients about how I stretch their forearms. As with everything else, I do put a lot of thought into my technique to stretch the forearm. I wanted to share a quick video demonstrating how I stretch stretch the forearm. Not rocket science, but paying attention to the little details will surely help you stretch the forearm more effectively.

5 Ways to Incorporate Movement into Your Programming
Inner Circle
Mike Reinold

5 Ways to Incorporate Movement into Your Programs

This month’s Inner Circle webinar is on 5 Ways to Incorporate Movement into Your Programs. In this presentation, I talk about the need to change our focus away from “corrective exercise” and towards “enhancing movement.” Really just a shift in focus, not technique, but an important concept to consider.