ACL Injury
Just Tore Your ACL? Do These 4 Things Before Surgery
The period after an ACL injury can be a difficult time. While your mind is full of questions as to your future in sport or what procedure to undergo, there [...]
How Drue Tranquill Dominates Life
To many, Drue Tranquill is perfection personified. At Notre Dame, he was a two-time team captain. He majored in Mechanical Engineering and graduated with a 3.73 GPA. He was a [...]
How Soccer Players Can Get Injured Less Often
Injury prevention can be a misleading term. More often than not, soccer coaches and players are under the impression "injury prevention" is a magical, stand-alone program filled with balance drills, [...]
Injured Athletes: Fight Depression and Stay Competitive With These 3 Tips
Allow me to open with a scene from the 1993 movie The Program. Coach Winters (played by James Caan): Jefferson, are you injured or are you hurt? Darnell Jefferson (played [...]
These Exercises Can Help Protect Female Soccer Players Against ACL Injuries
ACL injuries are incredibly common among female soccer players. Many of the sport's biggest stars, such as Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, have suffered torn ACLs. ACL tears can leave [...]
Trust the Process: 5 Things to Keep in Mind When Recovering From an Injury
Recently, I had to get surgery on a torn labrum in my shoulder. My doctor told me recovery time was four to six weeks with a sling, followed by two [...]
How to Handle an Acute Injury While Training
Working out is supposed to make you stronger, healthier and feel better. But it’s also an activity that can leave you vulnerable to injury. You’ll be working with heavy equipment, [...]
5 Special Considerations for Female Athlete Workouts
Contrary to what some believe, female athletes do not need to train all that much different from male athletes. Just like males, females need to be...
7 Steps to Safely Returning From an ACL Injury
The definition of rehabilitation is "to restore to useful life, as through therapy and education…to restore to good condition, operation or capacity"...
The Missing Link in the Rehab Process
Neuro-motor training (NMT) is the crucial, usually under-valued missing link in the rehabilitation pathway to help get athletes moving better. A large...