Foam Rolling
Stay Healthy and Loose With a Tennis Ball
Article written by Zachary Cohen and Sarah Cayton. Athletes who don’t perform recovery exercises often feel stiff, and tight “trigger points” limit mobility. Foam rolling can help big muscle groups, but [...]
3 Ways to Improve Your Tissue Quality
The ability to perform well in the field can be impaired by poor tissue quality, such as muscle tears, bruises or joint problems. It's important to identify issues and regularly [...]
Prevent Shin Splints With a Proper Warm-Up
Shin splints can be incredibly frustrating. The nagging pain is uncomfortable and can severely degrade your performance. Fortunately, performing a proper warm-up can prevent shin splints from occurring. Shin Splints [...]
Train Your Gluteus Medius for Strong and Healthy Knees
The knee is the body's most poorly designed joint and the one most susceptible to injury. In the U.S. alone, over one million knee surgeries are performed each year. A knee injury [...]
Exercises to Reduce Shoulder Pain and Prevent Injury
One of the most overlooked areas in strength training is the rotator cuff. An unstable and weak rotator leads to poor range of motion, tightness and eventually general shoulder pain. [...]
Strong and Mobile Hips, Part 2: Hip Flexibility
Tight hips may not seem like a big deal to you, but poor hip flexibility can cause serious performance problems, such as reduced agility, speed and foot quickness. Stay on [...]
Soft Tissue Care for Athletes, Part 2: Maintain Your Engine
Soft Tissue Care for Athletes, Part 1 covered the feet and calves; Part 2 moves up the chain to the legs and hips. Your body is like a car. Picture [...]
Looking for a Legal Performance Enhancer? Try a Massage
A massage always feels good after a tension-filled day or an intense workout. Now, Canadian researchers have found that a simple 10-minute massage after a 70-minute workout may have real [...]
Enhance Flexibility and Reduce Post-Exercise Pain
Massage breaks up tightness within muscles by applying pressure from different angles. It is great for helping muscles recover, improving mobility and flexibility, and reducing aches and pains from training and competition—all of [...]
Improve Flexibility With Four Foam Rolling Exercises
Foam rolling before and after training is a performance-enhancing technique similar to massage. Both reduce the tightness in fibrous tissue and muscles by applying pressure to them [read our previous [...]