Injury Recovery
3 Tips for Coming Back After an Injury
How do you work your way back to the playing field? Tap into your competitive spirit with these three tips from the pros.
What To Do When Your Kid Gets Hurt
Bumps and bruises are inevitable. How parents react is key. If you’re signing your child up for sports for the first time, there’s something you should know: There will be [...]
The Importance of Mental Health Support After Sports Injuries
It's Okay to Ask for Help The moment I tore my meniscus for the third time, a pit opened up in the bottom of my stomach. By the time I [...]
How to Fix a Jammed Finger
A jammed finger is a common injury that frequently affects athletes who regularly catch balls, but it can happen to anyone—even in the comfort of your home. The injury occurs [...]
Preventing Collegiate Arthritis In Athletes
When college-age people come to see me with severely damaged joints, it’s a challenge. High school kids with the same issues are depressing. There are solutions, but they simply are [...]
What is a Stinger and How to Treat It
You hear it all the time while watching NFL games, and it's said so nonchalantly: “Player X is on the sidelines after that play, but it looks he just got a [...]
A Nighttime Stretch Routine for Athletes
Your body is feeling a bit banged up from a tough lift or brutal practice where your coach decided to spend some extra time on conditioning. Or maybe you’re feeling [...]
Tips for Relieving a Stiff Neck
Tips for Relieving Neck Stiffness from Sports, Exercise, or Other Causes By Jim Carpentier, CSCS Affecting athletes and non-athletes alike, awakening...
Tips on How to Train in a Leg Cast or Boot
Normally when I meet a new client, their goals are to maximize performance and ultimately reduce the risk of injury through training. I recently met a new client who had [...]
Injuries Don’t Have to Be Setbacks
Injuries happen to all athletes. The best ones use the injury to return to sports fitter, faster and stronger than they were before they got hurt. Our job is to [...]
