Low Back
Volleyball Players: Avoid Low Back Pain With This Stretching Technique
Sore low backs are common among volleyball players midway through the season. Despite their athleticism and dedicated training, many players suffer from back pain. The cause is simple to diagnose [...]
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Deadlift
The Deadlift is an important exercise. It trains everything from your grip to your back and on down to your legs. It is also very functional for everyday activity. But [...]
Is This the Best Ab Exercise?
It’s a common sight in a gym to see someone performing Physioball Crunches or similar trunk flexion exercises. They burn like Hades and are the only way to target your [...]
Stiff Back? You Might Be Hurting It By Stretching
Curing a stiff or achy lower back requires more than dropping back into child's pose. It's a common misconception. Although a static backstretch may feel awesome, it's actually ineffective for [...]
How Bad Posture Affects Health and Performance
Does your job or your lifestyle cause you to sit for long periods of time? Do you have neck or low back pain? If so, chances are a contributing cause [...]
3 Exercises to Alleviate Low-Back Pain
If you are dealing with low-back pain, it's time to take action. Whether the pain is only moderately bothersome or completely debilitating, it's time to do something about it, or [...]
Anterior Pelvic Tilt: A Hockey Epidemic
Hockey players are some of the best athletes in the world. During a shift, they must simultaneously use their power, strength, endurance and coordination. But because of the nature of [...]
Improve Your Breathing Technique to Become a Better Athlete
Athletes spend hours in the weight room and on the field developing their strength, speed, conditioning and skills. (Read more about strength training.) What if I told you that one [...]
Cure and Avoid Low Back Pain With These Rehab Techniques
Up to 80 percent of the world suffers from back pain, specifically lower back pain, at one point or another. Although leading an athletic lifestyle usually protects people from common [...]
Simple At-Home Workout for the Whole Core
Contrary to popular belief, working to strengthen the core does not mean trying to get a six-pack. The core consists of many other muscles that are essential to athletic performance, [...]