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Your Guide to Optimal Recovery
Why you need to recover If this summer marks your 2010 debut in the weight room, know what’s in store for Day 2: not being able to lift your arms [...]
Baseball Nutrition Plan
You spend countless hours honing strategy and perfecting technique, and hundreds more improving the physical and mental skills the game demands. Augmenting these efforts with a baseball nutrition plan that allows [...]
Improve Dorsiflexion Flexibility
Runners often point their toes down when planting their foot, which is not correct form, according to Randy Hadley, U.S. Olympic Track and Field coach. “Proper running technique is having [...]
Straighten Out Posture Issues With Minnesota Swimming
A swimmer’s shoulder flexibility increases naturally through the constant movement and repetition of the stroke. And as long as a swimmer is swimming with correct stroke technique, shoulder flexibility should [...]
New Meniscus Repair Option
Meniscus tears are among the most common injuries encountered by athletes. With advancements in medicine, this injury is no longer a declaration that your playing days are over. Orthopedic [...]
Injury Definitions
Before you can understand your injury, you have to know what you can injure. Consider this STACK Athlete Anatomy 101: An overview of what your body uses to walk, run, [...]
Injury Recovery with RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation
The first 24 hours after suffering an injury are a crucial part of the recovery process. If an injury isn’t properly cared for during that time, further damage can result, [...]
Nutrition for Injury Recovery
Just because your body is suffering from an injury doesn’t mean your nutrition habits should. Here, Justin Robinson, Optimal Nutrition consultant and Rehab United performance coach, explains the role of [...]
Eating for a Tourney
Is your weekend packed with a long tourney? Then you better pack your stomach with the right foods. Eat up this tournament fueling advice from New York Giants nutrition consultant [...]
Stretching for Football with LaDainian Tomlinson’s Coach
Todd Durkin—two-time personal trainer of the year (according to two leading industry associations) and strength coach to LaDainian Tomlinson, Reggie Bush and dozens of other professional football and baseball players— [...]
