Physical therapy for young athletes is one way of helping to ensure that performance capacity is maintained and even surpassed after the...

From a physical standpoint, the results can be similar. While you are resting up and letting the injury heal, your other muscles are also...

Mindset. Attitude does play a large part in doing well with sports. This applies to performance during competition, but it also applies...

It can be helpful to think about how many superstitions and habits professional athletes have. In some cases, people will say it is a...

In many sports, like gymnastics and soccer, it can be very important to build good strength while also avoiding putting on too much bulk....

There are two main points that we like to stress from the beginning, in order to help you to understand why stretching is so important to...

Sports enhancement training is one of the best ways for young athletes to learn cross discipline skills that can aid in performance...

Breaking Through The Barrier What many young athletes don’t always realize is that strength can be as much of a factor as familiarity...

Good Fuel For Effective Function One of the biggest misconceptions that we find we need to overcome is the concept that as long as you...

Considering Perspectives While focus and confidence are linked, the feeling of confidence can come down to the perspective that you take....

One of the things that we work on educating with our athletes is that increasing speed can also be a directional improvement. This...

Thinking About Connections It is also important to realize that along with stabilization, your core acts as a conduit for the energy that...

Looking At Lifestyle One of the biggest problems for young athletes when it comes to good eating habits is that a lifestyle of going to...

Everyone's body will heal a little differently, and this can also depend upon whether you have sustained a sprain, strain, or tear....

While drills and repetition are extremely important, they also present an interesting dilemma about muscle memory. If your body is...

While even minor strains and sprains to the ACL can be debilitating, they can also be rehabilitated. Even if a tear results in having to...

The worst part is, that you start to feel as though all the hard work you've been engaging in is for nothing, but that it not really...

A Question Of Physics One of the easiest ways to understand how this happens is to think of your muscles as levers. The longer the lever,...

The point is that sometimes, being great is not good enough. You may be the star on your football or gymnastics team, but in your heart,...

One of the ways that this can be accomplished is by helping to educate youths about how both flexion and extension have an impact on...