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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011

Let the “It’s the end of 2011!” posts begin! I figure someone has to start the trend, and I’ve got a bunch of stuff to publish before the end of the year, so today we’ll begin with my Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011. Needless to say, the blog has grown exponentially over the last […]

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Proper Clam Shell Performance

The clam shell is a fantastic exercise for those suffering from knee and/or lower back pain, as well as those who are trying to avoid it in the first place! In fact, there’s research that correlates hip weakness and/or dysfunction with low back pain, knee pain, lower extremity pain, and a host of other maladies! […]

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Active and Passive Stability

The past couple of days, I’ve been diving head-first back into the research and textbook world. Believe it or not, I’m not a total cyborg like Eric Cressey – I have to actually take breaks from this stuff, from time-to-time 🙂 Regardless, whenever I start working on a new project I want to make sure […]

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Knee Crepitus Q&A

Mike, I’m a 37-year-old male that has been active all my life, but for the last few years my knees have grinding/crepitus in them with certain movements like squatting. I’ve been to PT, which helped some, but I don’t think it ever fixed the root cause.  I don’t have much lateral tracking but I do […]

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Knee Stability After Knee Surgery

The other day, Bill and I were having a discussion at IFAST about training clients after knee surgery. If you read a lot of the research out there, it leads us to believe the following: 1 – If you’ve had an ACL tear, even with surgery and rehab, you could be at increased risk for […]

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