What Is The Right Running Shoe For Me?! Modern advances (and claims) have not done much for injury risk! Runners assign a huge level of importance to footwear with respect to injury risk. In my opinion, this is more based on effective marketing than it is based...
Sam’s Story: How to Know When is Safe to Return to Sport After ACL Reconstruction! ACL Injury and Reinjury – A Concern for the Parent of an Athlete Imagine for a moment that you are the mother of a talented high-school basketball player. He’s currently a...
From Failed ACL Reconstruction to Podiums and Mountaintops! Do you know someone who has had an injury or surgery and has not fully recovered? Have they been unable to do what they could before, or do the things they want? Sadly, it is my experience that there...
How much pain is too much when I exercise? Last post we discussed the evidence on Kinesiotape and saw that it is not currently an evidence-based treatment versus regular athletic tape. It led to a couple of questions that we will discuss in this post: Should I still...
Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury prevention – Part 2 Last post, we discussed the anatomy and mechanics of the ACL, as well as what predisposes it to tears. This post is going to consider the more important, practical, part: how do we reduce ACL injury risk?...
Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury prevention – Part 1 This two-part blog post will look at the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear and what we can do to prevent it. ACL tears The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is one of the most notorious parts of the body...