By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports http://ift.tt/1hlRggT
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Basketball athletes are so athletic. Lateral quickness, foot agility, forward explosion and vertical explosion. Love this sport! To lear...
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 29, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Save health costs: http://t.co/4q63HeMeOb
To learn more visit us at:
http://t.co/JXzaJ7APOJ
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 28, 2014
Taking care of injuries with an Athletic Trainer
Do you or a family member have joint pain?
Do you sit at computer for many hours each week and have elbow, shoulder, neck or upper back, lower back or hip pain?
Do you experience joint pain in your knees while taking a walk or getting in and out of a chair?
Do you know that most Americans choose to allow an injury or joint soreness to linger without medical attention, due to the fact that health insurance co-pays and deductibles have sky rocketed?
People have been rationalizing with themselves and deciding "it's not worth my money or time to take care of this minor injury...I will wait until it gets worse".
If you are one of those people or have a family member like this, please continue to read. I am writing this email to educate you on how our bodies work with regards to injury. When you experience a prolonged ache or pain in your joints, the human body is programmed to find a compensation pattern to take on and minimize pain. The problem with compensation, is force has to then be redirected into another joint therefore, causing multiple body parts to experience aches and pains. Quite often, these simple injuries can be healed by a few exercises or stretches. And sometimes they just need one adjustment and then a few home exercises. But, when compensation patterns start building, then it can take much longer.
There are multiple ways to approach taking care of these aches, pains and injuries.
1) You could do nothing and just live with your pain, maybe taking a pain reliever periodically and accept the fact your body is just breaking down with age.
2) You could choose to go to the emergency room or urgent care or schedule an appointment with your doctor for an injection or medication to minimize pain.
3) Schedule an appointment with your doctor and get an MRI and/or X-Ray to find out there is "nothing wrong" in their eyes and then get a prescription for a minimum of 6-12 physical therapy visits.
All of these above options, for majority of us, will cost a combination of copays and deductibles and can range from multiple hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Or....
4) You can learn about the profession of athletic training - a sports medicine profession - and find a Certified and Licensed Athletic Trainer near you that can save you tons of money and get your body healed faster then you could imagine...and save you from having to go to the doctor and physical therapist in multiple visits. One stop to an Athletic Trainer is all you need!
Do you know you have an Athletic Trainer owned Sports Medicine Facility located near you in Scottsdale? Learn more about Efficient Movement- Scottsdale Sports Medicine Center. www.scottsdalesportsmedicine.net/sports-medicine/injury-care/
Do yourself a huge favor and turn this knowledge into wisdom and make smart decisions about joint pain and/or injuries in you and your family members. Call the experts at Efficient Movement and schedule your FREE injury evaluation! Yes I said FREE! If your injury is something we can take care of, we will give you a timeline and budget to take care of the injury and you can decide if you prefer to proceed with us or go elsewhere.
Wishing everyone to be more knowledgeable on caring for minor injuries and aches and pains!
Sincerely,
Marilyn (Hintz) Kaminski, MS,ATC/L,CSCS
1.5 Million Views?
Tomorrow will be a big day. I’ll presenting at the first Irish Sport Coaches Institute event in Dublin and, my blog will hit 1.5 million views. I have to admit the numbers astound me a bit. We’ll be filming an eight hour seminar that will become Functional Strength Coach 5. I’m really looking forward to the event. Can’t wait for tomorrow. Tonight we’ll do a short one hour business seminar for twenty and then tomorrow we’ll start at 10 AM.
from Michael Boyle's Strengthcoach.com Blog http://ift.tt/1hCgaoW
Visit Us At:
via IFTTT
Thursday, March 27, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
I love the 3 come drill for sprint starts. Learn more speed exercises http://t.co/DKZpn3ulln http://t.co/sAPy5pM9RV
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 27, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Great info! http://t.co/EqJ7dK5XVS
To learn more visit us at:
http://t.co/JXzaJ7APOJ
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 25, 2014
How Strong is Strong
My Strength Question post a few days ago was one of the most viewed in quite a while so I figured I’d post a follow up piece.
I original wrote this for T-Nation in 2007 or 2008 and reposted it on my StrengthCoach.com site a few months later.
It’s interesting, ask a strength coach what a good bench press is for a 200 lb male and chances are you’ll get a good answer. Maybe everyone won’t be in agreement but, everyone will have an opinion. Ask a good strength coach what constitutes good single leg strength or good vertical pulling strength and I don’t think you’ll get the same level of agreement or, if everyone will even have an answer. The answer might even be something like “what do you mean?” Last spring and summer I set out to answer both questions. How much single leg strength and upper back strength are actually possible? I think if you are going to train, you need a goal. If we are going to train for strength, we need to know what strong is. The four-minute mile is a great example. In 1957 Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. On that day he broke a twelve year old record. By the end of 1957 sixteen runners had also broken the four-minute mile. It’s amazing what someone will do once they have seen that it is possible. Twelve years to break the record and sixteen followers in one year. My goal is to raise the bar on both single leg strength and upper back strength by telling the strength and conditioning world how strong strong might be…
to read the rest click below
from Michael Boyle's Strengthcoach.com Blog http://ift.tt/1gwKLZQ
Visit Us At:
via IFTTT
Monday, March 24, 2014
Nice Piece on Breathing Pattern Disorders from Mike Reinhold
Mike Reinold did a nice piece on breathing pattern disorders on his blog.
Breathing is the next big thing, especially if you work in the adult fitness market. I think a lot of us ex-meatheads are seeing the value of a few minutes of deep breathing.
from Michael Boyle's Strengthcoach.com Blog http://ift.tt/1henVkT
Visit Us At:
via IFTTT
Friday, March 21, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Mercer? They really messed up my bracket and bets. But still loving march maddness!!! To learn more visit us at: ScottsdaleSportsMedici...
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 21, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Exercise vs Rest with knee pain?? http://t.co/v0iv4M320I
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 20, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
March maddness!!! Best holiday ever!!! Love this time of year!!!
To learn more visit us at:
http://t.co/JXzaJ7APOJ
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 20, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Health Ins costs rising - Save $$ by knowing a Certified Athletic Trainer - a Sports Medicine Expert! http://t.co/UEv9Kd49b8
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 19, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
What's the most common injury in YOUR sport? http://t.co/CM59riWPos
To learn more visit us at:
http://t.co/JXzaJ7APOJ
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 19, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Obamacare Campaign Highlights Sports Injuries to Enroll Young People
By REUTERS from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/1iZBLKn
Monday, March 17, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Love the Cobra - finish with all extension
Learn more exercises at http://t.co/5CctEMVoUL http://t.co/twfyeE9Ifs
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 18, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Love the Cobra - excellent squat form to start
Learn more exercises at http://t.co/5CctEMVoUL http://t.co/Wg86knXCDg
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 18, 2014
Early Stage Upper Glute Max Retraining Exercise
This weekend just gone, we were in London presenting our CPD course for physios, therapists and coaches:
- Functional Running Assessment & Gait Re-Education
I took two minutes to step back from presenting and record Brad coaching our group through one of the simple early stage exercises from our Glute Max retraining pathway of rehab progressions…
from Run Coaching, Ironman and Triathlon Specialists - Kinetic Revolution http://ift.tt/1edRcP7
@MarilynKaminski
Sports Injuries and Sports Performance Resource for Athletes and Parents - http://t.co/NBrBhLGtCE
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 17, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Finding your passion: What do you want your legacy to be?
This past weekend I had the pleasure of heading up to Vancouver, Canada to lecture at the NSCA Vancouver Seminar with a great group of presenters. On Sunday, my friend and colleague, Nick Winkelman, and I stayed an extra day to do a few lectures to a group of University students up there who are all aspiring strength coaches, physical therapists, personal trainers, etc. Both days were great and it is always good to be a part of an event where other greater presenters are talking about things they are passionate about.
In lecturing to the students on Day 2 one of the main things I wanted to convey to them, before getting into my topic, was the importance of going on the journey of finding what they are passionate about. Nick discussed similar things and we actually talked about this over dinner one night with another friend/colleague, Dr. Greg DuManoir, professor of Exercise Physiology and University of British Columbia – Kelowna. Nick and I started in the field around the same time and I lived in Phoenix while he was developing his approach to training at, what was then, called Athletes’ Performance now called Exos. He said over dinner that he thought it was interesting to see the paths that both of us took from trying to start out as strength coaches and figure what is important in the field and in our respective systems to ultimately finding the topic(s) we are most passionate about and then doing a deep dive into those topic. I couldn’t agree more. Nick’s comment was, “In this field, I believe it is important that people go through the process of obtaining knowledge and being generalists in all things general – exercise physiology, biomechanics, coaching, nutrition, etc – and then, as they grow, find out what they are most interested in and become specifically focused on that.”
I got many questions from students that weekend centered around, “What should I do when I graduate?” Most were unsure if they wanted to go to more school, go to physiotherapy school, try and be a strength coach, go to massage school, etc. My answer is always the same, “I don’t know what you want to do or what you love to do so I can’t answer that for you.”
The statement I always make is:
- Know what you know.
- Be great at what you know.
- Know what you don’t know.
- Know enough about what you don’t know that you can surround yourself with people that can help you fill in the blanks.
Find that thing you are passionate about and be great at it. Know about all the other stuff (be a generalist) and then get people in the room and form a team that can help each other out and fill in the blanks. As my friend Charlie Weingroff recently wrote, “A legitimate High Performance Staff. Everybody can be the Head at one point, but everybody is always everybody’s assistant.”
It isn’t about trying to master everything under the sun. It is about trying to be great at whatever you are passionate about. What do you want your legacy to be? How would you like people to remember you? Whatever it is, if you want to be a great strength coach, researcher, physical therapist, chiropractor, doctor, nutritionist, massage therapist, etc. It doesn’t matter! Find that thing that wakes you up in the morning and spend your life trying to get better at that. Chances are you will have a lot more fun that way.
from Optimum Sports Performance LLC http://ift.tt/1nqK8ou
GMO’s- Ban Them or Label Them?
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Deep Hip Rotators: Active Piriformis Stretch for Runners
I’ve had a couple of days this week with a lot of time spent in the car, and my hips really suffer for it! Like many runners, I tend to get particularly tight through Piriformis, deep rotator muscles of the hips.
I recorded the video below while having lunch in the park with Holly today, to demonstrate a dynamic variation of the Pigeon Pose. This is a stretch which will be familiar to many of those who have practiced yoga. Simple yet effective, it has proven to work wonders for my own hips and is great for targeting those often troublesome Piriformis muscles.
from Run Coaching, Ironman and Triathlon Specialists - Kinetic Revolution http://ift.tt/1gfrjuz
@MarilynKaminski
A well designed strength program for youth athletes can help reduce injuries. http://t.co/qqw1PzMIOr To learn more visit us at: Scottsda...
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 13, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
gram-can-help-youth-athletes
To learn more visit us at:
http://t.co/JXzaJ7APOJ
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 13, 2014
Shopping Last Night- A Trip AROUND the Store
We all know the key to shopping is to stay out of the aisles. All the grain ladened stuff that can last forever is in the aisles. Stuff that can go bad ( but is good for you) is on the perimeter.
Our trip to the store yielded lots of staples ( I know the Bud Light is a wheat product but, we all have weaknesses).
Lots of quality protein including:
Australian Grass Fed Rib Eye, Canadian Bacon, Ground Bison, and Greek Yogurt. Also, Organic Milk. Our nutrition is far from perfect but, quick perimeter trips definitely help.
from Michael Boyle's Strengthcoach.com Blog http://ift.tt/1oP5UxC
Visit Us At:
via IFTTT
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
The Value of Sleep
Great post about the value of sleep. I know personally I’ve struggled with the issue of decreasing sleep to increase work and I know it’s a mistake. You only have two big recovery methods. One is eating, the other is sleeping.
Here’s an excerpt
Take a second and read.
from Michael Boyle's Strengthcoach.com Blog http://ift.tt/1g83ip9
Visit Us At:
via IFTTT
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
nd is critical for our health.
To learn more visit us at:
http://t.co/JXzaJ7APOJ
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 11, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should Be Banned for Children Under the Age of 12 http://t.co/F8MYxxFAlp
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 11, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
try to counteract this by going to a the gym, but they sit down at a machine and the machine does most of the work. Training on your feet...
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 11, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Our body is designed to move. Most Adults sit at a desk job for 8+ hours each day, then go home to sit on the couch and then lie down to ...
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 11, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Find out how you can stay injury free this year. ProForm's exclusive interview with @DrDavidGeier here: http://t.co/uqNw8W2J58
— ProForm (@ProFormFitness) March 10, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
2 Glute Exercises to Increase Your Running Speed http://t.co/LcrzNlNo45
Visit us at: http://t.co/DKZpn3ulln
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 11, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Excellent leg strengthening exercise for basketball athletes: http://t.co/PgHYPnkWZI
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 11, 2014
@MarilynKaminski
Taking the time to educate our patients is essential to quick injury recovery!
http://t.co/DKZpn3ulln http://t.co/AGhRWcXJyB
— Marilyn Kaminski (@MarilynKaminski) March 11, 2014
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)