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The Average Athlete Doesn't Exist
The US Air Force once measured more than 4,000 pilots and found that not one was average, yet sport science still compares athletes to that imaginary person instead of to their own baseline.
The Biggest Blind Spot in Sport Science: Precision Rehab & Return-to-Performance
The biggest gap in athlete rehab isn't the surgery or the lab work, it's the lack of data once players are back in competition. By filling this gap we can make athletes stronger than they were before the injury.
Improving Jump Performance with Vector Concepts: Identifying Trainable Deficits
Using vectors as a tool, we can identify the necessary movement and loading requirements to maximize sport-specific propulsive patterns and choose appropriate training interventions when there are shortcomings.
Applied Biomechanics: Building Intuition with Vectors
So how can we actually apply “applied biomechanics”? To start, we must build an intuition around how movement is quantified. There are two basic building blocks: scalars and vectors.
What Asymmetry Testing Really Tells Us: Part 1
The human body does not function as a symmetrical machine. So why do we innately strive for an unachievable standard of symmetry as an indicator of our movement health and performance?
Sherlock Holmes, Heuristics, and the RTS Road Map: Part I
To make injury prediction a feasible endeavor, we need to study the athlete in their environment like it is a complex-adaptive system (because it is).
Sherlock Holmes, Heuristics, and the RTS Road Map: Part II
We all want to focus on the positive, but sometimes, putting too much faith in our ideas and beliefs leads us to miss the deficits that an athlete is presenting right in front of us.
Sherlock Holmes, Heuristics, and the RTS Roadmap: Part III
Rehabilitation goals shouldn’t be limited to just treating symptoms. We need to prepare athletes physically and mentally for the sport-specific demands they will encounter after they return from injury.
Sherlock Holmes, Heuristics, AI, and Plantiga: Part IV
How you can move beyond the “eye test” and Matt Jordan’s favourite rehab metrics for ACL recovery.
What Asymmetry Testing Really Tells Us: Part 2
Performance asymmetry may not always indicate a deficit. How can you use it to drive performance and injury prevention decision-making?
What Asymmetry Testing Really Tells Us: Part 3
Determining readiness to return to activity is multifactorial. Here are some actionable guidelines for leveraging asymmetry testing in your practice.
Jump Rope Training for Runners
Dr. Megan Jones reviews and applies a recent study on the benefits of jump rope training for running economy.
Why Do We Run?
In 2017, a reported 60 million Americans actively participated in regular, run-focused activities. With the exception of a few social and migratory animals, this seems to be a uniquely human pastime. Why is that?
Walking: the 6th Vital Sign
The simple act of walking may seem trivial, but it is one of the most valuable steps we can take for our health (pun intended).
Using Data To Fill In The Gaps
At the end of the day, a practitioner is trying to figure out how a person is doing (progressing, regressing or sometimes just maintaining) and if there are trainable deficits that can be addressed with exercise and treatment.
Remote Health Monitoring: The New Normal
Remote health monitoring with Plantiga in an uncertain COVID-19 world.