by Dr. Matt Jordan | Nov 12, 2020 | Educational, Injury, Sports
Sherlock Holmes Was Right – We Need to Become Movement Detectives. If you haven’t already, please read Part I. I have quoted Claude Benard when I give presentations on why we need to develop better assessments to test the neuromuscular capacities of athletes...
by Dr. Matt Jordan | Sep 9, 2020 | Educational, Health, Injury, Sports
The Plantiga Return to Sport Functional Milestone Road Map (FMR) Program In the last blog post, we discussed how much ado has been made over injury prediction, how it fits in an athletic environment and whether or not it is even a feasible prospect in sport. To make...
by Sean Ross-Ross | Jan 28, 2020 | Injury
Getting personal with the Plantiga system Hello all! The photo above was taken November 9, 2019 by my wife on the way to Victoria General Hospital after I suffered a syndesmotic ankle fracture (not only did I break my ankle, I also tore a ligament). I slipped on a wet...
by Dr. Matt Jordan | Dec 2, 2019 | Injury
Part 2: When the Lab Doesn’t Cut It Anymore Continued from Part 1 Have you ever heard of the Hawthorne Effect? You should Google this term. It refers to the effects of taking a measurement on what we actually want to measure. Imagine you are a...
by Dr. Matt Jordan | Nov 22, 2019 | Injury
Part 1: the Journey Continues Istruggled early in my career to marry science with coaching. I lived in a dichotomy. I was a graduate student completing a Master of Science in muscle physiology, doing all kinds of neuromuscular testing. I would then leave the lab, head...
