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- Aug 20
F.I.T. Tips - Fix Your Shoulders With The Reverse Table Top
The positioning allows you to incorporate core, glute and hamstring activation working on full body engagement and muscle sequencing.
- Aug 19
How Poor Posture Can Cause Tight Calves
For mobility to take place in any joint, there needs to be stability for your nervous system to allow the movement.
- Jul 17
F.I.T. Tips: Prevent/Fix Groin Injuries With This Simple 4 Position Exercise Sequence
This video explains a simple 4 position exercise sequence that will hit all the varying actions of this muscle group.
- Jul 17
Want Sexy Glutes? Then You Need A Strong Groin
If you don’t have healthy adductors, you won’t have healthy glutes and you’ll probably suffer from back pain.
- Jun 18
F.I.T. Tips: Strengthen Your Adductor Magnus With The Seated Good Morning
The hip hinge is a key element as studies have shown that peak contractions of this muscle occurred in positions of hip flexion.
- Jun 17
Back Or Hip Pain? Tight Hamstrings? The Adductor Magnus Link
Clinically, I’ve found dysfunction in this muscle to commonly be correlated with hip and or low back pain among other things.
- May 21
F.I.T. Tips: The Short Range Hamstring Curl
It addresses the top range (short or end range) portion of a hamstring curl or knee flexion which is so often neglected.
- May 21
Successful Changes Often Take A Paradigm Shift
Hitting a home run is always nice, but most games are won by the successive accumulation of base hits.
- Apr 16
F.I.T. Tips: Stabilize Your Hips
These two muscles play an important role in hip stabilization during any single-leg weight bearing activities such as walking or running.
- Mar 20
Massage Therapy For Injury Prevention & Optimal Performance
Assessments performed by an RMT can help distinguish the source of the pain that you may be feeling instead of just addressing the symptoms.
- Mar 15
F.I.T. Tips - How To Strengthen The Bottom Range Of Your Squat
Isometrics can be a great way to strengthen weaknesses throughout a range of motion in a movement.
- Feb 13
Serratus What? Why Your Serratus Anterior Is Important
The serratus anterior has traditionally been one of the most overlooked, yet important muscles for structural wellness.
- Feb 13
F.I.T. Tips: How To Effectively Strengthen Your Serratus Anterior
To effectively stimulate and strengthen a muscle, you need to know its functions so that you can activate and load it appropriately.
- Dec 19, 2021
How To Stretch Effectively to Gain Flexibility
For most, stretching is the afterthought of their exercise routines. You hear it all the time, “I just don’t stretch enough.”
- Dec 19, 2021
F.I.T. Tips: Easy Stretches For Everyone
I wanted to share a handful of some of my favorite stretches that would be easy enough for anyone to perform anywhere without any equipment.
- Nov 21, 2021
F.I.T. Tips - How to Strengthen Your Medial Hamstrings
The medial hamstrings in particular (Semitendinosus & Semimembranosus), usually being weaker than the lateral (outside) biceps femoris.
- Nov 14, 2021
Save Your ACL This Ski Season!
In nearly every ACL rupture case I’ve seen there has been a severe strength imbalance between the quadriceps and hamstrings muscles.
- Oct 17, 2021
Fascial Stretch Therapy: What is it? How Can it Help?
FST is a modified form of assisted PNF stretching that incorporates not just muscle, but joint capsules, nervous system tissues and fascia.
- Oct 17, 2021
Guest Feature: Some Things You Might Not Know About Pilates
By Lisa Rennie. Wonder what Pilates is all about, this may be a great time to venture in and investigate.