Thinking about getting stronger? Then you’re already on the way. Take two groups of people and immobilise one of their limbs with a cast. Have one group think about performing movement with the immobilised limb and the other do nothing. At 11 weeks remove the casts from both groups and what do you find? Those […]
Rehabilitation
Train muscles not motor patterns.
What is a motor pattern? No it’s not a style of children’s wallpaper. Motor patterns are related to the concept that your body has a predictable sequence of muscle activation for a given task. This underpins much of the functional training methodology. You must train the entire movement otherwise there will be no transfer to […]
Carson Palmer using Muscle Activation Techniques for shoulder injury.
Carson Palmer, the Arizona Cardinal’s Quarterback has been using Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) as part of his shoulder rehabilitation. ESPN reported that Palmer had made significant gains since taking sessions with MAT CEO Greg Roskopf.
Less choices for back pain sufferers.
A new study has shown that individuals with back pain have reduced variability in the muscles of the back when performing a repetitive lifting task. In healthy controls, activity was seen to steadily increase throughout all the erector spinae group during the task. Those with back pain however used a smaller percentage of those muscles […]
Don’t stretch it, strengthen it to reduce injury risk.
Yet another study has come to the conclusion that stretching has no effect on reducing injury risk. Researchers in Denmark reviewed 25 trials involving over 26,000 people and covering over 4000 injuries. They found that strength training had the biggest impact on reducing injury risk with the potential to cut sports injuries to less than […]