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  • Sarcopenia is a Vascular Disease

    Sarcopenia is a Vascular Disease
    Nov 22 2025

    I'm not diagnosing or treating anything and I'm not telling anyone what they should do or what they should tell their patients to do.

    I'm sharing the research so that people can talk to their doctors about possible ways to reverse sarcopenia and fibrotic muscle and regain healthy fast-twitch muscle.

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    36 m
  • Unexpected Result While Treating Post-Stroke Symptoms 20 years Later

    Unexpected Result While Treating Post-Stroke Symptoms 20 years Later
    Nov 15 2025

    This was a little mind-blowing to see this week. I was treating someone who had a stroke 20 years ago and then this happened!

    HINT: There was a musculocutaneous nerve entrapment I wasn't expecting to see.

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    14 m
  • Why We Shouldn't Trust a 5/5 MMT on an Athlete (And what we should do instead)

    Why We Shouldn't Trust a 5/5 MMT on an Athlete (And what we should do instead)
    Nov 8 2025

    The 0-5 scale on Manual Muscle Tests was created in 1915 to find neuromuscular issues in paretic patients (like people with polio).

    The MMT should not be trusted for Sports Optimization and Injury Prevention in Athletes.

    Here's what the research says. (Pro tip: The MMT is more of a test of the strength of the examiner, than of the athlete)

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    20 m
  • Pain above the Knee is Very Common for Athletes - And This is What Resolves It

    Pain above the Knee is Very Common for Athletes - And This is What Resolves It
    Nov 1 2025

    I rarely see pain above the knee on my average patients, but I see it very often on athletes, especially jumping sports.

    Here's what I've found to work and what I think is the underlying cause.

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    15 m
  • Sports Performance Optimization for Overhead Sports Part 2

    Sports Performance Optimization for Overhead Sports Part 2
    Oct 26 2025

    Part 2 of the Kinetic Chain is the shoulder elbow and wrist in the acceleration phase of pitching and the deceleration phase (where the injuries are more common)

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    17 m
  • Sports Performance Optimization for Over-Head Sports: Part One -The Kinetic Chain

    Sports Performance Optimization for Over-Head Sports: Part One -The Kinetic Chain
    Oct 19 2025

    Ground Reaction Force (GRF)

    Hip-To-Shoulder Separation (HTS)

    The Anterior Oblique Sling

    The Posterior Oblique Sling

    Setting the groundwork for Part Two about Baseball Pitching

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    25 m
  • Hip Optimization for Athletes - Part Three - The Transverse Plane

    Hip Optimization for Athletes - Part Three - The Transverse Plane
    Oct 11 2025

    The Hip Internal and External Rotators are important for agility to rapidly change direction and have an important role to play in proprioception and to avoid knee injury.

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    22 m
  • Optimizing the Hip Complex for Sports Performance - Part Two - The Frontal Plane

    Optimizing the Hip Complex for Sports Performance - Part Two - The Frontal Plane
    Oct 4 2025

    The Abductors and the Adductors of the Hip are essential for sports with lateral movement, cutting and changing direction with Power and Agility.

    Optimizing the Lateral Stabilizers will also help to avoid knee and ankle injuries.

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    25 m