Johan Söderström of Muskelcentrum in Uppsala, Sweden, shares methods for applying the specificity principle and 1080 Motion to train acceleration, change of direction, and rotational power for ice hockey players.
Oblique strains and tears routinely immobilize football quarterbacks, baseball hitters, golfers, and tennis pros — by utilizing the 1080 Quantum, rehab professionals can safely guide return-to-play protocols for this challenging injury.
Let’s get this out of the way from the get-go—Ryan Steenberg is not normal. It’s not normal to drive a golf ball 300 yards and hit baseballs “off the planet” at age eleven. It’s not normal to play two years of quarterback at the collegiate level and then switch to the opposite side of the […]
The concept is nothing new. From Ben Franklin’s axiom an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure to Charlie Weingroff’s presentation series “Training = Rehab, Rehab = Training,” problem-solvers have long recognized the need to address the underlying causes of an issue rather than simply reacting after each issue flares up. In a clinical […]
Young tennis players embarking on their professional careers in the late 1990s and early 2000s had little reason to think time was on their side. Advances in sports science now give the advantage to veterans like Robert Lindstedt, who is looking ahead to his third decade on the ATP Tour. When a 21-year old Robert […]
Sports science marches steadily towards increasing individualization and responsive, data-driven decision-making. Meanwhile, key milestones in the return-to-play process remain rigidly formulaic. Time – not function – is still the major consideration for medical approval to return to play. Chris Stackpole joined the New Jersey Devils as Head Physical Therapist / Sports Science Coordinator last summer. […]
