The IFAST Internship is famous for producing some of the top professionals in professional sports including Major League Baseball, the NBA, and the NHL. Several are now successful business owners, and all but one IFAST coaches were former interns (our newest coach was actually one of our college athletes)
The IFAST Physical Therapy internship already has students scheduled for 2021.
A new internship class is selected each semester.
Give the podcast a listen and then submit your application to be in the next internship class.
The IFAST Podcast #1 with Mike Robertson and Bill Hartman – How to Start a Fitness Training Facility: https://youtu.be/NMJqdlBVIjI
Bill Hartman’s Coaching Conversation with Jon Herting -Treating the person, not the diagnosis: https://youtu.be/lnXdGQ5Dw7w
This week’s topics on Instagram (@billhartmapt):
Elevation Training Mask opinions
Diagnosis Rolling (big YouTube video coming!)
Pain Science Resources
Shoulder Injury and Breathing Exercises
Daily video For the 16%…
This week’s Q & A questions:
Should I use the box squat at 90 degrees and coach and explode off the box with strong exhalation (exhalation/concentric strategy ) … Should I use a deeper box squat to promote more yielding and descended pelvic diaphragm ( inhalation strategy – more ER , flexion )
Is a compensatory inhalation strategy a strategy someone uses when they are biased towards exhalation ( compression)??
Do you think you could breakdown and explain in more detail what the exercise is doing to improve the shape of the thorax and pelvis? Would you perform on both sides?
I think you indicated that the current set up was suitable for a wide ISA. How would you change the exercise if you had a narrow ISA/inhalation bias?
I am also confused with foot position. If your feet supinate are you using an inhalation strategy? If you pronate are you using and exhalation strategy?
Can you also relate pelvic diaphragm mechanics to the cue “pretend like you are holding in gas” and when to use that cue?
If you cue ” hold in gas on the inhale does it activate pelvic floor? Shouldn’t you want pelvic floor to activate on the exhale…moving up like a piston with the thoracic diaphragm?
I was wondering what fields and areas of science would you recommend an entry-level PT to study and read. Additionally, do you have any advice for a new PT about to embark on this epic journey of starting in the field?
In your opinion should arm care be aimed at increasing dorsal rostral space? Instead of the typical I, T, Y’s. I liked your KB arm bar Video. Other ways you like to challenge the RTC for a baseball player.
From your last video, what does eccentrically yield the sternum mean? (Your talk on pronating the glove arm)
Training thoracic spine movement and is it worth doing in isolation?
What is the specific shape change of the pelvis you were attempting to create with the lateral drag video?
Can you clarify the shape change of the thorax associated with rotation and where we need yielding/overcoming contractions in order to have the most efficient strategy for something like a change of direction or pitch in baseball.
I heard you discussing on a video about catching a medicine ball throw, and how that teaches us to “catch our guts”? Could you go a little more into this? Where could someone read more about the forces produced by the ’guts’ or internal organs during movement?
Could you please talk about the relationship between the ability to expand the upper thorax and neck movement. I can’t figure out the exact relationship between thorax expansion and the ability to rotate the neck. thank you
Jon has evolved his treatment with the addition of concepts learned all the way back at The Intensive I with great success.
In this case study, Jon and I talk about how you can treat the person vs. trying to treat a diagnosis with a successful outcome. Even when the client has been treated by several other practitioners and methods or given a specific diagnosis it is recognizing what the patient needs and providing that through a more effective treatment model.
Find Jon Herting:
https://thetrainingroompt.com/our-team/jon-herting/
Jon’s Bio:
Jon Herting, PT, DPT, CSCS, ACSM CE-P, USAW is a dynamic clinician who has been involved in rehabilitation and strength and conditioning for 10 years and has built a reputation among athletes as a clinician who promotes quick results and optimal outcomes. As a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning coach he has worked with athletes of all levels from adolescent to Olympic level and is a part of USA Weightlifting’s Medical staff. Jon believes in a holistic approach to rehab and believes that the ultimate goal of the rehab process is patient autonomy. He believes that there is not a distinct line between rehab and the training process.
Jon currently serves as adjunct faculty at Widener University and has developed several continuing education courses for clinicians and certified strength and conditioning professional based around assessment and rehabilitation techniques.
The box squat has been in the domain for powerlifting for quite some time. I’ll give the popularity of Louie Simmons and The Westside Powerlifting Methods credit for that.
What we need to recognize is that the box squat is a much more versatile exercise if we can think differently.
We can box squat to increase vertical jump.
We can box squat to increase squat depth.
We can box squat to rehabilitate the pelvic floor.
We can box squat to substitute for plyometrics in some cases.
In this video, I introduce the concepts that make the box squat such a useful exercise. I get the feeling that this will be a series because we use this exercise in so many different ways at IFAST.
Would love to hear you muse on heel/forefoot striking for distance running as it pertains to early/late propulsion. I.e. heel striking is typically labeled as “bad”, but seems to be a reasonable strategy to ensure we capture appropriate orientation of the hammy and pelvis. Midfoot striking seems to be “good”, but may lead to an overly concentric “push dominant” strategy.
What would I want to check/work on for R) handed pitchers that have a problem with missing the plate up and In or those that have a tendency to cut the ball glove side? Would this change as a lefty?
The pronation of glove hand let’s the front thorax compress, allowing the backside trunk to expand and rotate (in righty’s)? Also, how would you train optimal delay in pronation of back foot to keep as much of the stored energy as possible?
Does Narrow IPA mean a narrow ISA? Or how is the IPA measured?
Thank you for all the information you’ve been posting lately. I spent most of my of 20’s and 30’s training and competing in various strength sports. Now I’ve done a complete 180 and have been focusing on becoming the best golfer I can be. As someone with a wide ISA I think I understand that I need to focus on reestablishing eccentric orientation. Do you recommend doing this with exercises that can be loaded significantly like squats, presses, and chins while avoiding compressive exercises like deadlifts and bench press or should I focus more on low intensity reset type exercises?
I saw on Instagram some has asked about footstrike in distance running. Can you talk about how the model and propulsive phases apply to sprinting?
Do you have a info on a breathing pattern for Squats & Deadlifts (Sumo) – I’ve been dealing with SIJ instability for about a year now
