Knee special tests vary in their sensitivity, specificity, and usefulness. In the acute situation, they may provide some useful information to guide decision-making for further diagnostic testing if symptoms, behavior, or progress warrant such. With practice, the execution of some of the knee special tests can be simplified to a great degree to reduce the […]
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Think Differently… About How You Measure Hip Flexion
Traditionally, measuring hip flexion range of motion provides only information about how the femur moves in the hip joint. If you think differently, hip flexion provides information about the existence of anterior pelvic tilt, sacral movement, lumbar spine movement, and breathing strategy. This video guides you toward how you can think differently about how to […]
The Best Shoes for Improving Squat Depth and Squatting More Weight
In this Padawan Lesson video, we address many common questions associated with choosing best shoes for squatting. Do you really have an ankle mobility problem? Do my shoes limit my mobility? How can you increase squat depth? What does an Olympic weightlifting shoe with an elevated heel do? Are heels elevated squats bad? Why do […]
Weekly Update and Q & A for October 20, 2019
Weekly Update: Time was limited because of The Intensive VIII wrapping up last weekend, but I’m back with a new Q & A this week! Here’s the last Q & A if you missed it Here’s the video showing a manual approach to increasing knee flexion I’ve also been busy on Instagram for The 16% […]
Thinking Differently… Your Two Strategies of Movement
Preamble Changing the way anyone thinks is a challenge. Emotions are attached to beliefs. Emotions determine how we make decisions. Many feel that there’s nothing wrong with the status quo and are satisfied with their current level of performance, knowledge, understanding, and outcomes. Some will want to argue that the following perspective is merely an […]