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It’s great to feel 100% ready for your next training session or competition. Whether you’re training for a triathlon, preparing for a CrossFit competition, planning an epic climbing weekend, or looking to crush it in your weeknight volleyball league, you’re pushing your body hard and need to balance training stress and recovery.
Any hindrance to your […]
By: Sam Gesicki, PT, DPT, and Carly Szemerey, PT, DPT
Bouldering. Lead climbing. Top rope. Sport. Free solo. Trad. Speed. There is so much terminology just surrounding the different disciplines of climbing and so little time. In the 2020 Olympics, the disciplines of climbing were broken down into three categories: bouldering, sport (lead), […]
Attention Runners!
On your mark… get set… ouch?
Race season is finally here! After all the early mornings, long runs, ice baths, and miles and miles logged, it is finally time to race! By now your blisters have hardened, your sock tan line is blinding, and your body is fit and ready to compete.
But first, here’s a […]
Your youth athletes keep you BUSY. Between school, practice, games, tournaments, and more, it can be overwhelming at times. Adding an injury to this is not only stressful for the athlete– it’s stressful for you, too.
Your athlete is taken out of the game they love so much. And they’re in pain. As their parent, you […]
By: Ben Kelto, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
When steel is tempered, its resiliency increases. Its strength is in its alloys– the smaller particles become tougher through the tempering process. Body tempering, like steel tempering, is all about becoming more resilient at the smallest, cellular level.
Body tempering was developed in 2014 […]
There are many common injuries that athletes sustain within their career. Basketball is a fast-paced game consisting of cutting, sharp movements, sprinting and rapid stops. All of these can result in injury if proper techniques to reduce the chance of injury are not incorporated into a player’s preparation. […]
A 32-year-old woman is going to yoga classes 5 days a week. A 41-year-old-woman is training to perform better in her next triathlon. A 28-year-old woman is going to her CrossFit gym 3 or more days a week. These women are extremely active; they are athletes leading a healthy lifestyle and doing what they love, […]
By: Sam Gesicki, PT, DPT, TSAC-F, and Carly Szemerey, PT, DPT
Climbers have an almost unique dedication to their sport. It is not uncommon to stumble into the gym and hear one or two climbers discussing what injuries have been bugging them for the past day, week, month, or even year.
No climber wants […]
Gymnastics is a sport that requires agility, flexibility, and strength. It is multi-disciplinary including events like balance beam, uneven bars, vault, and floor. Each event requires different sets of skills and strengths for the athlete to perform their best. We talked to Alyssa Hixon, PT, DPT, a physical therapist, a gymnastics coach […]
Youth athletes are getting stronger every year. However, while they are growing, they are still at risk of injury. So, what can be done to help them stay on the field?
On the Sports Medicine Team at Red Mountain High School, Spooner therapist Brian Bettner, PT, DPT, saw a consistent lineup […]
