The human foot is a complex structure made up of 26 bones, 33 joints and over a hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments. These architectural wonders provide us with the ability to stand upright, bear weight and negotiate locomotion and balance –…
Friday, May 29th, 2015
In my previous piece, “Hips Don’t Lie: A Message to Pitchers Everywhere”, we touched on the importance for baseball pitchers to give their hips a little TLC. Recent research has found a correlation between limited hip range of motion and risk of…
Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
Spring is in the air, which means we are in baseball season! I have had a blast this year working with the amazing baseball players on UCLA Men’s Baseball Team and at Performance Fitness for Athletes in Upland, CA. Among them,…
Friday, May 22nd, 2015
with contributions by Keith Wittenstein. Special thanks to Sarah Court, Dinneen Viggiano and Trina Altman for editing and feedback This article is Part 6 of 6 in a series on shoulder biomechanics. In the previous installments of this series, I…
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
with contributions by Keith Wittenstein. Special thanks to Sarah Court, Dinneen Viggiano and Trina Altman for editing and feedback This article is Part 5 in a series on shoulder biomechanics. In our earlier posts of the series, we noted the learning…
Friday, May 15th, 2015
with contributions by Keith Wittenstein. Special thanks to Sarah Court, Dinneen Viggiano and Trina Altman for editing and feedback This article is Part 4 in a series on shoulder biomechanics. In my last post, I deconstructed scapuloclaviculohumeral rhythm, the co-movement of…
Uplifting News for Depressed Shoulders Part 3: Feel the Beat of Your Shoulder Rhythm by Laurel Beversdorf
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
with contributions by Keith Wittenstein. Special thanks to Sarah Court, Dinneen Viggiano and Trina Altman for editing and feedback This article is Part 3 in a series on shoulder biomechanics. Last time, I discussed the dissonance between scapuloclaviculohumeral rhythm and the…
Uplifting News for Depressed Shoulders Part 2: Finding the Beat of Scapuloclaviculohumeral Rhythm by Laurel Beversdorf
Friday, May 8th, 2015
with contributions by Keith Wittenstein. Special thanks to Sarah Court, Dinneen Viggiano and Trina Altman for editing and feedback This article is Part 2 in a series on shoulder biomechanics. In the first part of this article, we discussed cues and…
Uplifting News for Depressed Shoulders Part 1: Parampara or a Long Game of Telephone? by Laurel Beversdorf
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
with contributions by Keith Wittenstein. Special thanks to Sarah Court, Dinneen Viggiano and Trina Altman for editing and feedback This article is Part 1 in a series on shoulder biomechanics. Originally, yoga postures were practiced to obtain spiritual enlightenment, not for musculoskeletal…
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015