In order to design effective corrective exercise programs that both alleviate pain and improve function, fitness professionals must understand their clients’ strengths, limitations, and weaknesses.1
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Is Scar Tissue Causing Pain and Affecting Your Performance?
Many people have scars as a result of accidents, injuries and surgeries. While scar tissue is extremely helpful at repairing cells quickly to prevent further damage and/or injury, the characteristics
Causes and Cures for Ankle Pain
Ankle pain is a common and frustrating problem that many people experience at one time or another.2,8 It can negatively affect almost every move one makes, from standing, to walking to working out.
Corrective Exercise vs. Physical Therapy – What’s the Difference?
As the field of corrective exercise continues to thrive, clients plagued by musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction increasingly request therapeutic exercise strategies from personal trainers. Meeting
What’s Really Causing Your Lower Back Pain (and how to fix it!)
At some point in their lives, 80% of people will experience lower back pain. In fact, back pain is the leading cause of disability in the world.2 Individuals try all sorts of exercises to strengthen,
Causes and Cures for Rounded Shoulders
Rounded shoulders or excessive thoracic kyphosis refers to a disproportionate forward rounding or curvature of the middle and upper back.3 It is a common postural imbalance that can be caused by
Is Your Gluteus Maximus Causing Your Knee Pain?
Is your gluteus maximus causing your knee pain? Most people assume that their knee pain is caused by problems with the functioning of their knee joint. However, in most cases, the cause of the problem
Tight Hip Flexors Can Cause Lower Back Pain, Knee Pain and Foot Pain
A large percentage of the population has dysfunctional hip flexor muscles as a result of poor posture, faulty biomechanics, sitting too much and/or stress.1, 2, 3 This can lead to pain in not only the
How Tight Hips Can Cause Knee Pain
To help you understand how tight hips can cause knee pain you must first appreciate that the knee seldom works in isolation.¹ For example, activities that often cause knee pain like squatting,
What Is Functional Anatomy?
Most textbooks on traditional anatomy tell us that ‘Muscle A’ goes from ‘Bone 1’ to ‘Bone 2’, and when it contracts it pulls these two bones together. For example, a text of this type might explain
Is Your Ab Routine Hurting Your Back?
What does your abdominal training routine or the exercises you recommend for your clients look like? Are the techniques you choose helping your abs look good while inadvertently hurting your lower
Can Better Posture Make You Happier?
As a fitness professional trained in musculoskeletal assessments, you are already aware that a client’s posture holds clues about their structure and movement potential. However, have you ever
Are Your Mental Habits Making Your Pain Worse?
People faced with the day in day out experience of ongoing muscle and joint pain often develop mental habits to help them cope that can actually make their condition worse.1 Emotions such as anger,
Benefits of Becoming a Corrective Exercise Specialist
Research shows that 90% of people report painful and limiting musculoskeletal conditions affecting the success of their workouts.4 In response to this need corrective exercise is booming with fitness