Back pain is not something you can just “work through”. If you are suffering from back pain you must identify what movements or compensation patterns are causing or contributing to your pain, then remove them. In general, your exercise program or corrective strategy should cause no increase in pain during or after. Furthermore—in my experience—removing...

Have you ever noticed that no matter how often or how long you stretch for, certain muscles always still feel tight? Well, there’s a reason for this that stretching alone won’t help. Here’s the thing… Certain muscles have a tendency to stay “on” for three reasons: [list type=”1″] For protective tension Because they’re continuously being overworked Or...

Last week I shared 3 solutions for athletes looking to improve their athletic performance. If you haven’t read that post yet, I highly suggest you do before biting into this one. It can be viewed here. Picking up where I left off, I have 3 more performance improving tactics for you. So let’s get to it.  ...