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Dry Needling for Shoulder Pain
Dry Needling for Shoulder Pain Precision Performance and Therapy provides quality physical therapy services in Meridian, Idaho. We provide a range of physical therapy and rehabilitation services for a variety of injuries and ailments, from chronic pain to neck pain,...
Sports Therapy vs Regular Physical Therapy
Sports Physical Therapy vs Regular Physical Therapy Precision Performance and Therapy provides quality physical therapy services in Meridian, Idaho. We provide a range of physical therapy and rehabilitation services for a variety of injuries and ailments, from chronic...
MCL Sprain
Understanding Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries Precision Performance and Therapy is a physical therapy and sports performance clinic in Meridian, Idaho that provides rehabilitation and return to activity and sports programs for individuals who are recovering from a...
Increase Your Athletes Movement Vocabulary
Okay… here is my main point. When training youth athletes, make sure to spend time increasing their movement and athletic skill vocabulary (what we call physical literacy). This allows them to adapt and perform more efficiently in a variety of environments and under a larger variety of circumstances.
Trying To Avoid Getting Hurt When Exercising? Try These Tips.
Whether you are starting out in a brand-new exercise program or are an exercise veteran, decreasing the potential for injury is something that carries a lot of weight. Let’s face it, if you are just starting out, nothing derails the motivation of a new exercise...
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and Muscle Growth
If I were to give my opinion (once again, I repeat my opinion)… my answer would be, I would shy away from NSAID use when participating in a muscle growth program, but if taking NSAIDs was warranted for other reasons, I would not be concerned about short-term use. My reason for shying away from NSAID use is because of the potential negative GI and CV effects that can happen when using NSAIDs over time. I also am biased toward the muscle growth side. I want to allow the body to do its best at rebuilding stronger which is more negatively affected from the available information. Also as somebody who is working with a lot of people in a rehabilitative sense where the tissue may already be compromised and damaged, anything that would compromise the ability of tissue to regenerate or grow would be something that I would prefer to avoid.
Now, even though I would lean toward not using NSAIDs when focusing on muscle growth unless anti-inflammatory use was warranted, if I were to use NSAIDs, here would be my guidelines for use.
Setting Up The Conventional Deadlift: Bar Position
You can go to the gym and watch people deadlift and see so many different ways that people set themselves up. For beginners and experienced lifters alike it can make things confusing to know what is right and what is wrong when it comes to getting yourself set up to...
Setting Up the Conventional Deadlift: Foot Position and Alignment
Feet are the base of the deadlift. How the feet are positioned can affect the posture and movement throughout the whole deadlift motion. For each individual the “ideal” position may vary a little, but overall the framework of how the feet are set up in the...
Improve Scapular Strength and Control to Improve Pull Ups, Muscle Ups, and Toes To Bar
Pull ups, muscle ups, and toes to bar are common challenging exercises that are performed in many workouts They are especially common for those that participate in crossfit workouts. While there are a lot of moving parts in each of these exercises, having good...