Getting Stronger, Not Bigger
All the hype on social media today stresses how cool it is to be huge and lift heavy weights. You can’t look at Instagram, YouTube, or TikTok without seeing some pro athlete or someone trying to be a pro athlete lifting an outrageous amount of weight one time and...
How to Work Core Stability in a Standing Position
The term “core stability” has been around for decades. There are many different aspects of core stability, but to me, we are speaking about the muscles that allow your trunk to flex, extend, rotate and side bend. They are also the muscles that resist these movements...
Planning with Purpose: How to Attack the Off-Season
The off-season for a hockey player seems to get shorter and shorter every year. Every athlete I see in our facilities wants to get bigger and stronger or rehabilitate a nagging injury from the previous season. When are we supposed to find the time to achieve these...
Summer Tournament Time
It is the time of year when hockey tournaments are dominating the schedule. Whether it’s a Narch event, State Wars, or a fun off season ice tournament, the hockey athlete still needs to take care of their body. Tournament play brings about several variables that are...
Common Soccer Knee and Ankle Problems and How to Prevent Them
Soccer is a leg and lower body dominant sport featuring kicking, running, jumping and slide tackles. So, it should be no surprise that most soccer injuries seen involve the lower body (unless you are a goalkeeper). The knees are central to most soccer skills, and as...
Shoulder Sprains in Hockey Players
Can you tell me what a “separated shoulder” injury is? It’s not the same as a dislocated shoulder and you may be surprised to know how many professional players have sustained this injury. In fact, when I recently spoke with Joe Huff who is the head athletic trainer...
Meet Chris Phillips | Owner, Athletic Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Specialist
We had the good fortune of connecting with Chris Phillips and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Chris, what was your thought process behind starting your own business? I saw the services that my kids and my friends kids were getting in regards to sports...
Hip Mobility
One of the most common requests I get from hockey players when they are referred to me for training is the need for increased hip mobility. But what does that mean? And how does better hip mobility make you a better skater in hockey? Mobility plays a significant role...
Off Season – Now What?
One of the big mistakes that the most committed youth athletes make is training the same way in-season that they do in the off-season. No one training model is perfect. Start with the problem at hand and let that dictate the plan on how to solve the problem. Below is...
Why an Athletic Trainer?
Providing healthcare everywhere. That is the 2022 slogan for 2022’s National Athletic Training Month. But where is “everywhere?” Athletic trainers provide a unique perspective and skill set that is valuable in many different settings. You can find athletic trainers in...
Training by the Numbers
Hockey players love their numbers when it comes to performance. How hard is my shot? How fast can I skate from here to there? The booming world of sports science has brought data collection on hockey performance to a new level. Where the stopwatch used to be the go-to...
Olympic Insights: Mobile Training Room
Due to magnitude of the Games and the number of countries participating, setting up an Athletic Training Room can be a challenge. Before leaving, I had to decide what I would need during the four week journey with six Olympic figure skaters practicing up to twice a...