Thursday, December 17, 2009

AAAAAHHHHH-TWEAK OUT! (LLE MCL), Bottom up, Top down






forward/back hurdle steps
R rotational L stagger squat
SLS to 45deg. c/ foot everted

Santa, will you please bring me a new HD digital video camera? Mine really sucks.

7 comments:

Josh Nimmo, ATC, CSCS said...

Mr. Przytula,
My name is Josh Nimmo, I am an athletic trainer for Freeburg High School in Freeburg,IL. I am also a CSCS. The company I work for is a full service physical therapy clinic and fitness center. We have five locations in southwestern Illinois. I work not only with athletes in sports medicine, but also with athletic enhancement. I came across your blog through a link on Tracy Fober's blog and I was immediately intrigued! As a young athletic trainer I am always interested in learning from someone with far greater experience than myself. I look forward to following your blog.

Jack Martin said...

Joe,
We have been doing a lot of hurdle mobility-both over and under and balance. Has worked well but we have seen too many hip flexor issues this year. I am in pt after last weeks meniscus surgery-any suggestions.
Martin

JH said...

Joe,

What specifically are you tweaking out? The middle and bottom pictures look like they would tweak in the MCL of the left leg?

Jonathan

KP said...

I was wondering the same thing Jonathan.

Joe Przytula said...

1- Welcome aboard Josh! Not sure I've got greater experience, just older.

2- Coach Martin- Hip Flexor Strains, what we refer to in function as "the front butt"- great topic for a future post! Good luck with the meniscus rehab. A good P.T. will attack success first; the toughest for distnace runners-the transverse plane-is very important but usually needs to come last.

3- JH & KP always ask good questions, this a functional terminology one. I'm beginning to "tweak out" the MCL's "friends". Beginning to functionally load it sort of speak. I've not tweaked out totally. Example, in the SLS, I'm allowing a BUE anterior reach to load the butt more.

JH said...

So by tweaking out the butt you have essentially tweaked in the abductors, VMO, and post tib...am I invisioning this correctly?

JOnathan

PS Merry Christmas!!

Joe Przytula said...

JH-Your scenario could be a possibility, yes, depending on how sequence your drivers.