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A Scar Hindered My Performance!
This is an image of a piece of Rocktape on a chest scar. A few weeks back, I saw Jackie Wu for a session. My left lateralis was really bugging me, after having it gotten super fired up after attending Animal Flow Level 1. We figured out that my chest scar, a scar that has…
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Neurokinetic Therapy Level 1
This last week, I took the certification exam for Neurokinetic Therapy (NKT) Level 1 and passed! Up to now, I had associated a lot with NKT practitioners: Kathy Dooley, Bob Gazso, among many others. It seemed that every seminar I went to, I would be in company of many of them. Thus, I found some…
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Frequency Specific Microcurrent for Nerve Entrapment Issue
Back late last year, I suffered from a severe nerve entrapment issue which started in my right arm and then began to mirror itself in my left. It also manifested itself in my left buttock which put *really* uncomfortable tingles into my left testicle (nope, not the good kind…!). In both arms, my front shoulder…
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On Builds to Races, Recovery, and Endurance Training
One of my clients is working towards a challenging marathon swim. I thought I’d republish part of an email here that captured some thoughts I’ve had over the years about building to a race and recovering properly: As mentioned, building towards races can take many forms. It can be a linear build to a peak…
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Nutritional Interventions for my Teeth
About 2.5 weeks ago, I started to experience some sensitivity to temperature in my teeth on the left side, both top and bottom. As time progressed, it got pretty bad to the point where I couldn’t even take a drink of cold water or hot coffee or else it would fire up uncomfortably. Having experienced…
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Total Immersion: Ankle Mobility
Ankle mobility is important for swimming well and with the least drag. Swimming with your feet not pointed behind you means you have two feet that are creating drag as you swim. Sometimes it’s a motor control problem. You tell the swimmer to keep the toes pointed behind them and they imprint it, and just…
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Total Immersion: The Dead Bug
The Dead Bug is a funny name for a pretty important exercise. It is called Dead Bug because you lie on the floor with your arms and legs up in the air, just like how dead bugs look when they are dead and lying on their backs. I first learned the Dead Bug from Original…
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Avoiding Car Seat Hell
A user on the mobilitywod forums posted about problems they were having while driving. I can relate. I think all car seats are ergonomically deficient. You’d think someone would have done something better after all this time, but they are terrible. The user was complaining of tight neck and shoulders. Here was my reply: When…
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The New Alleva-Wave (Versus the Old Alleva-Wave and Somapulse): Healing via Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields
In my previous post Somapulse/Alleva-Wave: Healing and Recovery via Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields, I talked about my success in using Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMF) to heal a bunch of physical problems like a strained elbow and removing DOMS. It’s pretty awesome technology and I am still amazed the PEMF treatments with either the Somapulse or Alleva-Wave…
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ARPWave Search and Destroy for Left Shoulder Part II
After I finished Search and Destroy on my left knee, I started working on left shoulder. My left shoulder has been plagued with soreness in the pec minor area. The pec minor feels always tight and sore, and I can feel it pull my shoulder forward and out of position. This results in compensations in…
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Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization: Awesome!
This last weekend I spent 4 days learning the basics of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, or DNS. It was a fantastic 4 days and not only did I learn the basic techniques, but also got to see a group of experienced PTs in action using methods I had not seen before, and giving out information in…
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MobilityWOD Quick Start Guide
I discovered MobilityWOD (MWOD) last year and love the content they put up. It has really opened my eyes on my own problems and limitations, for which I never really had good solutions for – but now I do. My education on anatomy and proper movement and mobility has gone way up as a result…
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ARPWave Search and Destroy for Knee Tweak Part I
About 3 weeks back, I tweaked my left knee. I was practicing some medicine ball cleans after I took a Crossfit Level 1 Trainer weekend seminar and on one of rise ups from the clean, my left knee must have drifted inward and I got a twinge of pain on the outside of the knee.…
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UPDATED: Somapulse/Alleva-Wave: Healing and Recovery via Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields
The latest gadget I’ve been using is the Somapulse. It uses Pulsed Electromagnetic Field technology (PEMF) developed at NASA, and its patented signal helps humans repair and heal tissues. You can read more about the development of the Somapulse on their site. As an athlete, I have an immediate attraction to any technology that can…
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Eating for Recovery
A while back when I was still racing Ironman, I figured out that taking protein powder mixed in sports drink for the days after my long training day could bring in recovery by one whole day. Still, my recovery was up to 3 days after, meaning it was really tough to do a decent workout…
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