by Dr. Bryan Royer | June 3, 2019 | Common Conditions, Sports Medicine, Strength & Conditioning
Many runners do not realize it when they have trouble with glute activation, but their times can suffer and they can put themselves at more risk for injury if they don’t address the cause. The gluteal muscles are a group of three separate muscles that make up...
by Dr. Bryan Royer | May 31, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Sports Medicine, Strength & Conditioning
lPeople that have a hard time with the glute activation tests should be sure to start learning exercises to remediate glute amnesia before it becomes too much of a problem. We should remember a couple principles in regards to improving performance in the body: 1. SAID...
by Dr. Bryan Royer | May 29, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Sports Medicine, Strength & Conditioning
These are a couple screens or tests to evaluate for glute activation that you can do to see if you have proper function of the glute muscles (specifically gluteus maximus) in the video below. The glute activation tests in the video are as follows: Supine Glute Squeeze...
by Dr. Bryan Royer | April 2, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Sports Medicine
You have probably seen those colored strips of tape that are often applied during athletic competition and training and thought “What is that?” Perhaps you have even used kinesio tape and wondered what kind of magic lessened the pain while you continued to train. It...
by Dr. Bryan Royer | March 2, 2019 | Common Conditions, Sports Medicine
When someone is suffering from heel pain, the most common reason is due to plantar fasciitis. It is also the third most common complaint in runners, behind patellofemoral disorders and iliotibial band syndrome. There are plenty of myths about plantar fasciitis, as...
by Dr. Bryan Royer | February 7, 2019 | Sports Medicine
There are a multitude of reasons to have a running coach. A simple motive is that you have a life and we cannot be experts in everything. If you are fascinated with gait and functional movement like me or you enjoy the planning and programming aspect (planning out...
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