This week’s post is actually a guest post I wrote for Dean Somerset’s blog. If you don’t follow Dean, you totally should. He is the master of hip training and he’s also Canadian! And the man can squat LOW!! Click the link here to check out the post, and make sure you check Dean out on […]
The change from stand up to butterfly style for goalies was revolutionary for the game of hockey. This allowed the goalie to cover the lower part of the net just by dropping down to both knees and flaring out their ankles (hip internal rotation) making it harder for players to get one past the netminders. […]
Previously in this series, we discussed the importance of the hip labrum (here) and the capsuloligamentous complex (here) in hip stability. The 3rdand final part of this series will discuss the outer layer of stability of the hip, and the only contractile layer, the hip muscles, more specifically the hip cuff. Hip Cuff Anatomy There […]
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a hot topic right now for sport performance and rehab. In this series of articles, we will be discussing FAI in great detail to give you a better understanding of what it is, where it comes from and why we need to be concerned about it. In this first article, we […]
