Understanding IT Band
Whether your clients have complained about it being tight or you’ve experienced it firsthand, the IT band is commonly discussed among those who exercise regularly. [...]
Whether your clients have complained about it being tight or you’ve experienced it firsthand, the IT band is commonly discussed among those who exercise regularly. [...]
Having policies in place as a fitness professional is vital to establishing boundaries early on when working with a client. But oftentimes, we learn [...]
The psoas muscle is one that is talked about often– whether an athlete is blaming it for "tight" hips or when a yoga instructor claims [...]
Serratus anterior is often referred to as “the boxer’s muscle” because it is largely responsible for protraction of the scapula– the forward movement of the [...]
The Quadratus Lumborum (QL) muscles, a common source of lower back pain, are located on either side of the lumbar spine. While they are situated [...]
As trainers, we are constantly looking for ways to encourage and motivate our clients, and one of the most common ways we do this is [...]
“That hurts!” We’ve likely all heard our clients express some experience of pain or discomfort. They might say an exercise hurts, or that it is [...]
As trainers, our clients will often share with us details about their lives outside of the time we are training together including stress surrounding home [...]
Two of the most common injuries to the foot or heel are plantar fasciitis and achilles tendinitis. These two overuse injuries have even more in [...]
In Greek mythology, the warrior Achilles was known to have one weak spot: his heel. Because of this, the idiom Achilles’ heel is often used [...]