by Dan Williams | Jan 19, 2016 | Blogs, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
One of my university lecturers took the controversial view that every person who injures themselves should have a cross carved into their arm by a scalpel. The idea being, when the cross has healed, so has the underlying injury. The problem is, if an injury is soft...
by Dan Williams | Jan 19, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming
Competitiive CrossFitters (or at least those who prioritise and commit to training) love to work hard. In the most part, this hard work has a perfect positive correlation with rate of return (increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains). There becomes...
by Dan Williams | Jan 19, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Psychology
CrossFit for health, CrossFit for fitness or CrossFit for performance? The evolution of CrossFit has seen the emergence of an identity crisis of sorts. Is it an exercise program? A sport? A corporation? A brand? This crisis exists not so much within the community...
by Dan Williams | Jun 30, 2014 | Biomechanics, Blogs, Flexibility, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
We’re excited to announce that Physiotherapist Penny Stern is joining Range of Motion’s Clinic team. Penny is a long term client of ROM, and is looking forward to increasing this involvement. Aside from her expertise as a Physiotherapist, Penny has an...
by Dan Williams | Jun 30, 2014 | Blogs, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Range of Motion Physiotherapist, Penny Stern, explores tendon pathologies and treatment options. Tendons are connective structures that connect muscle to bone and are under great tensile force when loaded. Tendon injuries can occur at many different areas of the body,...
by Dan Williams | Jul 15, 2013 | Biomechanics, Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Correct bracing for movement is imperative for three mutually inclusive variables; the maintenance of neutral spine, injury prevention and the maximisation of force production. The purpose of this article is two-fold, to teach strategies for bracing, and to explain...
by Dan Williams | Jul 14, 2013 | Biomechanics, Blogs, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Niall Ryan discusses research he condiucted into muscle activation patterns in full versus partial depth squats. A common misconception in training is that all healthy individuals should squat above parallel, and many believe that squatting marginally above parallel...
by Dan Williams | Jul 7, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
There is no denying the value of the bench press as a powerful method of strength development. Similarly, there is no denying the potential for musculo-skeletal damage that can result from poor mechanics. Here, we explore the mechanics of this movement, particularly...
by Dan Williams | Jun 6, 2013 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
As a coach, treading the fine line between athletes experiencing positive and negative responses to exercise is challenging. Exercise is a form of stress – it’s actually termed ‘Eustress’. Eustress is positive stress, stress causing some...
by Dan Williams | Mar 12, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming
You can find a full resource for exercising with an injury here: Exercising with an Injury. We like our programming to be bulletproof – unstoppable. We like to have a plan. When we program we work backwards. We determine where we want to be at some point in the...
