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Strength and Conditioning for Youth Athletes

Strength and Conditioning for Youth Athletes

Where does Alex Morgan’s speed come from? How about Lebron’s power to dunk over the heads of 7ft + opponents? Sure, these athletes have an inborn talent placing them in the top 1% of their sport. But behind every athlete is a well-tailored strength and conditioning...
How Important is Stretching for Youth Athletes?

How Important is Stretching for Youth Athletes?

From a young age, athletes have long been trained to go through the motions of a warm up before activity, usually involving some type of stretching to prepare their bodies for upcoming movement and reduce their risk of injury. Many different types of stretching exist,...
What Is Agility, And How To Improve It

What Is Agility, And How To Improve It

Let’s talk about agility. We’ve all seen it. A gymnast pulling flips and spins, a soccer players starting and stopping on a dime, or a running back weaving their way through a field of opponents. We can recognize agility when we see it, and we know it’s an intrinsic...
Other Common Knee Injuries in Youth Soccer

Other Common Knee Injuries in Youth Soccer

In this video Arianne Mason discusses what contributes to patellofemoral pain syndrome and ACL tears, which are two other common knee injuries found in youth soccer. In this video we talk about the anatomy and biomechanics, such as knee valgus and hip weakness, that...
4 Management Strategies for Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease

4 Management Strategies for Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease

In this video Arianne Mason talks about 4 ways to help prevent and treat Osgood-Schlatter’s disease. These recommendations include: Limiting Aggravating Activities, such as running and jumpingStretching your Quadricep MuscleStrengthening your Quads and Glut...
3 Management Strategies for Sever’s disease

3 Management Strategies for Sever’s disease

In this video Arianne Mason talks about 3 ways to help prevent and treat Sever’s disease. These recommendations include: Limiting aggravating activities such as running and jumpingStretching your calf musclesUsing Gel Heel cups Here is a link for some gel heel cups...