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Youth Soccer Strengthening Exercises

Improve performance and injury resilience with this complete exercise guide!Immerse yourself in our expertly crafted exercise video, showcasing essential movements to improve strength and coordination.Exercise dosage refers to the specific amount of exercise...

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...

Common Running Injuries and Ways to Prevent Them

While running is the go-to aerobic exercise of choice for many individuals, according to recent studies, anywhere from 1-in-5 to 1-in-2 runners experience a running-related injury when observed over a one year period of time. While marathoner runners appear to be at...

How Can I Safely Exercise While Pregnant?

Gynecologists, Obstetricians, and Physical Therapists alike defer to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or ACOG, when considering exercise while pregnant. The College combines the most current medical research and suggests guidelines based on...

Stretching while Strengthening

Let's start with a quick scenario. You are a typical adult, just trying to live a well balanced life between your own health, spending time with your family, and your work. You know the importance of a good diet, getting adequate sleep and exercising regularly. You...

Differences in Squat and Deadlift Positions

For most people researching effective ways to build strength, they will have either read or been told about squatting and deadlifting. These are two of the fundamental and most effective compound movements for human beings to develop strength through. Within those...

3 Common Golf Injuries and How To Prevent Them

Good news everyone! Golf season is just around the corner. The weather is turning and it’s just about time to dust off those clubs and get to swinging. Now, it’s only been a few months since we got off the course, but in that time, it’s probably been tough to keep up...

Desk Posture: Taking Care of Yourself at Work

https://youtu.be/6Cfp1LyC4Ac Now that the holidays are over, most of us are back at work sitting at desks full time. These long hours sitting can cause certain bio-mechanical changes in our body. Over the long term, this can spell trouble. Sitting for excess time puts...

Running Exercise Series: Lunge to calf raise

https://youtu.be/uJuK7yJUNcc Continuing our running training segment, this is a lunge to calf raise. This movement pattern is essential to our running gait pattern. This exercise is great for training our muscles that we use running in a deeper range of motion,...

Running Stability Series: Single leg row

https://youtu.be/q4zxbHr3xfw Continuing our video series, we are going to demonstrate a single leg row. Firstly, this promotes single leg balance and lat strength at the same time. Secondly, this is a crucial to have during a running gait.Sets: 8-10/weekreps:...

Core (Axial) Stability Exercise

Andrew Wilson, one of our staff PT here at GO PT in South Lake Union, Seattle, Washington), demonstrates how to perform a great core stability exercise (Axial/Lateral focus).  

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Hip Strengthening for Runners

Christina Palumbo, DPT (a Physical Therapist at GO PT in South Lake Union, Seattle, Washington), demonstrates hip strengthening exercises to improve your running form and tolerance.

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