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Rethinking Drop Jump Height for Performance and Safety
Drop jumps are everywhere in performance programs. And the current trend seems to be "higher drops is better."
Injury and Rehab
Science-Backed Injury and Rehab Articles to Improve Your Return to Performance Outcomes.
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Injuries in Sport: Mechanisms Tell Us How, Not Why
One of the biggest mistakes we make in sports medicine and performance is confusing mechanism with cause. You see it
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Height vs Load in Supramaximal Landing Training
Deceleration is a limiting factor in high-level sport. Stopping fast, changing direction, and "absorbing" force safely all depend
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Understanding Stiffness: Movement vs Tendon
Two Different Meanings of Stiffness “Stiffness” is one of the most misunderstood words in performance training. Coaches throw it around
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Slow and Strain for Achilles Stiffness
Achilles tendinopathy is one of the most persistent and frustrating overuse injuries in sport. A key mechanism behind symptom relief
Differential Learning for ACL Rehab: A Basketball Single-Case Study
ACL rehab still has a big problem: we can restore ROM, strength, and hop symmetry, then watch athletes break down
Strong Enough Isn’t Fast Enough After ACL
Maladaptive functioning of the fast SSC can impair force production, energy utilization, and attenuation in the short timeframes required in
The Muscle Injury Repair Spectrum: From DOMS and Strain to Trauma and Necrosis
In sports, we throw around the phrase "muscle damage" as if it means one thing. It doesn’t.
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Heavy Strength Training Reduces Injuries For Elite Youth Soccer
Youth soccer is full of sprints, cuts, and jumps. Those actions drive performance and also load hamstrings, adductors, and hips,
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Long-Length, Not Action, Causes Muscle Damage
Muscle damage is usually blamed on eccentric work, but this paper tests whether that is really about contraction type or
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The Performance-Injury Paradox: More Athleticism, More Risk?
Almost three decades ago, The Notorious B.I.G. warned us: “Mo Money Mo Problems.” In sport, it translates perfectly.
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Low-Load BFR Training Matches High-Load for Achilles Adaptations
Coaches typically assume tendons only adapt under heavy loads. Low-load BFR is popular in rehab and return-to-play settings, but we