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58. Managing knee pain in basketball players and improving your speed and jump with Mario Mascioli (PT 3)

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PART 3 WITH MARIO MASCIOLI | Season 4, Episode 3


This episode focuses on the most common injuries in basketball and how Mascioli approaches prevention and treatment.


In this episode we cover:

  • Why does knee pain arise so commonly in basketball players and how do you manage it once it happens.
  • How muscle weakness above and below a joint can lead to pain or injury.
  • The importance of taking regular strategics breaks to prevent injury.
  • How strength, symmetry, and mobility come together in injury prevention and treatment.
  • What types of strengthening exercises would Mascioli prescribe in knee pain treatment.
  • How much time a serious basketball player should take off per year for best performance.
  • Thoughts on "Knee over toes" as a rule for injury prevention, for the general population and for jumping athletes specifically.
  • What functional asymmetries are most common in professional basketball players.
  • The best way to increase your vertical jump.
  • The best way to improve on-court speed.


    • Contact: www.mariomass.com

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    Instagram: @massmovement21


    Mario Mascioli is a professional athletic trainer and performance coach. He is dual credentialed as a certified athletic trainer and certified strength and conditioning specialist. He earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. With a background in sports medicine, he specializes in helping anyone work around injuries or recover from them. In addition, he has skills in soft tissue therapy to help clients recover from fatigue such as massage, myofascial release, and cupping to name a few. His career started off as an assistant athletic trainer at St. Joseph’s University, in Philadelphia, before working with the 76ers and their G-League affiliate the Delaware Blue Coats for over 5 years. After that, he focused more of his work on strength and conditioning, creating his own business called Mass Movement. He has worked with a wide population of people, from young middle school athletes, to professional athletes, to middle aged weekend warriors and the elderly. He has a passion not only for helping young athletes perform but in teaching wholistic health.   

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