A common issue after knee surgery is quad weakness that may result in a knee extension lag. This can have many consequences for future strength gains and gait training, so it's always best to address this quickly. Here are some strategies we use at Champion when someone has a knee extension lag.

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The start of offseason training is important to recover from the season and set the foundation of progress to enhance performance. Here are the keys we focus on with athletes at Champion.

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Ah, the sleeper stretch. It seems like every doctor thinks that the sleeper stretch should be performed on every baseball pitcher. I don't think so. And, in pitchers that do have a loss of internal rotation, I still don't use the sleeper stretch.

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Working with people with low back pain can seem daunting. Where do you get started? How do you progress them? Luckily, it's not as complicated as it seems.

Here's how we like to start by categorized the symptoms, then building a plan just like any other joint.

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Have you thought about specializing in two different things, like sports and neonatal physical therapy? You certainly can, but keep in mind there are benefits of being more specific with your focus.

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Should we perform open kinetic chain exercises after ACL reconstruction? Current research suggests we should. However, keep these things in mind.

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People really love to debate where explosive sport athletes should be long distance running. As with anything else, I rarely think there is one way to do things. Rather, somewhere in the middle is almost always best. Here's why we work on aerobic capacity and steady state conditioning with our athletes at Champion.

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It happens to us all, someone we are working with makes great gains in motion, but then returns next time right back where you started.

There could be a few reasons why people don't maintain their motion gains. Here's a few of them, and what you can do about it.

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Spondy's can be a real pain in the back... and depending on the physician and part of the country you work, you may use a back brace sometimes, and other times won't. Here's how we handle a pars defect fracture in different types of athletes at Champion.

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There are many different ways to quantify strength in our patients and athletes, from isometric testing, to repetition max testing, to velocity-based training, and even force plates. Here's how we measure strength in our athletes at Champion.

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