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Athletic Performance Training, Crossfit Performance & Recovery, Endurance Sports Performance, Injury Articles, Performance & Recovery, Research Articles / 19.08.2023

Understanding Muscle Cramps

UNDERSTANDING MUSCLE CRAMPS MUSCLE CRAMPS Most commonly occur at night and affect the legs, especially the thighs, calf muscles, and feet. These kinds of cramps occur more frequently in older adults. PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLE CRAMPS By far the most common causes of muscle cramping are dehydration and...

Athletic Performance Training, Crossfit Performance & Recovery, Endurance Sports Performance, Injury Articles, Resources / 12.11.2020

Recovery and Regeneration

Get to Know Your Body Athletes know their bodies well. Whether you are a runner, triathlete, CrossFit athlete, mixed martial arts fighter or combatives/tactical athlete, these tips are for you. The biggest single key to completing a major athletic event like a marathon or full Ironman half...

Injury Articles, Non Invasive Treatment, Our Top Articles, Performance & Recovery / 23.10.2020

WHY DID I GET HURT ON MY LAST REP? RESPECTING THE PROCESS

by Dr. Matt Fontaine A human takes an average of 2000 steps to walk one mile. That is a significant number of repetitive movements. What happens if poor joint movement and muscle imbalance are causing you to bare weight unevenly? These faults can cause overload and...

Athletic Performance Training, Endurance Sports Performance, Our Top Articles, Performance & Recovery / 20.10.2020

Why you shouldn’t always stretch

WHY YOU SHOULDN’T ALWAYS STRETCH? “After an injury tissues heal, but muscles learn, they readily develop habits of guarding that outlast the injury” Janet Travell Have you ever had a muscle group that was perpetually tight and despite all your efforts at stretching, they remain stiff? Muscles...

Athletic Performance Training, Crossfit Performance & Recovery, Injury Articles, Our Top Articles, Performance & Recovery / 12.10.2020

Learn How to Exercise Safely When Injured

by Dr. Matt Fontaine On almost a daily basis I am asked…”So Doc, Can I Safely Return to Exercising Now?” Or "Can I still exercise while I am treating and recovering from my injury?" Here is how this conversation typically unfolds over the course of the first few...

Athletic Performance Training, Crossfit Performance & Recovery, Endurance Sports Performance, Injury Articles, Non Invasive Treatment, Our Top Articles, Performance & Recovery, Resources / 16.09.2020

Top 3 Must Do’s to Resolve Your Injury

The Right Approach to Treatment Implemented at the Right Time makes all the difference… The Triad above depicts the three essential components to optimal health: Structural, Chemical, Emotional. Structure refers to our musculoskeletal system and will be the focus of this article. A major key to corrective...

Athletic Performance Training, Crossfit Performance & Recovery, Performance & Recovery / 05.04.2020

The Top Ten Strength Training Exercises You Should be Doing but Aren’t

EXERCISES YOU SHOULD AVOID I am often asked about this exercise or that. Is this exercise safe or is that machine ok? The answers to these questions often depend on many variables. Can your body move properly during a specific movement with a specific lift or exercise....

Athletic Performance Training, Crossfit Performance & Recovery, Endurance Sports Performance, Our Top Articles, Performance & Recovery / 23.03.2020

How to push through when gyms are closed

How to sustain your fitness and performance conditioning when gyms are closed It sucks to have to modify workouts, whether because of injury or because your gym is closed due to COV-19. That said, you can get a great workout with bodyweight exercises. Adding mobility with bands,...

Our Top Articles, Resources / 19.03.2020

COV-19 READINESS UPDATE

COVID-19 READINESS UPDATE synopsis by Dr. Matt Fontaine How to stay calm and be prepared As we watch cases of the virus unfold and wait for data to be processed, uncertainty surrounds the health, economic and social impacts this crisis will create over the coming weeks and months. ...

Crossfit Performance & Recovery, Injury Articles, Our Top Articles, Resources / 12.03.2020

COVID-19 READINESS

COVID-19 READINESS How to stay calm and be prepared There has been a mass of information spreading around COVID-19, some science based, some not. We want to help assist our patients to stay calm under chaos, yet take necessary action to be best prepared as you can...