by Seth Oberst | Oct 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
This week’s post is really a post of posts in that I have organized and summarized all of my shoulder and overhead performance articles into one. The goal here is to collate what we have so far in order to fix and improve shoulder mechanics as this is, in my...
by Seth Oberst | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
The last few weeks we have discussed how to improve the overhead position essential for nearly any skilled athlete who needs to generate an active, stable shoulder. Whether it’s throwing, pressing, overhead squatting, hand-stands, pull-ups, you NEED a stable and...
by Seth Oberst | Oct 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
This week’s post is a follow-up to last week’s primer on midline stability in overhead positions. In it we discussed how to prioritize fixing the overhead pressing position by correcting lumbar overextension first. Oftentimes poor anterior core control is...
by Seth Oberst | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Shoulder pain is the 3rd most common orthopedic complaint (behind the low back and knee) and it’s no wonder considering how so many of the sports, exercises, and skills we perform are ‘shoulder expensive’. Olympic lifts, volleyball, throwing sports,...
by Seth Oberst | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
This week’s post is a primer on an excellent, quick way to view an athlete’s ability to maintain motor control during a movement needed for virtually everyone (athlete or not). The ability to simultaneously stabilize on one leg while dynamically moving and...
by Seth Oberst | Sep 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week we discussed 3 common mistakes athletes and coaches make that destroy training sessions and decrease performance. We have gotten you to stop sitting, encouraged (mandated) goal implementation for every training session, and improved your warm-up. But what...
