Lower Back Spinal Fusion and Exercise

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Today I have another fitness education interview for you.

I am interviewing Paul Turner for your.

Paul is a fitness professional in Langley, BC, Canada.

What makes Paul unique is he has focused on stretch therapy.

In the interview, Paul will share with you how stretch therapy has helped him out in his fitness business and how he has used it to get better results for his clients.

Enjoy the interview.

How Stretch Therapy Can Help Fitness Professionals with Paul Turner

In the interview, Paul will share with you:
- What is Stretch Therapy?
- Benefits of Stretch Therapy?
- How Does Stretch Therapy Fit In?
- Where to Get More info on Stretch Therapy?

Part 1 – What is Stretch Therapy?

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I have part two of Bill Huhn’s guest blog post on trigger point therapy and rotator cuff exercises.

In part one, Bill Huhn explained:

Why Your Clients Should Stop Exercising and Get Trigger Points Therapy

In this blog post, Bill gives his recommendation when rehabilitating the shoulder.

Bill Huhn’s Recommended Trigger Point Protocol for Rehabilitating Shoulder Issues

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When I was running bootcamps last summer, I was always looking for bootcamp workouts .

One guy that had a lot of them, many of them I used in my bootcamps, is Craig Ballantyne.

Craig was generous enough to do an interview and share a bunch of his bootcamp workout secrets with you.

Before I get to the interview.  Let me give you a little background on Craig.

Craig is a trainer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  (We won’t hold that against him.)

Craig ran bootcamps in community centers.

He found that he had access to very minimal equipment.

Since he had limited equipment he began putting together bootcamp workouts with minimal equipment and in many cases just focused on bodyweight exercises.

His success lead him to showing other trainers how to do these types of workouts without having to worry about driving equipment around town or carrying boxes of equipment to the park.

Now other fitness profesionals have been using his bootcamp workoutsto get their bootcampers results.

Now to the interview.

5 Bootcamp Mistakes Fitness Professionals Make

In the interview, Craig will:

- Reveal the 5 Bootcamp Mistakes Fitness Professionals Make
- What to do about cardio in your bootcamps
- Lets us know who Craig Ballantyne is!
- Shares his experience leading bootcamps

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I am often asked where I get my information on exercise and injuries.

To be honest, I don’t do much reading of books and textbooks. I find the material to be too general, not specific and out of date.

I read journals.

I know this sounds boring but this is the source of all we do.

I wanted to share with you my best 6 journals that I lean towards when it comes to exercise and injuries.

6 Must Read Journals on Exercise and Injuries

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I have another interview for you today.

It is with Eric Cressey.

Eric is the author of a great resource for fitness professionals, called Assess and Correct.

Here is a testimonial that I sent Eric about the great resource he created:

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Hey, look where I am?

Trigger Point Therapy and Rotator Cuff Exercises

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Bootcamps are on the rise.

Bootcamp injuries are also on the rise.

If you are a bootcamp instructor, make sure the injuries your bootcampers encounter are on the decline.

I got this e-mail from an Exercises for Injuries blog reader:

Just started teaching bootcamps.   I have encountered people who have issues with their backs (mostly L4-L5).  Some have had surgery to relieve pain and another has had it fused.

Rick, do you have an suggestions on exercises my bootcampers with low back injuries should definitely stay away from?

Rick , thanks for any help.

DK

3 Tips to Eliminating Bootcamp Low Back Pain

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Today I have a guest blog post for you from Bill Huhn.

Bill is a Trigger Point Bodyworker and will be teaching the upcoming courses:

Understanding Trigger Points to Overcome Pain with William N. Huhn – March 6, 2010

HANDS-ON: Trigger Point for Shoulder & Migraine Issues with William N. Huhn – March 7, 2010

Enjoy the blog post.

I know Bill shocked me with a few of the things he said about exercise and trigger points.

Why Your Clients Should Stop Exercising if they Have Trigger Points

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Today I have an interview of me to share with you!

When I was in Orlando at the Fitness Info Summit, I ran into a Fitness Professional that had taken some of my courses.

His name is Belton Lubas and he is from Seattle.  In the fall of 2008 he came up to Vancouver and attended a series of courses that I had.

Belton did a quick interview with me on exercise programs for clients recovering from injuries and what to do with a client with a shoulder injury.

Enjoy the interview.  There is a mix of a transcript of the interview and  video.

Interview with Belton Lubas

Belton Lubas: Hey this is Belton here of Element five Fitness. Basically we’re here at the Fitness Info Summit. I got Rick Kaselj. What’s up, Rick?

Rick Kaselj: I’m doing great.

Where Do Fitness Professionals Fit In When Working with Clients with Injuries?

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I am a bit of a journal geek.

I like reading journal articles.

My wife has House & Home and I have journal articles from PubMed Central.

I wanted to share with you an article that I read.

I will try to filter through all of the mumbo jumbo and highlight what you need to know in order to help your clients.

A common injury found in active people is shoulder impingement.

Many times the focus of their exercise program is to increase the range of motion in the affected shoulder.

Is this the right thinking?

Should the focus be on decreasing the tightness of the posterior aspect of the shoulder?

Read on to find out.

Range of Motion versus Decreased Shoulder Tightness

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When I was in Orlando at a conference, I was sitting there and I could feel the lower back pain building up in my back.

I wanted to share with you a few tips on what I did in order to fend off the lower back pain from arriving.

A big problem that I have at conferences is back pain.

Sitting for a long period of time, jamming my body underneath these short little tables, sitting in these super-uncomfortable chairs that are perfectly upright are all reasons that lead to lower back pain while at a conference.

So I want to give you a couple tips that you can give your clients on how they can fend off low back pain at a conference.

Fending Off Lower Back Pain while at a Conference

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I was in a meeting and we started talking about one of my recent exercise & injury manuals, Effective Exercises for Scoliosis.

The person I was meeting with let me know about his daughter who was in a scoliosis brace from the age of 3 to 16.  He asked me for some advice on what she should be doing when it comes to scoliosis exercises.

Of all the things she can do -  the number one thing  -  is exercise.

3 Scoliosis Exercise Tips

With scoliosis, there is a very large spectrum of clients.  There are clients that can have minor scoliosis or major scoliosis.

Here are some tips for a client that has minor scoliosis.  Often times this kind of client will let you know during your assessment that they have been told by their doctor that they have minor scoliosis.

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I just finished up my winter run with my son and my dog.

While I was running I started thinking about the number one mistake that run leaders make with their clients when it comes to running injuries.

I will get to the number one mistake, but first let me give you a little background.

#1 Running Injury Mistake Run Leaders Make

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I saw my concussion client again today.

( This is a follow up on the blog post:  4 Tips to Training a Client with a Concussion )

I got to give him huge credit. 

He was not pushed or forced to come see me.  He took the initiative to start exercising as he has been sitting at home for months.  He started feeling the weight packing on and he new he needed to get moving in order to get better.

What a champion!

5 Highlights of Training a Client with a Concussion

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I came across this video on hip resurfacing.

Often times when I am teaching courses like Exercise Rehabilitation of the Hip, I am asked surgery questions.

Since surgery is not my thing, it is best to find resources that people can learn about the surgeries that their client’s maybe having or have had.

Here is one that I found on YouTube that I thought would be of interest to people as I am seeing more people with hip resurfacing.

Let me know if you like the video and if you would like me to post more surgery videos that I come across.

Rick Kaselj, MS

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The Nuts and Bolts of Corrective Exercise Seminar with Eric Cressey

This will be the fifth time that the I have hosted the Fitness & Rehab Conference.  It is amazing to think that it has made it to the big 5.  With it being the fifth, I wanted to make it bigger than any of the others so I went out looking for a big name to match the event.

I am so excited to announce Eric Cressey as the headliner of the 2010 Fitness & Rehab Conference.

I didn’t want him just to come all the way from Boston to talk for 90 and leave.  If he is he, I wanted him to talk for 14 hours so we all can have all of our questions answered by Eric and learn all we can from him.

CLICK HERE to Download a Flyer of this Course

Description of the Course:

In this two-day course, Eric Cressey will provide a comprehensive overview of his approach to corrective exercise.  Over the 14 hours of learning, Cressey will present and you will get a chance to practice his unique initial assessment protocol and extensive corrective exercise strategies.  He will share his secrets on how he creates training programs aimed at maintaining a training effect and helping his clients reach their goals in spite of injuries.  An emphasis will be placed on practical application and hands-on learning which can be immediately applied to healthy, injured and athlete populations.

Interview with Eric Cressey on what you will learn at the course – Part 1

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I got this email from Mike.

It is amazing.

It is so motivating and a big reason on why I am a huge fan of using exercise to overcome injuries.

Have a read:

Thanks Rick for your loyal online support.

I continually find your posts very practical and useful with my ongoing quest for balancing my life and injuries both physically and mentally.  I’ve learned that what I do physically directly effects my mental ability to function.

My wife & I were run over by a truck in 2002 while waiting to turn left at an intersection.

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I trained a client yesterday that was recovering from a concussion.

It has been some time since I had designed an exercise program for a client with a concussion.  When I worked in a Medical Rehabilitation Program and Occupational Rehabilitation Program, it was a regular thing.

Let me highlight a few things you need to keep in mind when training a client with a concussion.

4 Tips to Training a Client with a Concussion

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I just wrapped up my Exercise Rehabilitation of the Knee course at Douglas College.

I learn so much from the fitness professionals that attend.  They all have great questions and I wanted to share one with you.

I got a great question from one of the registrants about knees passing the toes.

Commonly taught in fitness certification is the fact that you should not have the knees passing the toes.  My response to this is, it depends on the situation.

The Deal on the Knees Passing the Toes

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