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Episode #62: Powerlifting Shoulder Rehab | Modifying the lifts through injury or post-op

Episode #62: Powerlifting Shoulder Rehab | Modifying the lifts through injury or post-op

The shoulder is one of the most commonly injured areas of the body in the sport of powerlifting. Modifications can be made so you can continue to powerlift while you rehabilitate your shoulder injury.

Episode #61: Your Shoulders & Barbell Training | How not to hurt your shoulders in powerlifting

Episode #61: Your Shoulders & Barbell Training | How not to hurt your shoulders in powerlifting

In order to protect yourself from shoulder pain or injury in powerlifting, it’s important to have good bar placement, grip width, and shoulder position. This optimizes force production while minimizing extraneous forces on the shoulder.

Episode #60: Are Cervical Spine Chiropractic Adjustments Safe? Neck Pain, Cervical Instability, & Headaches With Chiropractor & Hypermobility Coach Dr. Taylor Goldberg, DC

Episode #60: Are Cervical Spine Chiropractic Adjustments Safe? Neck Pain, Cervical Instability, & Headaches With Chiropractor & Hypermobility Coach Dr. Taylor Goldberg, DC

Chiropractic adjustments are often used for the treatment of neck pain and headaches. However, there is an increasing awareness that cervical spine manipulation may not be safe, therefore it’s important to know the risks, benefits, and alternatives when determining if cervical spine adjustments are best for you.

What We Saw Wednesday #31: The Biggest Deadlift Set-up Error: Not pulling out the slack, yanking the bar, or fudging up the pre-pull

What We Saw Wednesday #31: The Biggest Deadlift Set-up Error: Not pulling out the slack, yanking the bar, or fudging up the pre-pull

In a perfect world, you should pull all the slack out of the bar and body system in the deadlift set up. But if you’re making one of these three biggest deadlift set-up errors, here is how to fix them!

Episode #59: Eye Gaze & Neck Position in Barbell Training & Powerlifting | Why you shouldn’t “look up to go up!”

Episode #59: Eye Gaze & Neck Position in Barbell Training & Powerlifting | Why you shouldn’t “look up to go up!”

Neck tweaks and dizziness can sometimes occur with barbell training and powerlifting. So if you’ve ever wondered why you get dizzy when you lift heavy, why you tweaked your neck from the overhead press, where you should look when you squat, etc., you should understand that your eye gaze and neck position is very important when you lift heavy.

What We Saw Wednesday #30: How You Unrack Matters! Are you reverse curling your Overhead Press?

What We Saw Wednesday #30: How You Unrack Matters! Are you reverse curling your Overhead Press?

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

Episode #58: Acute Muscle Weakness in the Bench Press | A Clinical Case of Cervical Radiculopathy with Powerlifter Chris Rzany

Episode #58: Acute Muscle Weakness in the Bench Press | A Clinical Case of Cervical Radiculopathy with Powerlifter Chris Rzany

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

What We Saw Wednesday #29: Two Signs You Lack Squatfidence

What We Saw Wednesday #29: Two Signs You Lack Squatfidence

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

Episode #57: Neck Tweaks, Tension Headaches, & Dizziness in Barbell Training - What you need to know!

Episode #57: Neck Tweaks, Tension Headaches, & Dizziness in Barbell Training - What you need to know!

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

Episode #56: Strength Training Will Save Your Life with Bruce Trout | He lost his leg & gained a daughter in the same week but never gave up barbell training

Episode #56: Strength Training Will Save Your Life with Bruce Trout | He lost his leg & gained a daughter in the same week but never gave up barbell training

After a major accident that cost him his leg, Bruce Trout realized strength training saved his life and continues to inspire people to barbell strength train despite the odds, as if their life depends on it.

Episode #55: Using the Low Bar Back Squat to Address Ankle Mobility Deficits

Episode #55: Using the Low Bar Back Squat to Address Ankle Mobility Deficits

Is your ankle mobility affecting your squat depth and should you address it before getting under the barbell? The internet has been raging about ankle mobility being a major cause of squat depth issues for the last few years. But we’ll argue that your ankle mobility isn’t affecting your squat.

Tuesday Tip #31: 5 Essentials to Consider When Selecting a Weightlifting Shoe

Tuesday Tip #31: 5 Essentials to Consider When Selecting a Weightlifting Shoe

What lifting shoe is right for me? Here are 5 things you need to consider when choosing the weightlifting shoe that is right for you!

Episode #54: Full Achilles Tendon Rupture with ThePhysioFix’s Dr. Stacie Barber, PT | A Surgical approach to rehabilitation & return to gymnastics & competitive weightlifting

Episode #54: Full Achilles Tendon Rupture with ThePhysioFix’s Dr. Stacie Barber, PT | A Surgical approach to rehabilitation & return to gymnastics & competitive weightlifting

Tearing your Achilles tendon is a major injury that may require surgery. While some people can recover from an Achilles rupture without surgery, some will require surgery in order to return to highly ballistic and plyometric sports like gymnastics and olympic weightlifting.

10 Minute Tip 30: How To Keep Training With Foot & Ankle Injuries in Barbell Training & Powerlifting

10 Minute Tip 30: How To Keep Training With Foot & Ankle Injuries in Barbell Training & Powerlifting

Foot and ankle injuries directly caused by powerlifting are extremely rare. However, in most cases, barbell training can and should be uninterrupted due to a foot or ankle injury.

Episode #53: Full Achilles Tendon Rupture with Dr. Martin Hsieh, PT | A non-surgical approach to rehabilitation & return to competitive powerlifting

Episode #53: Full Achilles Tendon Rupture with Dr. Martin Hsieh, PT | A non-surgical approach to rehabilitation & return to competitive powerlifting

Do you need to have surgery for a torn Achilles tendon? Surgery is not the only answer and it’s possible to return to powerlifting and hit PRs if you work hard and barbell train during the rehabilitation process.

10-Minute Tip #29: 4 Tips to Keep Barbell Training After Leg Surgeries or Injuries

10-Minute Tip #29: 4 Tips to Keep Barbell Training After Leg Surgeries or Injuries

Can powerlift with pelvic floor or core dysfunction? YES! Here are our best pieces of advice for managing incontinence, prolapse, hernias, and diastasis recti in barbell training and powerlifting.

Episode #52: Functional Anatomy of the Foot & Ankle in Barbell Training with Dr. John Petrizzo, PT, PRSCC, CSCS, SSC

Episode #52: Functional Anatomy of the Foot & Ankle in Barbell Training with Dr. John Petrizzo, PT, PRSCC, CSCS, SSC

Should you fix your ankle mobility to squat better? Do you need orthotics when lifting weights? Why are weightlifting shoes important for powerlifting? Understanding how the foot and ankle function in barbell training helps answer these questions.

10 Minute Tip #28: The Unlikely Relationship Between Pelvic Floor, Core, and Hips

10 Minute Tip #28: The Unlikely Relationship Between Pelvic Floor, Core, and Hips

Can powerlift with pelvic floor or core dysfunction? YES! Here are our best pieces of advice for managing incontinence, prolapse, hernias, and diastasis recti in barbell training and powerlifting.

Episode #51: Postpartum Powerlifting: The Unspoken Truth About Returning to Barbell Training After Having a Baby

Episode #51: Postpartum Powerlifting: The Unspoken Truth About Returning to Barbell Training After Having a Baby

Many women experience postpartum complications and do not consider that there is anything to do about it but it’s not normal and should not be expected to be that way forever. Initiating physical therapy early on can help women return to powerlifting postpartum.

10 Minute Tip #27: The Unlikely Relationship Between Pelvic Floor, Core, and Hips

10 Minute Tip #27: The Unlikely Relationship Between Pelvic Floor, Core, and Hips

In this episode of the PRS Podcast, Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC sits down with the PRS Pelvic Health Specialist, Dr. Breanne Maruca, PT, PRSCC, CLT, WCS to discuss the relationship between the pelvic floor, core strength, hip, and even back issues.