After last week got away from me talking about the neural factors in strength performance, I hope to keep it a little bit more brief today. And what I want to talk about is how I specifically worked to rehab an injury in one of my few trainees.
The Injury
The long and the short of it is that during a workout, they got all twisted up during a ball game and their limp on the left side indicated that something was injured. A quick trip to the doctor along with some X-rays determined that, thankfully, it wasn’t an ACL tear. Rather, the hip joint was injured and no surgery was indicated.
It didn’t appear to be too severe but I was told to bring them back if it wasn’t improving after a number of weeks. Painkillers were provided to be used as necessary and the trainee used them fairly continuously for the first two weeks simply to facilitate overall daily activity without pain.… Keep Reading