mobility

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following relates the personal experience of a Breaking Muscle contributor, Cara Kobernik, and does not represent an endorsement of ART or of Dr. Brian Gervais by Breaking Muscle. No ... Continue Reading

If you’ve ever experienced low back pain, then you know it’s potentially expensive. We miss work, file insurance claims, and seek out countless passive therapies to feel better. On top of that, we end up ... Continue Reading

One of the most common pains and injuries I see in my clinic is shoulder pain. Ranging from pain that may simply be a minor annoyance during bench press to pain that completely limits range of motion ... Continue Reading

Most of us know what habits to avoid if we are looking to stay injury free and perform our workouts optimally. But what we don't realize is that some of our seemingly harmless daily rituals can stress and ... Continue Reading

I admit it - I used to be in foam roller purgatory. I would spend thirty to forty minutes doing foam rolling, banded distracted stretching, and lacrosse ball smashing in the hopes of becoming more ... Continue Reading

From foam rolling, to low back pain, to hip dysfunction, our writing team packed quite a mobility punch this year. These articles questioned existing mobility trends and showcased new methods. Here ... Continue Reading

I’m a bit of a weirdo when it comes to the field of mobility and rehab. I believe in a basic approach, and for the most part I eschew the use of complicated tools and techniques. Even so, there are some ... Continue Reading

Posture Alignment Therapy is a holistic exercise technique that uses gravity and a person’s own body weight to improve alignment and balance, naturally eliminating the underlying causes of pain and ... Continue Reading

Over the last few years, I’ve watched happily as people have started to come to terms with the importance of mobility work. Of course, given the pendulum that is the fitness industry, now everything that ... Continue Reading

Have you hit a plateau in your training? Getting frustrated because you just can’t get even one more pull up or add any more weight to your lifts? Or maybe you’ve even had to decrease your ... Continue Reading

Squat therapy is what I call these drills when working through them with my clients. The words seem to strike a perfect balance between the fact this is not going to be a comfortable situation and the fact ... Continue Reading

A powerlifting buddy of mine once asked me what corrective exercises and mobility stuff I do on the regular. I shrugged. I have a confession to make: I don’t do a lot of mobility work. I know, I ... Continue Reading

As an orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon, I have the opportunity to take care of a wide variety of athletes from various realms of competition. Recently, I have noticed a trend among my patients, primarily ... Continue Reading

De La Soul said that three is the magic number. When I look at training I see lots of threes. I see flexibility, strength, and endurance as pillars of a training plan. I see push, pull, and legs as a ... Continue Reading

The fitness industry is no stranger to fads. In fact, aside from the impossible-to-keep-up-with world of fashion or the ever-obsolete-rendering technology domain, fitness might just beat out all other ... Continue Reading

I am passionate about what I do. Luckily for you, I’m even more passionate about what you do. You do some amazing stuff. You’re dancers, you’re track stars, you crush WODs, and you find your inner warrior ... Continue Reading

The body exists on a three-dimensional plane, but so often we stretch in only a one-dimensional way. By incorporating all three planes of movement into your mobility time, you will increase your range of ... Continue Reading

Mobility is a topic that applies to every type of athlete, which may be one reason it was such a popular topic this year. This year we learned all about the best way to squat, how to screen and correct ... Continue Reading

What if I told you it was possible to be a world-class athlete while not being athletic? Seems like it would be impossible, doesn’t it? Yet it is the case in many sports, particularly those that involve ... Continue Reading

We are how we move. Our soft tissue is always responding to the demands we put on it, willingly complying by creating tissue patterning that makes it easier for us to do what we do more, well, more. This ... Continue Reading

Mobility has been a growing area in fitness for several years now. The main idea behind it is to simply improve your ability to move. By improving your ability to move you'll likely be healthier overall, ... Continue Reading

I always did well on the sit and reach test as a kid. As the son of a professional ballerina, apparently I was born with a decent degree of natural flexibility. Still, I was also a little chubby as a kid. ... Continue Reading