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Gray Cook: Corrective Exercise at The Edge of Ability
Corrective exercise should not be a rehearsal of outputs. Instead, it should represent challenging opportunities to manage mistakes at a fundamental level ...
Corrective Exercise Excerpts from Our Books
Corrective exercise excerpts from our books Click here to return to the corrective exercise topic menu Excerpt from Gray Cook Movement While many people consider Gray Cook’s Movement ...
Video Segments about Corrective Exercise
Corrective exercise tips gleaned from our video series Click here to return to the corrective exercise topic menu Sue Falsone The Shoulder “When people raise their arms up in the...
Josh Hillis: Three Painless Ways to Lose Weight by Cutting Calories, Not Counting Them
We know that it takes reducing calories to lose weight. In fact, if your only goal is to have the scale change, there is literally nothing that matters as much as calories consumed. The...
Corrective Exercise for Personal Trainers and Coaches
The term corrective exercise broadly refers to movements designed to target a problem seen in a person’s physical movement. In our lives, either through our day-to-day work, unbalance...
Corrective Exercise in Our Lectures
Corrective exercise tips gleaned from our lecture series Click here to return to the corrective exercise topic menu Gray Cook What’s Behind a Mobility Problem “There are two re...
Human Anatomy FAQ
There are 206 bones in the human body, and between 640-850 muscles, depending on the source and how that source classifies the muscles. An agreed-upon number does not exist. The vertebr...
Human Movement Terminology Cheatsheet
Expanding on our earlier discussion of human planes of motion, let’s take a look at a few other common movement terms that are a touch out of range of many of us. We’ll keep...
Dan John: Wandering Weights, Issue # 66
Wandering Weights Our Epic Journey Through All Things Heavy, Issue # 66 Newest on otpbooks.com: Thom Plummer: The training business has changed! This is a busy time of year for me. I w...
Sue Falsone: Shoulder and Neck Tension
The scapulothoracic area is where a lot of people carry their stress. They have tension headaches. They get pain in the back of the head. They’re always rubbing this area. When people...
Evan Osar: Low Back Pain – The Myth of The Weak Core – Part 2
In this follow-up article, Evan Osar discusses his preferred methods to develop a more efficient core stabilization strategy for his patients and clients with low back pain, presents ex...