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What you need to know about blood pressure to make better decisions

education health pain recovery Nov 20, 2017

Did you hear?! The American heart association just released it’s new guidelines that redefine classification of having high blood pressure.

According to these brand new guidelines people with 130 (top number) over 80 (bottom number) are now considered to have high blood pressure. High blood...

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Understanding sensory vs. motor drastically improves training outcomes

Sensory before motor from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.

 

 

People say to me all the time - “why didn’t i get this kind of result when i rehabbed my injury!?”

And my answer is often times the same. Because you had too significant of a sensory deficit too benefit from the...

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Can you really reset the nervous system?

The nervous system does not have a reset button!

The word reset is being used a lot within movement education and it’s very misleading. Especially because people get an image in their mind of “resetting” correlating to all their pains and issues instantly disappearing.

Often...

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Myth: All exercise is good for you | Truth: It always depends

Myth: All exercise is good for you.

Truth: It always depends.

This especially holds true when a person is experiencing pain or various limiting factors in their performance.

When I educate our general population of clients, I call pain a health problem.

When I educate my fellow nerds, fitness...

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Are you falling through the cracks on pain or performance rehab?

Untitled from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.

 

At TMP, we specialize in working with people who typically fall through the cracks when it comes to full rehabilitation from injury or pain.

Did you know that you can be too healthy to receive help from traditional healthcare practices?

We see many...

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Did you know insomnia can be linked to surgery?

education health pain results Aug 30, 2017

Your brain remembers surgery.

Your brain considers it a life threatening experience!

And, if that threat is not dismantled overtime, you could experience some negative ramifications post-surgery.

There are many variables and possibilities here.

I want to point out a few important ones.

First,...

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What kind of pain are you describing?

There are many different kinds of pain.

Understanding some of the presentations and behaviors that go with pain can help you dial in your client and athlete sessions better!

It can also help you decide if you need to make a referral.

There are two very important presentations that every...

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It is important to train sensory input after an injury or surgery

TMP | Sensory Training from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.

 

Sensory before Motor!

One of the most neglected and generally unknown concepts is that having a good sensory system is integral for health and performance.

If you've ever had a surgery or reoccurring injury it is likely that you have some...

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The level of pain you feel is not an accurate measurement of severity

Pain does not always equal injury.

Injury does not always equal pain.

Pain is fascinating and mysterious.

It's important to know that it is an output of the brain.

It does not live in the tissues where you feel it.

And, just because you feel pain in a specific location does not mean there is a...

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Watch a sample of our vision training for golfers

TMP | Sport Specific Training from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.

 

If more than 70% of movement comes from visual information, and 90% of stability is reflexively mediated by higher order systems that include vision...

Then most athletes go their entire lives without actually ever training.

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