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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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How do you decide between bilateral vs. unilateral exercises?

You need to earn your right to exercise bilaterally! What is bilateral exercise? Think squat, push up, burpee, plank. Simply put, both sides of the body engaged in the same movement.

Why do you have to earn it? Because many people are not healthy enough to produce quality bilateral exercise....

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Understanding the nervous system for training and rehab is critical

All that we are is brain derived.

All forms of training target the brain, whether you recognize it yet or not.

I love teaching this to our clients and students.

Do you have trouble with your squat?

Timing issues with an athletic movement?

Pain during a specific movement?

Balance problems?

These...

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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 missing link to recovering from ACL surgery for athletes

Specificity | TMP from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.

 

SPECIFIC ADAPTATION to IMPOSED DEMANDS

For those who have chosen to become specialists, we will show you how to train with specificity.

What you are watching here is the missing link to recovering from ACL reconstruction.

It's not uncommon for...

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ACL recovery training for a collegiate football player

Next level ACL recovery training from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.

Adding layers of complexity for this football player and his recovery from ACL repair.

Oftentimes, recovery is unfinished and the athlete is left with a very high risk of repeating injury.

Integrating visual skills with high levels of...

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What do you do when exercise hurts or makes you feel worse?

Here's a scary statistic that Dr. Cobb made us aware of at the last seminar we attended.

It sounds strange, I know!

Why would moving more make you feel worse?

This is literally what I deal with everyday with the adult population that comes to work with us.

Chronic pain from chronic disuse.

When...

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Did you know exercising the wrong areas could make a person worse?

Did you know that exercising the wrong areas could actually make a person worse?

And, it can increase the amount of time spent experiencing pain!

Here's the deal.

Our brain is wired for survival.

It will do whatever it needs to do in order to stay alive.

Even if it's not optimal.

Oftentimes,...

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What do you do if your health or movement problems are "functional?"

health motivation recovery May 15, 2017

Approximately 33% of traditional neurologic consults result in a medical diagnosis of "functional neurologic deficits."

This means they are suffering from issues that have no identifiable cause.

They are not broken enough according to standard guidelines.

People who suffer from undetected...

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Vision and breath training post-double lung transplant

Using applied neurology to retrain breathing and vision from Taylor Kruse on Vimeo.

 

Some people are clients.

Some people are students.

I jokingly say to my students, "I'm trying to entertain you long enough so that I can really help you!"

Because, real changes in health don't come from a...

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