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In Issue #140 of Victory Friday: why your “new” hip pain might actually be a 20-year-old highway-speed misalignment, three bizarre (but brilliant) ball tricks for back relief, the sneaky way your beloved elliptical might be sabotaging your running comeback, and the hard-won secrets that have kept me loving this job after 17 years as a PT!

Highway Speeds • Three (Bizarre) Ball Strategies for Back Pain • Cross-Training Keeping You Crippled? • Lessons from 17 Years of Physio

Victory Friday | Issue 140 Orthopedic Insights: Highway Speeds • Three (Bizarre) Ball Strategies for Back Pain • Cross-Training Keeping You Crippled? • Lessons from 17 Years of Physio

What's up in Issue 139 of Victory Friday? Learn how to win at Whack-a-Mole, wiggle tight nerves, remodel that injured tissue, and when to look to the opposite side for hodgepodge pain.

And when a good treatment can temporarily worsen an imbalance!

Whack-a-Mole Leg Pain: The Contralateral Culprit • Straight Sciatic (Non-) Stretch • Revisiting the Remodel •Silent Side Sabotage: Restoring Symmetry After Unilateral Manual Gains

Victory Friday | Issue 139 Orthopedic Insights: Whack-a-Mole Leg Pain: The Contralateral Culprit • Straight Sciatic (Non-) Stretch • Revisiting the Remodel •Silent Side Sabotage: Restoring Symmetry After Unilateral Manual Gains

In this week's Victory Friday: why being able to train day after day beats heroic every-other-day efforts, some of Dr. Lin’s killer TMJ relief moves, a coccyx (not that-)deep-dive that might just fix your stubborn aches, and the proud tale of our distance track kids stacking PRs with almost zero injuries.

Enjoy Issue 138!

Integrity is Repetitive (Anyone Can Be an Idiot Every Other Day) • Triple TMJ Tension Tamers • Pain in the Butt: Considering the Coccyx • Track Wins & Zero Wounds

Victory Friday | Issue 138 Orthopedic Insights: Integrity is Repetitive (Anyone Can Be an Idiot Every Other Day) • Triple TMJ Tension Tamers • Pain in the Butt: Considering the Coccyx • Track Wins & Zero Wounds

In Issue 137 of Victory Friday: the first of a two-part series on how breathing moves our whole body! Then, an overlooked but crucial “reverse” stretch can unlock a stubborn ankle, followed by an unconventional way to work lower leg strength and balance.

Lastly: when cross-training keeps you injured! Check 'em out!

Breathing & Orthopedics, Part I • Side Lunge Soleus Raise • The Other Ankle Mobility • Cross-Training Culprit in Chronic Pain?

Victory Friday | Issue 137 Orthopedic Insights: Breathing & Orthopedics, Part I • Side Lunge Soleus Raise • The Other Ankle Mobility • Cross-Training Culprit in Chronic Pain?

Happy Friday everyone, it’s time to spring into action! But if you haven’t moved much lately, don’t fret: we have some excellent rotational warm-ups, a five-step couch-to-adventure plan, and a brand-new strategy to kick that stubborn (fascially-driven) low back pain.

Check it out in Issue 136 of Victory Friday!

Robust Resisted Rotational Gym Warm-Up! • Five Couch-to-Adventure Run Workouts • Fascial Front & (Low) Back Freedom

Victory Friday | Issue 136 Orthopedic Insights: Robust Resisted Rotational Gym Warm-Up! • Five Couch-to-Adventure Run Workouts • Fascial Front & (Low) Back Freedom.

It’s a spring Friday: are you getting out and enjoying yourself? Now’s a good time to open up (abduct) those hips -- if you want to get rid of that foot, ankle and leg pain -- check your (and your clients’) running strides, move more, and move better…but don’t forget to rest (at least 72 hours!) after those big efforts!

In Issue #135 of Victory Friday:

(More) Shoulder & Lumbar Landscapes • Justin’s Best Groin Stretch • Respect the 72! Post-Exertion Vulnerability • 3D Pelvis & Footstrike: Pelvic Mobility Crushes Leg & Foot Pain

Victory Friday | Issue 135 Orthopedic Insights: (More) Shoulder & Lumbar Landscapes • Justin’s Best Groin Stretch • Respect the 72! Post-Exertion Vulnerability • 3D Pelvis & Footstrike: Pelvic Mobility Crushes Leg & Foot Pain

Another Victory Friday ( #134) packed with advice: rejuvenating a rigid retiree, key fast-running hip and hamstring stabilizers, and how (another) stiff aorta freed improved alignment, mobility and efficiency of a master's runner!

In this Issue: Retiree Rejuvenation • Hamstring(-Hip) Speed Drills • Another Aorta Achievement!

Victory Friday | Issue 134 Orthopedic Insights: Retiree Rejuvenation • Hamstring(-Hip) Speed Drills • Another Aorta Achievement!

(In)Stability is the theme of this week’s Victory Friday ( #133): how it often masquerades as stubborn stiffness and tightness, or hides its true cause in adjacent “side door” tissues. Even as we age — and feel (or act) increasingly stiff — we can still harbor significant joint instability.

Unstable Old Guys: Signs of Instability in Older Populations • Basic Upper Cervical Mobility • Hip Mobility Side Doors • Old Guys’ Tight Hamstring Cure.

Victory Friday | Issue 133 Orthopedic Insights: Unstable Old Guys: Signs of Instability in Older Populations • Basic Upper Cervical Mobility • Hip Mobility Side Doors • Old Guys’ Tight Hamstring Cure.

It’s Spring Marathon Season! The weather’s warming (yet still enjoyably cool for morning jaunts) and fitness and spirits are thawing: perfect conditions for peak runs. In this run-centric issue of Victory Friday ( #132):

how (and why) to run right, augmenting with the pool, whole-body strategies for neck pain, and stride coaching for pain relief and competitive edge. Enjoy!

Run Right • Rib & Hip Fixes for Neck Pain • Pool Running (Isn’t Just) for (Broken) Runners • The Performance Imperative: How Coaching Makes Me a Better Physio

Victory Friday | Issue 132 Orthopedic Insights: Run Right • Rib & Hip Fixes for Neck Pain • Pool Running (Isn’t Just) for (Broken) Runners • The Performance Imperative: How Coaching Makes Me a Better Physio

Lots packed into Issue 131 of Victory Friday: new metrics for efficiency, a hardcore way to get a hard core (and hip flexors), a fresh look at my “Six-Pack”, and a story about the painful consequence of…sitting cross-legged? Dig in!

Consistency, Resilience & Staying Power: New Metrics for Athletic Efficiency • Mobility-Stability Runner’s Lunge • Joe’s Hip Six, Repackaged • Double(-Crush) Hip Crossed!

Victory Friday | Issue 131 Orthopedic Insights: Consistency, Resilience & Staying Power: New Metrics for Athletic Efficiency • Mobility-Stability Runner’s Lunge • Joe’s Hip Six, Repackaged • Double(-Crush) Hip Crossed!