Change

Responders, This past week has been very interesting/informative. I have met with EMS directors, county managers, and spoken with EMS wellness directors.  No surprise that there is a lot of confusion out there on what is standard in a business that is hard to standardize.  From the fitness and injury prevention standpoint it has become [...]

Random Thoughts

Why do we fear the consistency and effort of a fitness program?
Does a little effort now outweigh the benefits of feeling good?
Why do so many put their health last on the priority list?
Why do I go in the gym and see so many folks making the same mistakes over and over?
Why don’t you sign up [...]

Simple Fitness and Biomechanical Wisdom

If it does not move and it should = roll it/stretch it!
If it moves when it should not = Stabilize it!
If it hurts perform tennis ball self massage!
If you do not understand what rolling and tennis ball massage are them but the book, it’s all in there!
 
Does not get any easier than that.

Uniform Stretching

Responders, try this very simple and very effective stretch for the hip/glute and leg.  It is a tad advanced but will keep your hips loose and your back feeling good.  Hold the stretch for 60 seconds each side 1-2X day.

Hard Data

Well responders, I wasted another weekend slaving in front of my computer writing presentations for the ems expo in October…you better come and at least hear me rant in person!  Found some great data that I would like to share.  If your department integrates a movement screening into their pre-employment battery of tests there will [...]

Uniform Fitness

Allow me to present a concept to digest for a few days.  We get paid to watch TV, nap, eat, read and run calls.  Why the heck are we not getting paid to exercise?  Lets face it responders, our clientele is becoming more obese and scarily more violent.  The better our fitness levels and the [...]