The #1 Way To Lose The Starting Job [GOALIES]
Probably the best way to lose the starting job on your team is to suck. But the SECOND best way to lose the starting job is to get injured. Not…
My Notes On Concussion For Hockey Players…
I mentioned the Concussion Symposium I attended last week at Western University where a whole parade of super smart researchers and doctors (including Dr. Robert Cantu) delivered a state of…
When Being Injured Can Be Good.
My Dad had a saying – “You never know when you are being lucky”. Typically he would say it when I was feeling anything BUT lucky. First boyfriend dumped me? …
The most common injuries in hockey players
As I was sifting through some hockey research articles over the weekend – this is when I found the sports hernia rehab case study I went over in THIS post…
Non-Surgical Treatment Of Sports Hernia In A Pro Hockey Player
Now I don’t want the title of this post to be misleading, it can be tough to diagnose a sports hernia without surgical observation and inspection of the tissues involved,…
Ever Get A Snapping In Your Hip?
Three Things Hockey Players Can Do For A ‘Snapping Hip’ There actually is a ‘snapping hip’ syndrome – which, from what I can tell that just means ‘yeah, your hip…
Goalies Need To Be The Right Kind Of Strong
NOTE: I posted this originally last week and then I got a comment from one of my mentors Coach Mike Boyle (he just won a World Series championship as…
A bulletproof vest for your legs.
When I dropped in to Pete’s Sports in London, Ontario to talk with my friend Chris – remember we talked about training shoes in this post – I also asked…
Shoulder Separation Recovery
On my flight to Saskatoon via Calgary as I write this post. Heading to Sasky to meet up with Gille Bouvier and help out at his Elite Goaltending Camp for…
11 Ways For Hockey Goalies To Unlock & Protect Their Hips
You know when your email just seems to explode for days on end. You clear it out and then the next time you look at it – BOOM it is…