Most Stressful Movements For Hockey Goalie Hips | T Push?

And – the most stressful movement for hockey goalie hips is – – The T-Push? You might have heard this referenced lately on the interwebz and I think it comes…

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Q&A — Lindback Tore His Achilles Stretching?

You may have heard that static stretching was bad for you – – and at first glance this may seem like more proof for the ‘stretching is bad’ pudding (an…

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You Have Just Strained Your Hip Flexor. Here’s What to do.

This will resonate with both goalies and skaters. It can happen on the ice or during your off-ice training. You make a move and ‘zoink’ you feel that pain in…

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What exactly is a High Ankle Sprain?

Well, I was thinking meniscus when I saw it. What did you think when you saw Robby Fabbri take that awkward tumble during the Canada v. Denmark game? His MCL…

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This joint can cripple you (part two)

So yesterday, I gave you the scary part of damaging your wrist.  Today let’s talk about what to do if you really do have just a minor strain or a…

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This ‘Silly Injury’ can cripple you (Part One)

There are some injuries that are fairly routine in hockey – strained groin, strained hip flexor; even sports hernia is a pretty com mon hockey injury.  When I hear about…

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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? …

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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…

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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,…

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