The Handbook of Sports Medicine In Gymnastics. First Edition. John Wiley and Sons, 2013 by Caine, et al.
A great book that goes pretty in depth into some more scientific based background of gymnastics and injuries. Really cool read for people who have some more understanding of scientific jargon/lingo.
USA Gymnastics Education Page – http://usagym.org/pages/education/pages/index.html
The USA Gymnastics page has a huge amount of availible knowledge related to safety, injury prevention, and proper care of gymnasts during training. Anyone looking to build their knowledge can find lots of useful information to use for their own gymnastics lives.
Perfect 10 Physical Therapy – http://perfect10physicaltherapy.com/
Perfect 10 PT is run by a Physical Therapist and former gymnast Brandi Smith – Young. She is board certified in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and owns Perfect 10 PT. She does a ton of work with USA Gymnastics for similar concepts such as injury prevention and keeping gymnastics safe with education and lectures. I would definitely encourage others to follow her blog/information topics.
Gymnast Care – www.gymnastcare.com
Dr. Josh Eldridge is a Sports Chiropractor who operates out in the West Coast. His site has a lot of really great information related to injury recovery, proper nutrition, and education for gymnasts/coaches/parents. I met him at National Congress this past year while sitting in on some of his lectures, and he had some great content to offer. He’s a great guy, knows his stuff, and shares a lot of the same viewpoints as I do for helping take care of gymnasts. Take some time to check out his blog and website.
I found this useful article that goes over some great ways to use self -myofascial techniques. Great stuff for all to take advantage of,
“Hurts So Good: A Beginner’s Guide Self-Myofascial/Trigger Point Release”
Hurts So Good: A Beginner’s Guide Self-Myofascial/Trigger Point Release
Hey Dave,
James from Springfield College here. It’s great reading up on your blogs. Would you be able to do a piece on correct technique for shoulder injury prevention when performing upper-body conditioning exercises such as the p-bar dip, behind head lat pull, handstand push-up ext.
Would be interested to hear a professional opinion on this subject.
Cheers and keep up the good work.
James
Hey man, I would be happy to. Your actually one of a few people to ask about this area. I’m taking a few weeks off from the blog to get some work/coaching related stuff taken care off then I’ll be back on it. I’ll start doing some research to get some content, and get it going in November. Thanks for reading, greatly appreciate the feedback. Take care, send my regards to the guys during training.
Dave