Written on January 11, 2009 at 6:00 pm, by Eric Cressey
We’re a few days late with this post, as I was in Washington, D.C. from Thursday through Saturday for the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society Team Medicine conference.
1. Metallica’s the music choice of the day. Can you really go wrong with a band that’s this badass with a drummer who used to be a junior tennis prodigy?
3. It never ceases to amaze me how many people still haven’t grasped the concept of “N=1.” Maybe I have a skewed perspective on the importance of a big sample size because of my time in the research world? Perfect example: I get an email from a powerlifter who had shoulder problems for years, and they *magically* disappear when he takes a step back from benching (presumably in terrible form) in favor of doing dips and handstand push-ups. So, obviously, the logical line of reasoning is that everyone with shoulder problems is only a few hundred dips and handstand push-ups away from shoulder bliss and an altogether utopian society where the glenohumeral Tinkerbell sprinkles fairy dust on labrum tears and bicipital tendinosis to make things allllllllllll better. Seriously, it’s just logic.
4. I’m sure I’ll get a few email follow-ups to #3 from those interested to know if I have any mythological treatments for knee, elbow, and ankle pain. For those, I recommend duct tape and a glue gun. Lower backs, on the other hand, respond best to Indian rain dances. It’s true. Four separate individuals (coincidentally, all of them went by the name “Professor N=1”) told me so.
6. As you may have already noticed, we’re still working out some kinks in the site – particularly the Articles and Baseball Content pages. I promise; we’re getting closer!
7. A few weeks ago, I gave you a heads-up on one Cressey Performance athlete (Shawn Haviland) who has a blog. It turns out that another one has a good one rolling along, and he deserves some love, too. Check out Will Inman (Padres system pitcher) at WilliamInman.com. Good content, but if he calls me a trainer one more time, he’s going to be pushing the sled until the cows come home.
I get a lot of N=1. There’s always someone that did tons of snatches with a pitcher with a torn labrum and it miraculously worked to fix it!
Liked the useful info on T-Nation, I’m definitely looking forward to more artciles like that as they are things that can be applied and make a difference.
January 11th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Interesting fact about the Metalica drummer! I should have known that.
Great article on T-Nation! Now I really understand the benefits of the corner stretch.
January 11th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
I get a lot of N=1. There’s always someone that did tons of snatches with a pitcher with a torn labrum and it miraculously worked to fix it!
Liked the useful info on T-Nation, I’m definitely looking forward to more artciles like that as they are things that can be applied and make a difference.
Luka Hocevar
http://www.hocevarperformance.com