Happy National Athletic Training Month

Do you or does someone you know:  Experience MUSCLE or JOINT PAIN during or after exercise or activity?  Have JOINT INSTABILITY when walking or exercising?  Experience CRACKING or POPPING of your JOINTS at any time?  Suffer from SWELLING in or around YOUR JOINTS at any time? Are you or is someone you know:  Training for an upcoming event or competition? Do you or does someone you know:  Experience MUSCLE or JOINT PAIN during or after exercise or activity? Have JOINT INSTABILITY when walking or exercising? Experience MUSCLE or JOINT PAIN dur Have JOINT INSTABILITY when walking   Experience CRACKING or POPPING of your JOINTS at any time? Suffer from SWELLING in or around YOUR JOINTS at any time? Experience CRACKING or POPPING of Suffer from SWELLING in or around YO  Are you or is someone you know:   Beginning a new workout, training regimen, or exercise routine?  Suffering from any pain while in the middle of your sports season?  Suffering from pain or discomfort during the off-season of your sport?    Training for an upcoming event or competition? Beginning a new workout, training regimen, or exercise routine? Suffering from any pain while in the middle of your sports season? Suffering from pain or discomfort during the off-season of your sport? Training for an upcoming event or com Beginning a new workout, training reg Suffering from any pain while in the m Suffering from pain or discomfort durin

Single Leg Squat Test  Stand on one leg (If you are uncertain of your balance, do this next to a counter)  Slowly squat down as if you were going to sit in a chair  Make sure your knee does not move forward or drift inward Can you do 15 of these on each leg without your knee moving inward or forward and without any knee pain or popping? Single Leg Squat Test  Stand on one leg (If you are uncer Slowly squat down as if you were Make sure your knee does not mov Can you do 15 of these on each leg wit any knee pain or popping? S    C a  

Core Test 

Core Test 

On your hands and knees, raise one arm and the opposite leg at the same time so both are parallel with the floor (You should be looking down and your head should be even with your shoulders)  Make sure to not let your trunk and pelvis move at all Can you do 20 of these on each side without letting your back sink towards the floor or your hips shift side to side?  Make sure to not let your trunk and pelvis Can you do 20 of these on each side without l hips shift side to side? On your hands and knees, raise one arm and the opposite leg at the same time s are parallel with the floor (You should be looking down and your head should with your shoulders) Make sure to not let your trunk and pelvis move at all Can you do 20 of these on each side without letting your back sink towards the floo hips shift side to side? On your hands and knees, raise one arm a are parallel with the floor (You should be with your shoulders)

Burpee Test  Start in standing position with your feet together  Get down on your hands and kick your feet back behind you, placing you in push-up position  Do one push-up, then explode back up into the air Are you able to complete 10 of these without pain or instability? Burpee Test   

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Do one push-up, Are you able to comp

Shoulder Mobility Test  Start with arms extended out to your sides; hands should be in a fist  Slowly reach one hand behind your back while reaching the other hand over your shoulder and down your back  Have a friend take note of the distance between your fists  Repeat these arm movements in the opposite direction Are your fists within one hand length (see figure B)? Do you have pain with either of these movements or do you have a large distance between your fists (see figure C)?    Figure A Repeat these arm movements in the oppo Are your fists within one hand length (see figu with either of these movements or do you hav your fists (see figure C)? Figure B Figure C Shoulder Mobility Test  Start with arms extended out to your sides; hands should be in a fist Slowly reach one hand behind your back while reaching the other hand over your shoulder and down your back Start with arms extended out to your side Slowly reach one hand behind your back hand over your shoulder and down your b Have a friend take note of the distance be Have a friend take note of the distance between your fists Repeat these arm movements in the opposite direction Fig

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