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Golf Specific Exercise Improves Golf Performance and Prevents Injury: Part 2

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | January 4, 2023

By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC In the first article, “Golf Specific Exercises Improves Golf Performance and Prevents Injury: Part I”, I reviewed the essential biomechanics of golf and how improving strength and power through exercise training can improve golf performance. Found at: https://mishockpt.com/golf-specific-exercise-improves-golf-performance-and-prevents-injury-part-i/ In this article, I will review the importance of training […]

Golf Specific Exercise Improves Golf Performance and Prevents Injury: Part I

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | January 4, 2023

By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Worldwide, 55 to 80 million people from 136 countries play golf. (HSBC Group, 2020) With this popularity, golf has been among the most highly studied sports. Advances in technology and sports science have allowed healthcare providers to use this information to create specific sports performance exercise programs to […]

Basketball Sports Performance: The Difference Between Good and Great Basketball Shooting… The Eyes???

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | December 13, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC The elite NBA shooter can make 90% of free throws, 50% from the field, and 40% of their three-point shots. Nine players in NBA history have accomplished this sharp shooting feat of efficiency and consistency in a season. Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns) has done this four times, […]

Nutritional Considerations in Recovery from Orthopedic Injury or Surgery

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | November 21, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Nutritional interventions are not commonly used as the standard of care in recovery from injury or orthopedic surgery. However, it is well known that good nutrition is critical to optimizing health and wellness. The nutritional needs become amplified when individuals are healing and recovering from physical injury […]

Total Joint Replacement: Physical Therapy “More Than Just Exercise”

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | October 24, 2022

By John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Our body has over 360 joints. All joints (where two bones meet) have cartilage at the bone’s ends which helps to reduce friction and provide shock absorption. With aging, this cartilage wears out, leading to pain, swelling, joint deformity, weakness, and altered function. Nearly 70 million Americans have […]

Physical Therapy and the Shoulder Joint Replacement: Returning to the highest level of function

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | October 12, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Shoulder replacement surgeries have dramatically increased in number over the past few decades. There are nearly 53,000 shoulder replacement surgeries performed in the United States annually. Over the years there have been dramatic advances in this surgical procedure and rehabilitation allowing it to enjoy a success rate […]

Sports Injury Prevention: What risk factors can we control?

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | September 8, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC In the US, there is over 8.6 million sports-related adolescent (age 10-20 years) injuries annually; 42% happen in the lower extremity, 30% in the upper extremity, and 16% in the head and neck. (NHSR, 2016) Many of these are over-use injuries that occur due to excessive intensity, […]

Injury Prevention: Can Monitoring and Managing Training Load Reduce Injury?

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | August 25, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock In organized sports from youth to pro there are approximately 4-6 million injuries each year. The majority of these injuries occur as sprains and strains of the upper and lower extremity. (Hopkinsmedicine.org) Many of these injuries are preventable with proper exercise training and load management of training/competition volume, which ultimately […]

Sports performance: Why is Strength and Rate of Force Development Essential to Run Fast, Jump High, Throw Hard, and Hit Far?

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | August 12, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC When watching professional athletes play their sport, we marvel at how they effortlessly hit a baseball over 400 feet, throw a baseball a 100 mph, jump over 40 inches to dunk a basketball, and run sub 4.2 sec on the football field. Advancements in strength and conditioning […]

Knee ACL and Lower Extremity Injuries: Can we prevent them in our young athletes? Part I

Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC | August 9, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Lower extremity injuries make up 66% of all sports injuries, the knee being the most commonly injured joint. (Med Sci. Sports Exerc. 2002) The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four ligaments in the knee that holds the thigh and leg bones together. The ACL ligament […]