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What the Leaders are Reading - Coach Boo Schexnayder

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Thu, Jun 5, 2014 @ 07:06 AM

We asked the leaders in Sports Medicine and Performance Training what they are either currently reading or have read and here is what they said!

See complete (and ever growing) list of suggested reading at the BSMPG LIBRARY. 

 

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Either Way, Registration Ends Monday

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Fri, May 9, 2014 @ 08:05 AM

 

Registration for the 2014 BSMPG Summer Seminar ends at 7pm on Monday May 12th.

 

 

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Dr. John Sullivan Joins The Leaders In Sports Medicine and Performance

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Thu, May 8, 2014 @ 06:05 AM

We always hate losing great speakers to unexpected life events, but when a world authority in performance training is able to step in last minute, well, it sort of takes the sting out of it.

BSMPG is proud to bring Dr. John Sullivan to Boston for the 2014 BSMPG summer seminar! We are officially one week away and are ready for the largest seminar to date!

Registration will be open until Monday May 12th - but then its CLOSED!

Sign up today!

See you in a week!

 

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DR. JOHN SULLIVAN

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Dr. John P. Sullivan is the founder and CEO of Clinical & Sports Consulting Services.  He is a Clinical Sport Psychologist and Applied Sport Scientist for Providence College, the University of Rhode Island, and within the professional ranks of the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLS, Olympics, and the Elite Performers of Military.  He has worked in the NFL for 13 years coordinating clinical care, human performance technology, and facilitating the league’s Rookie Success Program.  He is the Assistant Director of the South County Sports Medicine/Sports Performance Concussion Clinic in Wakefield, Rhode Island.  Dr. Sullivan has worked as a mental health professional for nineteen years and provided professional services in a wide variety of settings including hospitals, college counseling centers, and private practice.  He is a licensed psychologist and well-rounded clinician/practitioner, having served children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.

Dr. Sullivan is a thought leader who has provided services for a broad variety of athletes, and has served as a consultant, practitioner, lecturer, and researcher in the area of Sport Psychology both domestically and internationally. He is an active member of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, the Big East Conference Sports Medicine Society, and a frequent collaborator with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regarding education initiatives and provides expert oversight.  He is currently one of five national experts tapped by the NCAA to provide expert oversight for new guidelines for the NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook to be revised for the Spring of 2012.  In the fall of 2012 Dr. Sullivan will be part of a team of sports medicine professionals writing the first consensus statement regarding the treatment of mental health issues with student-athletes.  The National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) is the first professional sports medicine organization to set such standards.  Dr. Sullivan similarly serves on several scientific advisory boards for developing technology companies in the areas of sport and well-being. 

Dr. Sullivan is a frequent contributor, writing on sport science and sports medicine for peer review journals and the popular press.  He will be co-authoring two forthcoming chapters; the first on the merging of technology, neuroscience, biofeedback, and sport/performance psychology in Sport Psychology: On the Way to the Olympic Games and the second chapter focusing on well-being and mental health issues in athletes within Fundamental Concepts in Sport and Exercise Psychology: A project sponsored by the International Society of Sport Psychology due out June 2013.  He is also the co-editor of a manuscript examining the science of Recovery Training from a multidisciplinary approach which includes some of the most experienced applied sport scientists from NFL, NHL, Premiere Soccer, Olympic Training Programs, and Collegiate Sports. Dr. Sullivan is currently engaged in research in the areas; concussion assessment/rehabilitation, central nervous system measurement/assessment, recovery training, performance testing, and talent selection. 

In 2010 he provided the clinical keynote at the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) National Conference in Philadelphia focusing on mental health issues with student-athletes.  He was the 2010 recipient of the Rhode Island Athletic Trainers Association Service Award for distinguished service and education in the area of sports medicine. 

 

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BSMPG Summer Seminar: Where Leaders Learn

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Fri, Nov 22, 2013 @ 07:11 AM

 

 

“In music it isn’t the notes themselves that create the music for there are similar groupings of notes in many pieces.  It is the space between the notes or the silence between the notes that creates the differences between musical pieces.”

- Randy Huntington, 2013 BSMPG Summer Seminar Speaker on Training and Recovery

 

 

Save the Date: May 16-18, 2014

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Registration Opens January 1, 2014

 

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Save the Date - BSMPG 2014

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Tue, Nov 12, 2013 @ 07:11 AM

 

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"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.  As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind."

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Stress: It's Not What You Think

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Wed, Nov 6, 2013 @ 07:11 AM

Is it stress or the way you handle it that will kill you?

 

 

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The Future is Here - BSMPG Summer Seminar 2014

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Mon, Oct 28, 2013 @ 07:10 AM

 

 

BSMPG is proud to announce Eric Oetter as a speaker within the popular Sports Fusion Track at the 2014 BSMPG Summer Seminar - May 16-18th, 2014.  Last year was a sell out and the only difference this year will be us announcing a sell out a month in advance!  This will be one of the greatest performance and therapy seminars of all time!

Seriously, this will sell out - Registration will open January 1st, 2014.  Members of the BSMPG family will receive an opportunity to reserve their seat in advance - stay tuned for details. With speakers and attendees traveling from around the world, this seminar will close in record time.

Be sure to save the date and reserve your hotel room well in advance.

See you in Boston next May!!!

 

Eric Oetter

 

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Eric is an author, speaker, coach, and student, currently pursuing his DPT from the Emory University School of Medicine.

Following an injury-shortened athletic career at Georgia Tech, Eric has coached a diverse clientele at two of the top gyms in the country, Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training and Cressey Performance. He has since consulted with coaches in the Big Ten and was recently named one of the Top 25 Fitness Industry Rising Stars by FitnessBusinessInterviews.com.

Eric champions the principles of the Postural Restoration Institute and has been formally trained in the methodologies of DNS, FMS/SFMA, and PRRT, among others.

His articles can be found on EricCressey.com, 8weeksout.com, and in Fighting Fit magazine.

 

 

 

CRESSEY 

From Eric Cressey

"Eric Oetter is one of the brightest young minds in the world of health and human performance. He's incredibly well versed in a number of different realms, making him not only a great coach, but also a great teacher. Don't miss an opportunity to see him present; you'll regret it."

 

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From Mike Robertson

"It's rare that I've met someone at his young age that has the intellect and critical thinking skills to take what's taught to him, critically analyze it, and then make it his own.

Don't let his age fool you - Eric is wise beyond his years, and someone I expect to lead our industry for many years to come."

 

 

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From Bill Hartman

"Eric is one of the sharpest minds in the industry with a broad understanding of the movement and sports sciences. Those of us who have had to opportunity to work with him directly already know that he will be one of the big names in a few short years. Credit Art Horne for knowing where to find the newest top talent and for providing Eric a forum to share his knowledge of the complex subject matter of human performance."

 

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Your Anatomy Teacher Was Wrong - Again!

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 @ 07:10 AM

Still Stretching the IT Band?

 

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"Our anatomical findings confirmed that the ITB is in fact a thickening of the facia lata, which completely envelopes the leg. In all cases it was connected to the femur along the linea aspera from the greater tronchanter (by the intermuscular septum) to, and including, the lateral epicondyle of the femur by coarse fibrous bands. We failed to demonstrate a bursa interposed between the ITB and distal lateral femur on a single cadaver. The TFL muscle was completely enveloped in fascia, its origin formed by fascia lata arising from the iliac crest. TFL inserted directly into ITB, the latter structure behaving as an elongated tendon insertion of TFL. A substantial portion of Gluteus Maximus inserted directly into ITB, independently of the portion of muscle that inserts into the greater trochanter."

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“Many of the traditional treatments for ITBS are based on the presence of a bursa between the ITB and the LFC, an ability to stretch the ITB, and the development of friction between the ITB and the LFC due to transverse motion. Our findings challenge these anatomical and pathological principles. Two of the common treatments of ITBS focus on treating local inflammation of the distal ITB and putative ‘‘bursa’’ and stretching the ITB (Noble, 1980; Barber & Sutker, 1992; Fredericson & Weir, 2006). The effectiveness of these two modalities should be questioned given the lack of support for the presence of a lateral bursa and the low magnitude and disparate strain occurring during stretching and MVC found in this study. In regard to treatment of the ‘‘bursa’’ this routinely utilizes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroid injection in the belief that a bursitis or local inflammation is the basis of the condition (Barber & Sutker, 1992). Our gross anatomical studies failed to demonstrate a bursa interposed between the ITB and distal lateral femur on a single cadaver. These findings correlate closely with the works of Fairclough et al. (2006, 2007), who have suggested that a richly innervated and vascularised loose connective tissue (containing pressure-sensing pacinian corpuscles), represents the pain generating structure in the area. This is also suggested by the surgical specimens and imaging findings previously discussed (Orava et al., 1991; Nishimura et al., 1997). Local inflammation in the area may be related to compression of this connective tissue (Fairclough et al., 2006).”

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“Our anatomical studies also highlighted some important structural characteristics central to understanding the difficulties in stretching the ITB. The longitudinal and firm attachment (0.3mm average thickness) of the ITB to the full length of the femur means that the potential for physiological lengthening is limited. This would appear at odds with a number of authors, which have stretched (Yinen, 1997; Fredericson et al., 2002), and even quantified, the lengthening of the ITB (Fredericson et al., 2002). This is likely to represent an apparent, rather than true lengthening, related to the lengthening of TFL rather than the ITB itself.”

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Falvey EC, et al. Iliotibial band syndrome: an examination of the evidence behind a number of treatment options. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2010:20:580-587.

 

 

 

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Dr. Scappaticci Joins Boo as Keynotes at BSMPG 2014

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Mon, Oct 21, 2013 @ 07:10 AM

 

 

BSMPG is proud to announce Dr. Mark Scappaticci as a keynote speaker at the 2014 BSMPG Summer Seminar - May 16-18th, 2014.  Last year was a sell out and the only difference this year will be us announcing a sell out a month in advance!  This will be one of the greatest performance and therapy seminars of all time!

Seriously, this will sell out - Registration will open January 1st, 2014.  Members of the BSMPG family will receive an opportunity to reserve their seat in advance - stay tuned for details. With speakers and attendees traveling from around the world, this seminar will close in record time.

Be sure to save the date and reserve your hotel room well in advance.

See you in Boston next May!!!

 

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DR. MARK SCAPPATICCI

 

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Dr. Scappaticci, DC, BSc(Hons), DAp, FCCSS, CKTI, is the originator of Functional Integrated Therapy tm an innovative and highly successful approach used to manage injuries and enhance athletic performance. He manages recovery and performance optimization for top professional and amateur athletes from around the world. The list of athletes he has treated includes top performers from players in the National Hockey League, the Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the Canadian Football League as well as Olympic and World Championship track and field athletes. Dr. Scappaticci is a doctor of Chiropractic with a fellowship in Chiropractic Sports Sciences, a Lead instructor of Active Release Techniques, past associate director of the McMaster sports medical acupuncture program, past certified Kinesio Taping Instructor, as well as being the developer of the Fascial Abrasion Technique and Tool.

 

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Boo Knows BSMPG

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Mon, Oct 14, 2013 @ 07:10 AM

 

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Boo Knows BSMPG

BSMPG is proud to announce the return of Irving "Boo" Schexnayder as a keynote speaker at the 2014 BSMPG Summer Seminar - May 16-18th, 2014.  Last year was a sell out and the only difference this year will be us announcing a sell out a month in advance!  This will be one of the greatest performance and therapy seminars of all time!

Seriously, this will sell out - Registration will open January 1st, 2014.  Members of the BSMPG family will receive an opportunity to reserve their seat in advance - stay tuned for details.  With speakers and attendees traveling from around the world, this seminar will close in record time.

Be sure to save the date and reserve your hotel room well in advance.

See you in Boston next May!!!

 

Irving "Boo" Schexnayder is regarded internationally as one of the leading authorities in training design. He, as co-founder of SAC, brings 33 years of experience in the coaching and consulting fields to the organization.

Most noted for his 12 years as a member of the Track and Field coaching staff at LSU. Schexnayder, who coached collegiately at Louisiana-Lafayette and Blinn Junior College prior to arriving at LSU, placed quite an imprint on the collegiate track and field scene. Regarded as one of the world’s premier field event coaches, he was the mastermind behind 19 NCAA Champions during his collegiate coaching career. He was a part of 12 NCAA Championship teams and a pair of Juco National titles, as well as developing a host of conference champions and All-Americans.

Schexnayder has also been a prominent figure on the international scene, having coached triple jumper Walter Davis to multiple World Championships, and long jumper John Moffitt to a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He also tutored former US Long Jump Champ Brian Johnson, Miguel Pate, ranked 6th in the world in 2008, and US Indoor Champ Jeremy Hicks. He has coached 10 Olympians, and has served on coaching staffs for Team USA to the 2003 Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo, the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing, and was the Jumps Coach for Team USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

 

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