It’s time for another listener Q&A, so I cover three questions from our audience in this week’s podcast on the following topics: Do you have any tentative guidelines for working with post-op Tommy John patients who are trying to maintain a training effect during their rehab? What do you think when you hear that a MRI is “clean?” Why do shoulder surgeries in throwers have such a lower success rate than elbow surgeries? A special thanks to this show’s sponsor, AG1 (formerly Athletic Greens). Head to http://www.athleticgreens.com/cressey and you’ll receive a free 10-pack of travel packets w ..read more

We welcome Clemson University Director of Olympic Sports Strength and Conditioning Rick Franzblau to the latest podcast for a detailed conversation on innovative ways to assess, program, and coach in a baseball population. Rick’s insights related to infrasternal angle, mechanical vs. fascially driven athletes, and the development of college athletes are all outstanding. This conversation will help you to see individualized development through a new lens, and also appreciate how you might have gotten “accidental” positive results in the past. A special thanks to this show’s sponsor, Athletic Gr ..read more

Back in 2010, I got an email from Tim Ferriss asking if I’d be willing to help out a friend of his. Apparently, he met some dude from New Zealand while in a coffee shop in Argentina and they really hit it off. This guy happened to be a retired rugby player with an extensive history of shoulder problems. I happily obliged, and the friendly Kiwi made the trip to Massachusetts to train with us for about a month. He got a healthy shoulder, and the Cresseys made a wonderful new friend in Chris Ashenden. More specific to today’s email, though, is the fact that we were witnessing the beginning of an ..read more

We welcome Cressey Sports Performance – Florida Vice President and Co-Founder Shane Rye to the latest podcast for a detailed conversation on manual therapy. Shane speaks to his treatment approaches not only for baseball players at CSP-FL, but also in his work in the football realm as a manual therapist for the Miami Dolphins. We touch on various soft tissue methods, their potential mechanisms of action, and why having the right “treatment roadmap” is vital to the success of any manual therapy intervention. A special thanks to this show’s sponsor, Athletic Greens. Head to http://www.athleticgre ..read more

Cressey Sports Peformance – Florida is home to hundreds of pro baseball players from all over the world, at all different levels of play throughout the off-season. They move to FL to train and develop with our awesome team of coaches that collaborates to create the synergy players need to thrive. We’re able to individualize the experience from start to finish, as we feel that is what makes athletes successful. Whether we’re working with a first-year minor leaguer or one of our Cy Young Award winners, the right “mix” is slightly different for everyone. It is this detailed individualization – al ..read more

I’m flying solo for this week’s podcast, as I discuss some of the causative factors for modern pitching injuries. Everyone wants to heavily scrutinize mechanics, but there are a lot of other considerations we have to take into account. Before we get to it, though, a special thanks to this show’s sponsor, Athletic Greens. Head to http://www.athleticgreens.com/cressey and you’ll receive a free 10-pack of Athletic Greens travel packets with your first order.   Sponsor Reminder This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. It’s an all-in-one superfood supplement with 75 whole-food sou ..read more

We welcome sports medicine orthopedist and researcher Dr. Peter Kriz to the latest podcast for an in-depth look at how showcase participation relates to injury rates in pitchers. This conversation draws heavily from Dr. Kriz’s two landmark studies on the topic, and yields some crucial insights to help players, parents, and coaches plan for safe long-term development of pitchers. We also chat about the diagnosis and treatment spondylolysis (stress fractures) of the lower back in extension/rotation sport athletes. A special thanks to this show’s sponsor, Marc Pro. Head to www.MarcPro.com and ent ..read more

With the growth of our Palm Beach Gardens, FL facility, we are opening up position for the right candidate to join our team as a strength and conditioning coach. To that end, we’ll be hiring a strength and conditioning coach to join the CSP-FL team this spring (prior to the busy summer season). This position will primarily be involved with the strength and conditioning training of professional and amateur athletes (particularly in the baseball realm), but will also include daily work with general population clients and post-rehab cases. Responsibilities for this position include: Strength an ..read more

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Duncan French, Vice President of Performance at the UFC Performance Institute, to the latest podcast. Duncan speaks to his beginnings in the research realm, and how it’s impacted his work as a coach and sports scientist. Duncan might be heavily focused in the mixed martial arts community, but this conversation has some great applicability to the baseball world. A special thanks to this show’s sponsor, Athletic Greens. Head to http://www.athleticgreens.com/cressey and you’ll receive a free 10-pack of Athletic Greens travel packets with your first order.   ..read more

We’re excited to welcome strength and conditioning coach Loren Landow to the latest podcast for a far-reaching discussion on developing athletes. Loren kicks off a run of podcasts where we look outside of baseball – in this case, football and mixed martial arts – to discover some pearls of wisdom we can apply to baseball development. Loren brings a wealth of knowledge in both professional sports and the private sector, so this conversation has value for players, parents, and coaches across all levels of development. A special thanks to this show’s sponsor, Athletic Greens. Head to http://www.a ..read more