Author: web@thestationedtraveller.com

If you’re reading this, you’re likely somewhere along the road to recovery — whether post-surgery, rehabbing an injury, or just trying to get back to moving the way you want.

And while strength work, mobility, and consistency in the gym are huge pieces of the puzzle… what you do outside the gym often makes the biggest difference.

I wanted to provide some simple strategies that can support healing, tissue health, and overall performance. You won’t need to overhaul your entire life just pick a few small habits and start building from there.

If your quad’s been MIA since your ACL surgery, you’re not alone—and no, it’s not just “weakness.” It’s a neurological shutdown called AMI (arthrogenic muscle inhibition), and it can stall recovery, throw off your movement patterns, and make simple tasks feel like uphill battles. In this blog, we break down what AMI is, why it happens, how it’s graded, and—most importantly—how we can get that quad back online. Whether you’re a clinician or someone navigating rehab, this one’s worth a read.

This is where structured strength and conditioning training directed by the right coach has emerged as a critical component in developing the athlete, not just the player or race. A strength and conditioning program with a primary focus on improving movement competency and control, enhancing knowledge and awareness, improving tissue adherence and tolerance, and exposing them to a level of controlled chaos to better prepare them for their athletic endeavors.

Life is an unpredictable journey, and sometimes it throws us a curveball in the form of an injury. Whether you rely on your ability to freely move as a means of pursuing performance, or for mental health, being sidelined by injury can be life altering on many accounts.

Our shoulders are some of the most important and frequently used joints in our bodies. They enable us to perform a wide range of movements, including reaching, throwing, pushing, and pulling.

“YEAH I’LL BE BACK IN THE GYM AFTER SUMMER”

“I’M JUST GOING TO MANAGE AND I’LL GET IT SORTED AFTER SUMMER..”

Are you stuck in the same cycle of charging hard all summer (or winter) and hoping the shoulder seasons will allow you enough time for the body to recover…..

The shoulder is one of the largest joints of the body that also has the greatest range of motion.

This tremendous range of motion also makes the shoulder extremely unstable, and more prone to dislocation and injury than other joint.

So we can say that there is probably a lot that goes into keeping the shoulders healthy and functioning at their optimum. So I figured I would share some of this insight within a presentation I was asked to put together for the Banff Sports Medicine Foundation.

Check it out!

Exercises are merely movements. You shouldn’t be married to the thought that an exercise should be performed only one way.

So you’ve jumped into a strength and conditioning program and are committed to improving your performance on the slopes. However you have that recurrent fear of returning to the ski hill with the knowledge that it is going to result in the discovery of new muscles that previous to this day did not exist. Low and behold your trip to the alpine has left you with the ability to identify every movement that requires the activation of these newly discovered muscles over for the next 48 hours.

The golf swing demands extensive range of motion with a high velocity across the movement, as well as high count of repetitions throughout a round. It is no surprise that approximately 30% of all golfers have some incident of low back pain after or during golf.

Use this free mobilization routine to mitigate injury during your next round of golf.