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Recovery Intel.
Evidence-based articles on pain science, training through injury, and performance recovery — written by a clinician who lives the lifestyle.
Quadriceps Tendonitis: The Ache Above Your Kneecap
That ache right above your kneecap on deep squats or jump landings is usually quadriceps tendonitis, a different problem from patellar tendonitis with its own fix.
Triceps Tendonitis: Back-of-the-Elbow Pain on Lockouts
Back-of-the-elbow pain on bench lockouts, dips, or overhead press is usually triceps tendonitis. How to tell it from a tear, and how to keep pressing while it settles.
Biceps Tendonitis in Lifters: Shoulder vs Elbow
A performance PT's take on biceps tendonitis for lifters: how to tell if the pain is coming from your shoulder or your elbow, and how to keep training through it.
Knee Pain From Squatting: Why It Hurts and How to Keep Lifting
Knee pain from squatting is almost always a load problem, not a broken knee. Here's what's actually causing it, why you don't need to stop, and how to keep training while it settles.
Wrist Pain in Lifters and CrossFit: Front Rack, Cleans, and Push-Ups
Wrist pain from front squats, cleans, and push-ups is usually a load-and-position problem, not a reason to stop. Here is how to tell sore from serious and keep training while it settles.
Lower Back Pain After Deadlifts (and How to Keep Lifting)
Lower back pain after deadlifts is usually a load problem, not damage. Here is how I tell a strain from something serious, when you can keep training, and how I get lifters back under the bar.
Lifter's Elbow: Tennis vs Golfer's Elbow, and How to Fix It
Grip pain on your deadlifts, pull-ups, or curls? Here is what elbow tendonitis actually is, how to tell tennis elbow from golfer's elbow, and the loading-based plan a Waukee performance PT uses to get lifters back to training.
Plantar Fasciitis: Why Your Heel Hurts Every Morning
Heel pain on your first steps every morning? Here is what plantar fasciitis actually is, why rest alone keeps it coming back, and the loading-based plan a Waukee performance PT uses to get runners and lifters back to training.
Shin Splints in Runners and Lifters: Why Rest Won't Fix It
Shin splints won't heal with rest alone. Here's how to tell anterior shin pain from medial shin splints, why loading beats couch time, and how a Waukee performance PT gets runners and lifters back to training.
Bench Press Shoulder Pain: How to Train Through It
Bench press shoulder pain doesn't have to take you out of the gym. Here's the setup changes, pain-monitored loading rules, and strength-based rehab approach that keeps lifters pressing through it.
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