In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out one of the most informative people to follow on social media that I know about, he specializes in power lifting and biomechanics and injury prevention and physical therapy. His Instagram handle is @SquatUniversity and his name is Dr. Aaron Horschig.
As a physical therapist & strength coach, Aaron helps athletes move better, decrease their aches & pains associated with training, and find their true athletic potential.
Dr. Horschig wrote an extremely informative and also controversial article that I love and want to share. This information addresses a well known injury protocol… A protocol that I used when I was an athlete in high school in college. A protocol that I used with clients and family members of mine when they got injured… A protocol that I believed in whole heartedly and taught every chance I could. A protocol my college courses taught me, straight out of the text books. It was simple… when you get hurt… the solution is RICE. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. We all knew RICE.
And it turns out… we were all wrong.
References:
Dr. Aaron Horschig
IG: @SquatUniversity
www.squatuniversity.com
Book: Rebuilding Milo
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