The Warm-Up Revolution

2024-09-27T17:17:06-04:00September 21st, 2021|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How many of you remember spending half an hour standing in a circle with your teammates before practicing counting “1…2…3…” as you gradually stretched individual muscle groups? My guess is, probably most of you. As we continue to move into an age of analytics within sports, the efficacy of warm-ups in their ability to decrease injury risk and prepare athletes for sport is gaining more attention. In The Past Traditionally, warm-up programs have consisted of short bouts of aerobic activity [...]