by michelle | Aug 19, 2021 | Glute Strength, Injury Prevention, Surf Mobility, Surf Performance, Surf Strength, Surfer's Shoulder
The world certainly has changed. During times of lockdown, this online space has become our sanctuary of sorts. We’ve needed to connect, to nurture our social and emotional needs, to feel heard, to gain inklings of “understanding” in this incredibly strange time in...
by michelle | Aug 22, 2020 | Injury Prevention, Surf Mobility, Surf Performance, Surf Strength
We’re always looking to be bigger, better, stronger, faster, more powerful and more critical. The repertoire of surfing manoeuvres which are expected from a ‘good surfer’ today were once thought impossible and put tremendous forces through the surfer’s body. The...
by michelle | Oct 7, 2018 | Injury Prevention, Surf Mobility, Surf Performance
Joint movement discrepancies found in surfers When we get better at surfing, we get worse at general human movement. Certain joints get ‘loose’ and certain joints get ‘stiff’. In very advanced surfers, I see a hyper-mobile lower back (from lots of torso rotation),...
by michelle | Apr 23, 2017 | Injury Prevention, Surf Mobility, Surf Performance
When we get better at surfing, we get worse at basic human movement. And as interest in surfing grows worldwide, more and more people are pursuing competitive surfing as a professional career. That, in turn, is pushing the sport to new levels of high performance. The...
by michelle | Sep 13, 2016 | Injury Prevention, Surf Mobility, Surf Performance
If you want to look graceful, sharp and stylish in the surf, as well as avoid surfing injuries down the track, get friendly with a surf specific mobility routine. There are many factors and reasons for reduced joint range of motion in surfers, only one of which is...
by michelle | Aug 11, 2016 | Surf Mobility
The waves are pumping, you’ve just been analysing pro surfing videos for inspiration, you’ve got your favourite stick, you wax up and run to the beach. You are frothing so hard, you couldn’t be bothered with a proper warm-up, so you rush a few stretches and just head...
