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Split Squats 101

Context Driven — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:47:49 GMT

In this episode, I share how I think about split squats, how I use them with clients, and how I approach progressing them.

I find this way of thinking especially useful when working with more complex …

Posture Reaching and Turning

Context Driven — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:05:19 GMT

This week’s SS is about case study about creating the right shape for turning and pivoting. This is especially important in golf where the footprint is pretty constrained.

Let me know if you have any…

Sunday Q & A 10/18/26

Context Driven — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:04:44 GMT

This call covers a lot when it comes to decision making. What works? What doesn’t? Why did this work? What should we do next?

With every decision we make for our clients, we’ll never truly know the outcome until afterwards, but we will have an idea of the probabilities of the outcomes. Let’s take an example from our call, let’s say we have a pitcher who has 70 degrees of ER on the lead leg, but only 10 degrees of internal rotation. That’s a pelvis on the front side that’s going to encourage a lot of glove side movement. Is every single pitch going to be on the outside corner? No. But it definitely tips the scales that the ball will be heading in that direction.

Keeping both the shape of the individual in mind as well as the task gives us a greater ability to forecast some of the downstream effects of our interventions.

Hope this helps!

Here’s an example of a probability tree. We can conceive of ever outcome we can think of, and then based on the information at hand have an idea what what the most likely outcome would be. It’s not exactly a crystal ball, but it’s the best we’ve got…

Free Preview

Context Driven — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:54:33 GMT

Here’s a quick excerpt from the latest post on how individual structure will influence the rotations we see in sports. Often times we can take lessons already learned in physics and engineering and apply them to our realm to help make sense of what we see.
Hopefully this is as helpful for you as it is for me.

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Wide ISA Lefty Hitter

Context Driven — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:03:45 GMT

Today’s case is about a lefty hitter who is a wide ISA, and he is struggling with both holding his weight shift on his back leg, and hitting the offspeed pitch.

This case is another fantastic example…

Context Driven

Context Driven — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:53:34 GMT

I figured it would be cool to share this quick case study part of my recent post that talked about the biomechanics of cable chops and presses but also diving into real world case studies and show how activities can be manipulated to get the individual in their ‘‘operating space’’ in order to improve their movement and get the desired outcome.

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Cheers,

Ian

Cable Chops, Presses and Real Time Problem Solving

Context Driven — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:36:25 GMT

I used to use these two activities interchangeably, thinking they did the same thing.

But a closer look reveals clear differences in their biomechanics and how they shift the body’s center of gravity.

Context Driven

Context Driven — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:12:12 GMT

Here’s a little clip from my recent post on a case study regarding decision making. The better the tech gets we delude ourselves into thinking we understand better.

This may be true, but we also have to step back and think about the interpretation of this data and then the application.

Most likely we are measuring something that is a byproduct of multiple variables working together. Trying to directly improve the measure without seeing how it integrates into the entire system can lead us into the some questionable areas.

R Handed Golfer w/Neck Pain

Context Driven — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:09:38 GMT

This week’s case study I run through a recent presentation on what constitutes a good explanation and then work into a Touring Pro dealing w R sided neck pain/inconsistent strike.

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Sunday Q and A: 9/20/26

Context Driven — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:12:17 GMT

When looking to “re-train“ movement, often times what we’re trying to accomplish is change how this individual is applying force into the ground. If they’ve been using a particular strategy for long enough and with enough force, we can start to see changes to the shape of boney structures. In long bones, (tibias, femurs, radius, etc.) these changes often times show up as torsion, one part of the bone is rotating into IR faster than the other end. More often we’ll see the distal end create this strategy simply because it’s closer to the site of the force application.

In this call we cover common strategies we’ll use to recapture some of the ERed shape of the distal tib/fib and hand/wrist. We discuss common presentations and contributions from other structures (big toe, mid-foot, thumb, carpals). If you’re a trainer, S&C coach, or PT, all of these interventions can be useful!

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Client shows a magnified IR strategy through the mid-foot and distal tib/fib and then a reduction of this strategy. A common visual landmark can be the medial and lateral malleoli.

The Radial and Ulnar styloid are useful landmarks for visual exam of the position hand and wrist. Muscle bulk of the extensors and deltoid help to visualize the radial and humeral head. With changes, the hand and wrist will stay in relatively the same spot, but proximal structures will demonstrate increased IR. (Note the “expansion” of the flexors of the medial forearm and elbow.)

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Lateral Ankle Injury

Context Driven — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:45:42 GMT

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I don’t know if EVERY single athlete has ever rolled their ankle, but I might put money on that. It may not escalate to the point of needing imaging and rehab intervention, but other than a hamstring…

Feet, Running shapes and Tibial Stress Syndrome

Context Driven — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:51:44 GMT

Cool case study showcasing the shapes and strategies of a 400m runner I worked with in the past.

Not really a deep-dive case study but more an contextual example to present my process when dealing wi…

Literature Review in Context

Context Driven — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:30:33 GMT

A little different post this week. Wanted to highlight 5 papers that I’ve read recently and how they influence how I’m thinking about performance/rehab.

Here’s a little background/summary of each pap…

Sunday Q&A 8/23/26

Context Driven — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:33:40 GMT

Thank you to everyone that hopped on the call this weekend! We had a great conversation surrounding the content from this past month.

For a quick re-cap, the conversation included a refresher on adductor anatomy and how that creates torsion and compression through the lower half, and how athletes can tap into that behavior.

We go over an example in a free kick in soccer, and how the torsion from that adductor group influences the curve on a free kick.

Lastly we covered different activities that are great early introductory positions for individuals that struggle to get expansion through the upper thorax, as well as how to progress them from these early interventions to weight room activities.

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Adductors in Pitching

Context Driven — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:01:02 GMT

The adductors is a complex fan shape group of muscles that will re-orient the trajectory of their force vectors quite readily depending on the relationship of the femur and pelvis. It’s ability to “c…

Changes That Propagate

Context Driven — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:38:40 GMT

Thought this would be useful…

Not as a means to an end but more as a confirmation that you are doing something right in terms of the process that you are putting your clients through:)

Let me know if y…

Left Handed Hitter-Finding Left Foot

Context Driven — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:27:15 GMT

I think of the biggest misconceptions in our movement field is that more variability/more options are always a good thing.

There’s useful variability that allows you to adapt to a changing environment…

Sunday Q & A: 7/26/26

Context Driven — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:34:40 GMT

Another Q and A this Sunday. We had a great conversation about making sense of some range of motion measurements and what the relationships between the assessments might mean. Putting together a shoulder assessment with your subjective intake and how that can help you hone in on information in the assessment. Lastly, we cap it off with a round table discussion on a lefty pitcher case.

Shout out to Chase, and Richie for joining us and adding in on the conversation.

We’re planning on doing these once at the end of the month on Sundays. If you’re a paid sub be on the look out for more!

If you’re a free subscriber, these Q and As are a valuable way to ask some of your more burning questions and improve your understanding of how to apply these concepts to your own cases!

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Return to Throwing: SLAP Tear Rehab

Context Driven — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:03:15 GMT

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This is a case study that highlights the shortcomings of two “truths“ I was taught in PT school, and how updating my understanding of these concepts helped me create a more useful treatment plan.

When…

Dealing with Ribcages and Winging Scaps

Context Driven — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:07:12 GMT

Got a lot of questions about this topic in my mentorship group and thought this would be a great thing to discuss on here and present it with these two before and after case studies.

Hope this helps …