Confidence

6 Free Websites Full of Athlete-Enhancing Goodness

If your first thought upon seeing this post’s title was, “But Jim, why do I need anything but the CORE1 blog?” Then pat yourself on the...

Improve Your Game Like Crazy With This Method

In this post, we talked about “3 Things Pro Athletes Know That You Don’t”. One of those things was to be afraid. Be very afraid. In that...

Looking To Improve Your Balance? Why Sports Enhancement Training May Be The Key To Your Success.

Is balance an important part of your sport? Sure balance is essential for yoga and gymnastics, but most athletes don’t consider balance...

Improving Their Game

High school sports are becoming more and more competitive. If your son or daughter wants more practice time with a specific goal in mind,...

Join the Elite

With the Olympics in full swing, there is a great deal of discussion about the various athletes’ mindsets, their triumphs and failures...

Using Your Training To Prepare You for the Next Level of Competition

It’s extremely important to make sure that your training program is matched to your sports and athletic goals. Fitness buffs and other...

Take Your Game To The Next Level

Being a skillful athlete will make you competitive, but customized sports enhancement training is what makes elite athletes elite. Take...

How quick are you? Follow The Leader

Watching basketball players on the court can certainly leave you with your head spinning. They move this way and that, spin left and then...

Got Nutrition? What you eat could mean the difference between being first or last.

If you have been given a customized sports enhancement training program by your Downers Grove Sports Enhancement Strength, Speed and...

Knee Pain in High School Runners Linked to Hip Strength Imbalances

Patellofemoral pain (PFP), or “runner’s knee”, can occur in athletes who put heavy stress on their knees. The pain is characterized by a...

Handling Small Sports Injuries- Downers Grove Physical Therapy Can Help

Athletes suffer injuries all the time. Fortunately not all of them require a trip to the emergency room or an extended visit with a...

Complex Training in Downers Grove

An athlete gearing up for competition is most likely familiar with the term complex training. Just as the name indicates it is a...

Think golf isn’t a sport? Tell that to Tiger Woods.

Prevention is the name of the game when it comes to golf-related sports injuries. The extreme level of torque applied to the core of the...

New Laws Require Coaches to Undergo Training to Identify Symptoms of a Concussion

Across the past few years, many states have passed laws to help prevent concussions in high school athletes. Specifically, most laws...

Common Goal Setting

Our Downers Grove physical therapy programs are individualized for every athlete we treat. They are tailored to their athletic injury...

Come Back Athletes

Suffering from a severe injury can be devastating to an athlete’s career. Minor injuries requiring physical therapy happen all the time;...

Core Strengthening Is The Key

When we think of athletics, we typically focus our attention on the body parts that do the moving – the pitcher’s arm, the running back’s...

Stand Up Straight

For generations mothers have always admonished their children to stand up straight and stop slouching but for an elite athlete, the...

Adaptation

The human body can quickly adapt to many situations. History has proven this. Adapting to stress from the environment and physical...

Developing Athlete Mental Skills

Part of customized, sports enhancement training is the development of an athlete’s mental skills. This incorporates confidence, focus...