Exercises to Improve Your Basketball Interior Game By Physical Therapists
spoonerpt2025-05-29T12:17:33-07:00
Exercises to Have a Deadly Interior Game like Devin Booker
Let’s be honest
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05, 2025
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04, 2025
Meet Ernie: The New Face of Sports Performance at Spooner Sports Institute
spoonerpt2025-04-03T11:30:48-07:00We’re excited to introduce Ernie, our new Head Sports Performance Coach at the Spooner Sports Institute, to the community. With years of experience training athletes across multiple sports, Ernie brings a deep passion for helping athletes become the best versions of themselves. We sat down with him to learn more about his journey, his approach […]
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07, 2024
What Are Stretch Cages and How Are They Used in Physical Therapy?
spoonerpt2024-10-29T11:37:33-07:00By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS, FIT Trainer and Austin Kitteringham, CSCS, FAFS, FIT Trainer
Have you ever walked into a fitness facility or one of our physical therapy clinics and wondered about those big, crazy looking cages? You’re not alone! These large structures can play a crucial role in helping patients improve range of […]
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07, 2024
The Benefits of Off-Season Training for Youth Athletes
spoonerpt2024-10-29T11:37:33-07:00By: Molly Ahlemeier, CSCS, Fit Trainer
What is off-season training, and how can it benefit the youth athlete?
During the competitive season, athletes prioritize their gameplay, focusing on performing to their best ability to win games and championships. However, the off-season is the most underestimated time, when athletes can address weaknesses, enhance strength and power, and […]
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07, 2024
A Parent’s Guide to the Off-Season
spoonerpt2025-04-09T15:05:13-07:00By: Abe Hurtado, CSCS, USSF D, FRCms, Fit Trainer
We know the off-season is important, but as the parent of a youth athlete, it can be difficult to know where to start. How can a youth athlete improve their game AND recover properly from their previous season? Use this guide as a resource to help […]
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01, 2024
How to Start Weightlifting
spoonerpt2024-12-09T17:25:24-07:00By: Landon Davis, CSCS, FRCms
Anyone can weightlift. But where do you start? And why would you? Weightlifting has a multitude of benefits, ranging from:
- Improves overall health- including heart, cardiovascular, muscle, and bone
- Builds muscular strength
- Improves bone density (Before age 25)
- Maintains bone density (After age 25)
- Decreases risk of falls as you age
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09, 2023
Mindfulness for Chronic Pain
spoonerpt2024-10-29T11:37:52-07:00No one wants to be in pain. And certainly no one wants to be in pain for a long time. Chronic pain has many causes and many paths to finding relief. Mindfulness is one tool you can utilize to help you find relief.
What is Chronic Pain?
Generally, pain […]
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09, 2023
Goals, Progress, and Recovery with Spooner FIT
spoonerpt2024-10-29T11:37:53-07:00By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS, and Austin Kitteringham, CSCS, FAFS
How do you track your progress? Is it adding weight to your lifts? Is it cutting time off of your run? Or is it by moving better and feeling better in your day-to-day life?
Progress and tracking your progress are unique […]
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07, 2023
Training at Every Stage
spoonerpt2024-10-29T11:37:56-07:00I believe we as movement professionals (therapists, personal trainers, coaches, etc.), are drawn to witnessing transformation. Perhaps that’s an athlete we have worked with from their youth into adulthood or coaching someone through new habits to achieve goals towards their body composition, or someone going from being in a state […]
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07, 2023
How to Track Your Macros with Spooner FIT
spoonerpt2024-10-29T11:37:58-07:00Food is fuel. It is absolutely essential to your survival and for your functional and athletic performance.
The nutrients you ingest should be aligned with the goals you have. There isn’t a universal plan or diet that works for every single person. I don’t like to label certain foods as good or […]