Academy Blog

New Academy Faculty in Brazil

Dr. Phil Page — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:54:56 +0000

The Academy is pleased to introduce the newest international faculty member of the Thera-Band Academy, Rosana Lessa PT. Rosana is a physical therapist in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rosana recently completed her training with Dr. Phil Page, Director of Thera-Band Academy. She was accompanied by Marcelo Reis, director of Chantal Orthopedic Products, the authorized Thera-Band distributor [...]

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Thera-Band exercises help improve shoulder muscle balance in tennis players

Dr. Phil Page — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:31:54 +0000

NOTE: Occasionally, I’ll come across an article from a few years ago (pre-blog era) that’s “blog-worthy”…here’s another! An imbalance in shoulder muscle strength is thought to be an injury risk factor for overhead athletes (Wang 2001). The overhead throwing motion is characterized by a concentric contraction of the internally rotating muscles during acceleration and eccentric contraction of [...]

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Thera-Band Roller Massager featured for Self Myofascial Release

Dr. Phil Page — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:41:05 +0000

Mike Reinold PT ATC CSCS, Head Athletic Trainer of the Boston Red Sox, recently featured the Thera-Band® Roller Massager on his blog, MikeReinold.com. As Mike stated, I must admit that the Thera-Band stick is my current go-to massage stick device. I was a little skeptical at first about the ridges, thinking it was just a way [...]

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What to look for at the ACSM Annual Meeting

Dr. Phil Page — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:20:41 +0000

Several members of the Performance Health Scientific Advisory Committee (TRAC) will have their research presented on Thera-Band® and Biofreeze® products at the 59th annual American College of Sports Medicine meeting in San Francisco this week, May 30-June 2. Several other studies supported by the Academy will be presented as well. Wednesday, May 30 Thiebaud [...]

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The latest and greatest use for Thera-Band resistance bands

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:29:21 +0000

I’ve been looking for creative uses for Thera-Band resistance bands for nearly 15 years, and I love to share them with everyone around the world. There are so many creative people using the “Swiss Army Knife” of rehabilitation tools, Thera-Band. I came across this video on YouTube of a partially paralyzed dog using Thera-Band resistance [...]

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