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Notes from the clinic.
One post a month, each answering a specific question I get from the runners and lifters I work with in Los Angeles. If you want the bigger picture, start with what I treat or how sessions work.
September 9, 2026
Lower Back Pain After Deadlifts: What It Usually Is and What to Do This Week
→The bar felt fine. The next morning, your lower back doesn't. Here's how I think through lower back pain after deadlifts with the lifters I see in Los Angeles, and what we usually change first.
August 25, 2026
Shoulder Pain With Overhead Press: Why It Pinches and How to Keep Pressing
→Bench feels fine. Rows feel fine. Then you press overhead and something pinches near the top. Here's what's usually going on with shoulder pain during overhead press, and how we keep you pressing while we fix it.
August 11, 2026
Isometric Exercises for Runner's Knee: A 4-Week Starting Plan
→If you've stretched, foam rolled, and rested your way through runner's knee and it keeps coming back, isometrics are usually where I start. Here's the plan I use most often, and how to know when to move on from it.
July 28, 2026
Hip Pinch at the Bottom of a Squat: Impingement, Depth, and What to Change
→Everything feels fine until the last few inches of the squat, and then the front of the hip pinches. Here's what that usually is, what it isn't, and the changes I make first with lifters in Los Angeles.