Author: Jarred Boyd

Bowling in the Right Lane Isolated means of loading can be an effective way to bias the stimulus toward a target tissue – like using bumpers when bowling: we’re not guaranteeing a strike, but...

Expose to Graded Demands When we talk about graded demand, what we’re really after is finding the sweet spot, the right “entry point” that allows adaptation without exceeding the tissue’s current capacity for stress....

Stress for Strategy Sometimes we stress tissue intentionally to increase not only force generating capacity but also tissue specific strength. Our terminal intent is to expand performance potential across material, morphological, and neural dimensions....

The Nuance of Adaptability “People are adaptable.”It’s one of the most common refrains in rehab and performance. We lean on it—sometimes rightfully—to buffer against nocebo, to nudge someone out of learned helplessness, to replace...

A Working Framework for Movement Competency At its core, movement competency may hinge on two critical, albeit ambiguous, components: Effectiveness and efficiency. EffectivenessDid the task goal get accomplished? Effectiveness reflects whether the intended outcome...

Research is Speed Bump – Not a Roadmap I view research as cultivating the capacity to maneuver through clinical practice with skeptical inquiry and confident humility—rather than meandering with gullible conjecture. It doesn’t give...

Refining the Lens In the movement professions, there’s a prevailing emphasis on viewing the human organism through a holistic lens—one that acknowledges the emergent nature of clinical presentations, and their foundation in a confluence...

The Recipe for Resilience When injury strikes, our movement landscape shrinks. The once-fluid options we had—the ways we cut, land, decelerate, or change direction—narrow into cautious, limited paths. That’s where constraints come in. Think...

“Why is so and so not as sore, fatigued, or worn down as me?” It’s a common question in sport. Every athlete pays a unique currency to cover the cost of the game. That...