Prehab and Rehab Articles

Warming Up: Learn the ins and outs of the perfect warm-up with Your Warm-up Doesn’t Need to Be That Complicated

Soreness and Doms: Some lifters relish the pain of DOMS (or delayed onset muscle soreness) as an indicator of success, but is that really the case? Start with The Science of Sore – DOMS explained

Lift Safely: Despite advancements in the scientific, medical, and athletic communities, rates of muscle strains have remained largely unchanged over the last 30 years. Learn How to Prevent Muscle Strains with this article.

June 8, 2020 By Jason Eure

Risks of Returning to Training

After a forced layoff, everyone is excited to get back in the gym and “make up for lost time.” But are we at a greater risk of injury when returning after a period of time off? Doctor of…

February 17, 2020 By Andrew Patton

What Factors Influence Injury Risk in Powerlifters? (Injury series, Part 3)

In Part 3 of the series of articles based on our yearlong injury study, we’ll be digging further into the data, and examining how the factors that may contribute to injury risk interact.

June 15, 2019 By Andrew Patton

Injuries in Powerlifting: Basic Results

This is part 2 of our series of articles based on a yearlong injury study we (semi) recently concluded. In the first analytical look at the injury study data, we will be focusing on whether the people who…

December 18, 2018 By Andrew Patton

Injuries in Powerlifting: Background and Overview

We recently completed a yearlong study assessing factors contributing to injury risk in powerlifters. This article is the first in a series detailing our results.

August 22, 2018 By Sam Spinelli

Should You Fear Lumbar Flexion?

This article is a complete guide to lumbar flexion in lifting. We’ll cover neutral vs. flexion, research on how dangerous (or not) flexion really is, and how to educate your clients on safe practices.

April 19, 2018 By The MASS Team

Strength and Physique Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Master List

Due to the significance of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, we’ve put together a list and short take-home message of many recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses so you can cut straight to the chase of the results.

September 5, 2017 By Andrew Patton

What I Learned About Injury Rates from Surveying 1,900 Powerlifters

The most surprising finding of this analysis was that no training variable meaningfully predicted injury risk, including weekly training volume, per-lift training frequency, or proportion of training with loads in excess of 85% of 1RM.

June 29, 2017 By Jason Eure

Training with Biceps Tendinopathy

Key Points Direct tensile loading of the biceps tendon is relatively minimal within the major powerlifting movements. Excessive stress, leading to biceps tendinopathy, is probably due to compression of the tendon against the surrounding soft tissue and bony…

January 14, 2017 By Jason Eure

Squatting with Patellar Tendinopathy

Trying to squat with achy knees can be tricky – you don’t want to lose too much strength, but you want to the problem to go away. Here’s what you need to do

August 11, 2016 By Jesse Irizarry

Your Warm-up Doesn’t Need to Be That Complicated

I’ve examined just about every warm-up imaginable. Here’s what you need to know about some of the popular methods out there.

April 20, 2016 By Brandon Roberts

The Science of Sore – DOMS explained

Some lifters relish the pain of DOMS (or delayed onset muscle soreness) as an indicator of success, but is that really the case?

September 17, 2015 By Travis Pollen

How to Prevent Muscle Strains

Key points A muscle strain occurs when the strain energy the muscle is forced to absorb exceeds the strength of the tissue. Two-joint muscles are more susceptible to muscle strains, and nothing increases your likelihood of a strain more…