Peter Nelson

Back in May I announced the triumphant return of the IHP boys to the interwebs with a post on the pathophysiology and treatment of concussions.  Those who follow us will have noticed that I have been radio silent […]

SUP PEEPS?!?  It’s been quite a long time since I last posted, and I must say I have dearly missed you all.  I’m not, however, going to bore you with a soliloquy about the details of my life or a hilariously w […]

Allow me to reintroduce myself: my name is HOV Peter, and it has been quite some time since I last posted.  I’m constantly hoping that that’ll change and that I’ll be able to post more frequently, but it seems t […]

We here at Integrative Human Performance pride ourselves on breaking the mold.  As such, we decided that rather than participate in the December barrage of “year in review” blogs, we’d do ours in March.  Why?  B […]

This past week I was fortunate enough to give a presentation for the awesome staff and interns at Athletic Evolution in Woburn, MA on optimizing the health and performance of connective tissue.  For those of you […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

Over the last week or so I’ve seen some interesting discussion and debate on the relationship between posture and pain, and the role that methodologies such as PRI have in correcting/treating them.  This discourse […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

I’m interrupting my regularly scheduled reading time and whatever it is that you were doing today to bring you the latest (and only) edition of our most popular (and only) game show: Two Research Papers and a […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

Warmup/Cooldown (done 3 times daily)

1. All Four Belly Lift: 2 sets of 5 breaths

2. 90/90 Hip Lift with Passive FA IR: 2 sets of 5 breaths (do off bench/ledge, not against wall)

3. Supine Hemi Extension […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

Soft Tissue Work

-bottom of feet (lacrosse ball)

-calves (lacrosse ball)

-glutes (lacrosse ball)

-quads (foam roller)

-inside of thigh/adductors (foam roller and/or med ball)

-outside of thigh/IT […]

Author’s Note: This is the third installment in an ongoing series meant to introduce the Postural Restoration Institute and the concepts that it teaches, as well as how to integrate them into training and rehab. […]

President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address was all over the news and social media this past week. While I did not watch his speech in its entirety, it did get me thinking that, due to our prolonged […]

Warmup

All Four Belly Lift Reach: 2 sets of 5 breaths
90/90 Hip Lift with Right Arm Overhead: 2 sets of 5 breaths
Right Sidelying Supported Left Glute Med: 1 set of 5 breaths
Half-Kneeling Rectus Femoris […]