Clare Webb
Profile: Climber, Skier, Mountain Biker, Moon chaser. Injury: Back Pain. Issue: Hyper-mobility, FOMO. Whatever your ability level, age, gender, or other defining characteristics you may adhere to, training at Ascension will kick [...]
Jon Taplin
Profile: Nurse, snowboarder, too tall. Injury: Back Pain Issue: Tallness I was logging kilometres training for a marathon, doing deadlifts with bad form, and picking patients up from awkward positions. It could [...]
Rob Hopkins
Profile: Snowboarder, Mountain Climber, Whiskey Drinker Injury: Broken Heel Issue: Fragile Bones I stumbled across Ascension a couple years ago when I was looking to get over a plateau in my [...]
Finn Westbury
Profile: Sponsored Snowboarder, Injury: Ruptured PCL Issue: Solid Objects I had numerous winters with 100 plus days on my snowboard without a second thought about what it meant to actually be in [...]
Reflections: Understanding Pain
The best athletes I have ever known adapt to injuries. They train other things. They work on weaknesses and try and figure out why they injured the tissue in the first place. Sure, they do daily work to speed the rate of recovery, but beyond that, they have grace.
Building Active Shoulder Flexibility
Flexibility is an expression of strength in a full range of movement. I have recently been doing a lot of work looking at rebuilding and strengthening my shoulder girdle. It seems that people [...]
(p)Rehab: Stretching the Shoulder Girdle
Passive Stretching after Tissue Releae I commented a while ago on the notion that you need to do some passive stretching after doing soft tissue work on the musculature of the shoulder girdle. [...]
(P)Rehab: Foam Rolling and Point Release
Foam Rolling and Ball Work This one is from the archives. May 15th, 2012. Still relevant now. Soft tissue work at its most basic. This is a quick video that is [...]
Noel Bolso
Profile: Ex moto, rides bikes, goes fast Injury: Ankle, shoulder position Issue: Too fast. I came to Ian looking to improve my functional movements. After a short time I began seeing improvements [...]
Erika Stark
Profile: Power lifter, climber, bad ass. Injury: Back, head. Issue: Stronger than she has yet to realize. Ian's an asshole. He's made me cry and swear and bleed and cry some more. But [...]