Hi Gang,
I have been interested in learning more and more about femoroacetabular hip impingement (FAIS) in hockey goalies and the more I talk about it the more I am amazed at how many goalies play with pain in the front of their hip and think it is normal. It is not normal and here is a little self evaluation that I got from Sean Skahan and Kevin Neeld over at HockeyStrengthandConditioning.com – I am a contributor to the site and this is my link, so if you decide to join I do earn a couple bucks of commission, just so you know.
Check out the video to learn more about what causes hip impingement in hockey goalies and then take the self evaluation.
Cheers,
Maria
PS – looking for the best online resource for hockey coaches who want to learn more about training? You will find it here…
Cool Kevin – was that one reviewed for the research summaries you do? Things here are good – nice and busy – just did the July testing with my junior hockey group and they are all getting bigger, stronger and faster, so all is right with the world right now! Have a great day Kevin!
Cheers,
Maria
PS – gang if you want to read some more great hockey training info head over to Kevin’s site at http://www.kevinneeld.com – he is a smart guy!
Hey Maria,
I recently came across a study looking into difference in squat performance between individuals with and without FAI (Lamontagne et al, 2009). The study found that FAI patients had significantly less sagittal plane hip ROM and a decreased squatting ROM. Of course, we already knew that, but nothing is official until research supports it, right? Hope all is well!
-Kevin