Athlete Update: Rachel Vienneau-Leblanc

Last week, Canadians Newest IFFB Figure Professional travelled from Moncton, NewBruinswick to Burlington Ontario to recieve treatment as she heads into a big year as being a Pro Figure Athlete.

Rachel Vienneau-Leblance (http://www.rachelvienneauleblanc.com/) competed at the 2010 Natural Nationals in Lavalle Quebec last April where she came first in her category which granted her Pro Status.

Prior to Rachel flying down for the week, we spent many hours going back and fourth discussing rehabilitation protocols, goals, and what is going on with Rachel to make sure that she has a great 2010/2011 season injury free.

During her stay in Southern Ontario, Rachel went through 5 Rehabilitation Treatments over a period of 4 days. In between treatments, Rachel Spent time with the one and only Mindi O'Brien of Team O'Brien Fitness (http://www.mindiobrien.com/) and had 3 gruelling workouts - I couldn't even watch 2 of them!

Rachel responded phemonially to our treamtents and we are continuously working with her Athletic Therapist and Chiropractors in Eastern Canada. Her goal is to compete in the Arnolds 2011. Can't wait to see her up there and rock it!

Keep posted from a video diary feature IFBB Fitness Guru Mindi O'Brien, IFFB Figure Rachel Vienneau-Leblanc, and Myself. It will feature treatments, workouts, and Interview while Rachel was in town.

Also, Check out her Website: http://www.rachelvienneauleblanc.com/

Now Availible at Dynamic Health Care Clinic: Shock Therapy

Now availible at the Dynamic Health Care clinic in Burlington, Ontario is Shock Wave Therapy. SHock Wave Therapy or SWT has been around for decades but not until recenlty it has been marketed mainstream by health care practitioners to athletes.

Shockwavce therapy devices are the latest tool that are beeing taken out of professional locker rooms and used by weekend warriors and amateur level athletes.

Electrical stimulation essentially works by tricking the body. To get muscles to contract in an ordinary situation, the brain sends an electrical signal to the appropriate nerves, which then stimulate the muscle fiber.



As people age, however, certain neural pathways become predominant. When the brain sends a signal, the same fibers get tickled; the muscles that get ignored begin to atrophy.

Your body is very efficient. Why should it conserve something that it isn't using

An ordinary person who doesn't work out much uses around 35 percent of their muscle mass, while someone who works out somewhat frequently can boost that number to closer to 50 percent, he said. Body builders might use 80 percent to 85 percent.

To excite those dormant fibers, the Sport sends a signal directly to the nerves via electrodes attached to your leg, bypassing the brain all together. It stimulates as many fibers as possible, not just the ones the nerve customarily excites. When the current begins to flow, your muscles immediately jump into a hard mound.

At BP and Dynamic, we also perform Myofascial techniques to further improve the process.


We can recruit up to 99 percent of your muscle fiber. That stimulated muscle tissue is then more receptive to signals from your brain the next time you run or bike in the real world

Despite being painful and awkward feeling at times, the treatment process has show to reduce injuries and additionally builds up muscle tissue and can take pressure of bones and joints.

Through Bogar Performance and Dynamic Training & Rehabilitation, Adam has developed a unique version of SWT that is catered towards power and size athletes.

At BP, we currenlty combine our Myofascial Techniques, SMFR, and NMA in conjunction with Shock Wave Therapy. This route gives the tissue for fascial system to allow new growth, more nutrition, and movement between tissues.

In my niche which is bodybuilding, we are currently performing this type of therapy prior to an athlete hitting the stage. It will increase vascularization, decrease any adhesions that may been created during the final week of preparation and overall, helpo the athelete look better.

Check this blog over the upcoming weekend for Video of this form of Therapy.


More information: bogarperformance@gmail.com


Yours in Health & Fitness,


Adam

Bogar Performance with Jodi Boam - 12 Weeks Out!

Bogar Performance is one of the leading alternative health care treatment systems for athletes. Adam has designed a unique program that can help athletes prevent injuries, become stronger, bigger, and be at the top of their own game.

We will be launching a huge new interactive site and online store. In the next coming weeks, we are going to take all of our readers "behind the scenes" with what our treatment system is like by letting our treatments be filmed and published online.

Our first athlete that we are showing you is Jodi Boam. Jodi is currently 12 weeks out of the Canadian Nationals 2010 held in Toronto Ontario. Jodu is really excitted to compete this year and to get up on stage and rock it. Jodi is working with Eric, from TruBody Fitness.

From a rehab stand point, we are fixing from unresolved issues Jodi has had in the past from Gymnastics, and using preventative therapy so she can have safe and effective training right up until the show!

Enjoy the video! - By the way, I trried to edit this video myself, first one out.

What is the perfect athlete?

What is the perfect athlete?

At Dynamic Training & Rehabilitation and through our Bogar Performance program we see a TON of atheletes.  Not just weekend warriors but extreme and hardcore athletes; from Professional Bodybuilders, Powerlifters, Hockey Players, and some extreme sports like Nascar Racing and Rock Climbing, we treat well over 100 athletes on a weekly basis.

Each athlete comes into our facility with the same goal in mind, to be injury free and with the vision of being the best athlete possible.

So, how do you help an athlete become the best? You unlock the potential to gain muscular endurance, strength, and in my opinion, the most important key is to be mechanical efficent and injury free.  Its amazing that one small injury can lead to any athletes downfall, no matter how mentally strong they are.  Being injury free allows for every muscle, tendon and ligament to work as hard as possible leading to amazing results, including major muscle strength and gains.

At BP and DT&R, we follow many Manual Osteopathic Princples and treatment methods to achieve our goal. When an athlete walks into my room, I make sure there are no adhesions and blockages that will prevent stimulation to peripheral tissue.  By doing this, I can make sure my treatments are effective and you will see results immediately.

I will also asses for fascial adhesions and glide, and arterial flow to different tissues. Our tissue needs proper nutrition and flow to repair.

So how do you become the perfect athlete?

Send an answer to me via email and can win free assesment!

info@dynamictraining.ca

Why do I recomend all my athletes/patients use Arnica Tablets?

I am a big believer that therapy and rehab is up to 50% nutrition. We need to heal ourselves from the outside in, and inside out. Our bodies need to be able to accept the change that we are bringing into it.

Recomend supplements and nutritional componants that help with treatment is fish oil, antioxidents and flavonoids, grape seed extract, and lean protein sources.

There is one supplement I recomend everyone of my high endurance athletes take on a daily basis and that is ARNICA TABLETS. If you are one of the many athletes that work with me on a treatment base, than you know the multitude of benefits this product has.

Arnica is made from a yellow daisy-like flower. Arnica has many uses both for internal and external application. For a therapeutic base, we use arnica to control swelling, manage pain, alleviating acute strains and sprains, control scar tissue formation, and decrease bruising after deep tissue and fascial work.

How Does it  work? - arnica stimulates white blood cell activity, which leads into dispurtion of congested blood and trapped fluids from muscles and joints. It also has an anti-bacterial componant.

Arnica is used widely in my practice and within our athletes to help take them to the next level of therapy and performance. We use arnica in conjuction with Foam Rolling and activation dills prior to excercise to alleviate pain, and decrease muscular adhesions.

This is an educational blog. Consult your Health Care Practitioner before before starting any nutritional or therapeutic program.

Alternative Therapies and Muscle Growth: SMFR

If you are reading this blog, you will know of my niche of helping ahtletes perform better and pain free through alternative health care. Focusing on soft tissue work, and an efficent body, we can unlock adhesions allowing strentgh athletes become stronger! At BP, we have an online therapy program that allows athletes from all over the world become exposed to these results. The purpose of this blog is to show how our techniques of SMFR can stimulate muscle growth.

I get the question every day: "how can a therapist or doctor increase muscle growth?"

Simple! - unlocking tissue adhesions in myofascial meridians.

Fascia is a type of tissue found in the body that surrounds every bone, muscle, organ the body. We have general and specific fascial chains. Here, we are focused on the general fascia that surrounds or muscle tissue.

If we have a piece of scar tissue or adhesion the fascia or between the fascia and muscle, the muscle will recieve less stimuli, poor vasular or nutrition, and will create friction, this causing ain and dysfunction.

Utilizing techniques like Graston, SAST, Active Release and foam rolling can break down these adhesions and create a smooth glide between tissues, proper stimuli, bllod flow and lymphatics to the tissue.

Keep posted to this blog and learn more on how alterntive therapy can imporve your perform and decrease pain.



You asked and here it comes:

As of this past week, Eric Daye from TRUBBody Fitness  and myself are putting together a SMFR and Activation series on DVD and online with pictures to help athletes do prep work and therapy correctly. Keep posted for this new series to be released.


SMFR - Self Myofascial Release

MD Tv: The proccess of rehabing a professional bodybuilder

Last week, Rob Durand from Muscular Development magazine trecked from Newyork to toronto to cath the behind the scenes of a professional bodybuilder.

Part of the film was the rehab process of Professional Body Builder and Canadian Champion Fouad Abiad. Our goal during the rehab session is to break down fascial adhesions, facilitate muscle, and to help with nutrition.

Click below to watch the full video:

http://mdtv.musculardevelopment.com/lifestyle/2917-sacrfice-without-regret-fouad-abiad-rehab-.html