Athletic Training Institute

04/03/2021

HUGE shoutout to long-term client Matt Boyd!

DETROIT -- Matthew Boyd brought a wrestling belt into the postgame Zoom room with him. It was a gift from new Tigers reliever Derek Holland, given out to the players of the game. Boyd hadn’t won a heavyweight title, but the Tigers had beaten a nemesis. “Cool team stuff, cool

03/22/2021

Go check out this AWESOME interview with our client James Paxton!! Take a look into the upcoming Mariners season as well as his time training with us at Athletic Training Institute. Go Mariners!

The lefty gave up a run on two hits and struck out eight in his first official start of spring after clearing up some work visa issues.

03/03/2021

Check out this awesome video to get some great information on what we do here at ATI. MAT is the core of our training and process so watch below to find out more!

Within the MAT Hierarchy, the most important thing we look for is Muscle Tightness:"Muscle Tightness is Muscle Weakness."For the reasons why muscle dysfuncti...

02/22/2021

Client Jake Lamb joins the Atlanta Braves as he continues his MLB career as a corner infielder. Keep working hard Jake, the ATI family cannot wait to see your hard work from training pay off on the field 💪🏻

The Atlanta Braves signing of a left-handed hitting corner infielder with 30-home run pop fills a void on the bench... if he does something he hasn’t don...

02/19/2021

Big congrats to long-term client James Paxton for returning to the Emerald City to pitch for the Seattle Mariners. We were happy to host you last November and we are so proud of your hard work and dedication to the game. Can’t wait to see you pitching again at T-Mobile Park this upcoming spring. Congrats!

01/26/2021

it’s time to get STRONGER

our client demonstrates a single leg hamstring curl. His training is preparing him to be quicker and more resistant on the ice as a hockey goalie! He is ready to take the rink with more POWER 🥅🏒

What is your favorite leg workout?

01/06/2021

Working at ATI and receiving MAT has been life changing for MLB Pitcher, Dylan Davis. Special thanks to our long-term client and we can’t wait to see you on the field! ⚾️💪🏻

01/03/2021

University of Washington Pitcher, Jack Enger, is heading into his senior season with high potential of being drafted this season. So proud of our client of 2 years who has worked with Kirk Bradshaw to train and prepare for the upcoming season. UW’s season starts February 19th against Santa Clara and we can’t wait to see his hard work and dedication pay off. Congrats Jack!

The former walk-on emerged as one of the team's top starters last season and likely would have turned pro by now had it not been for the pandemic.

12/22/2020

What is Intra-Abdominal Pressure (IAP)?

IAP is based on the principles of developmental kinesiology developed by Dr. Pavel Kolar in the Czech Republic.

He calls this method Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, or DNS. Using this method he started comparing specific movements and positions of adolescents and adults with musculoskeletal dysfunction to normally developing infants on the 1st year of life. He started noticing many of us loose these optimal movement patterns.
One area I like to start at is the “core”. To me it is the foundation of everything. If your house doesn’t have a solid foundation it will eventually collapse. To improve the ability to get the core working this first video is one method I like to use to teach IAP. The Contralateral support pattern really helps those struggling to get the posterolateral wall.
Want to get more inferior abdominal wall (belt/waist line of pants), try adding isometric resistance into hip flexion of the opposite leg. This is resisting the phasic function of the hip.
Let me know what you think! Drop a comment below or shoot me a DM. I’ll follow up in a few days about how I start to incorporate IAP with basic movement patterns like rolling. This has helped previous patients with mid-scapular pain lifting a heavy laundry basket up off the ground?

12/19/2020

How is Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) changing the world of physical preparation for baseball players?

Take a listen to coach Kirk Bradshaw, founder of ATI, discuss his experience training with athletes on the podcast Ahead of the Cure, with Jonathan Gehar.

Today we have on Athletic Training Institute founder Kirk Bradshaw. ATI works with athletes and individuals who aspire to be athletic to develop and maintain...

12/14/2020

Happy movin’ Monday from ATI🏃🏽
Coach Alex shows us a marching plank, a great exercise for working on shoulder and scapular stability. It can further help with proper core activity, breathing, elongated spine positioning, and controlled hip extension.
How did you get movin’ this past weekend? 💪🏻