IOL Strength and Conditioning

Preparing the corrective exercise specialist certification suggestions made me realize we also needed a suggested reading list. I put the word out for ideas, which you’ll find below. I think the best place to start is an overview of anatomy and physical movement, because you’ll twist yourself in circles trying to understand all the subtleties of corrective movement before getting confident in the basics.

Forthcoming! Movement: Functional Movement Systems, Screening, Assessment and Corrective Strategies, by Gray Cook—available late July

Mark Roozen:
The Essentials of Strength and Conditioning book, is the most important for CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists). NSCA offers it as study material.

From Sarah Rippel:
Evan Osar’s Form and Function, as well as his hip and shoulder books are awesome!

Mark Snow:
Athletic Body in Balance, by Gray Cook

Shane England:
Functional Movement Screen (FMS) dvd series, especially the backside and shoulder dvds

Laree Draper (yours truly):
I have this odd feeling the foundation of today’s corrective work, the primative patterns and neuro-retraining, rests in the work of Moshe Feldenkrais. I’m not even sure if the practitioners know it.
Jim Caruso:
Magnificent Mobility dvd by Mike Robertson and Eric Cressey

[Edit: That’s a great suggestion to learn about the joint mobility we all need. Another thought to expand on that: Eric and Mike’s Building the Efficient Athlete, an eight-dvd recording of a two-day training.] 

Barbara Outland Baker:
Pain Free and all books by Pete Egoscue to correct what is out of load-bearing alignment.

Eric Beard:
Diagnosis & Treatment of Movement System Impairment Syndromes by Shirley A. Sahrmann. A must have in any fitness, rehabilitation or performance enhancement’s professional’s library.

Laree Draper:
Three I like a lot are Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain, Stephen Anderson, and at little deeper, directed more toward physical therapists, Therapeutic Exercise, Moving toward Function by Hall and Brody and Muscles, Testing and Function by Kendall, McCreary et al will both add a lot to your education. And, of course, Stuart McGill’s Low Back Disorders and Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance are both considered must-reads.

Patrick Ward:

Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques Vol. 1 (upper) and Vol. 2(Lower) by Leon Chaitow and Judith Delany

Eric Beard:
Great one Patrick! Saw Leon Chaitow present in ‘07 he is brilliant and quite a character!

Anthony Carey:
The Malalignment Syndrome: Implications for Medicine and Sport by Wolf Schamberger.

[Edit: For readers interested in fixing their dysfunctions with little desire to learn the ins and outs of corrective exercise, Anthony’s book, The Pain Free Program, is your ticket. Very original, yet still simple — following the unusual exercises in this book could clear up your long-standing problems in a couple of weeks. No kidding.]

Patrick Ward:
The Malalignment Syndrome definitely has some interesting stuff in it.

Mike T Nelson:
Z Health R Phase!

John Izzo:
Dr. Ken Kinakin’s Optimal Muscle Training: The first time I picked up “Optimal Muscle Training” at the book store was the first time I realized muscular imbalances are THAT detrimental to performance.