The shoulder is one of the most commonly injured areas of the body in the sport of powerlifting. Modifications can be made so you can continue to powerlift while you rehabilitate your shoulder injury.

In order to protect yourself from shoulder pain or injury in powerlifting, it’s important to have good bar placement, grip width, and shoulder position. This optimizes force production while minimizing extraneous forces on the shoulder.

Chiropractic adjustments are often used for the treatment of neck pain and headaches. However, there is an increasing awareness that cervical spine manipulation may not be safe, therefore it’s important to know the risks, benefits, and alternatives when determining if cervical spine adjustments are best for you.

In a perfect world, you should pull all the slack out of the bar and body system in the deadlift set up. But if you’re making one of these three biggest deadlift set-up errors, here is how to fix them!

Neck tweaks and dizziness can sometimes occur with barbell training and powerlifting. So if you’ve ever wondered why you get dizzy when you lift heavy, why you tweaked your neck from the overhead press, where you should look when you squat, etc., you should understand that your eye gaze and neck position is very important when you lift heavy.

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

How you position your gaze and maintain your neck position when you lift is important. Your body’s balance responds to your neck and eye position so when you are barbell training, it’s important to keep your neck still and your eyes fixed to one point.

After a major accident that cost him his leg, Bruce Trout realized strength training saved his life and continues to inspire people to barbell strength train despite the odds, as if their life depends on it.

Is your ankle mobility affecting your squat depth and should you address it before getting under the barbell? The internet has been raging about ankle mobility being a major cause of squat depth issues for the last few years. But we’ll argue that your ankle mobility isn’t affecting your squat.

What lifting shoe is right for me? Here are 5 things you need to consider when choosing the weightlifting shoe that is right for you!

Tearing your Achilles tendon is a major injury that may require surgery. While some people can recover from an Achilles rupture without surgery, some will require surgery in order to return to highly ballistic and plyometric sports like gymnastics and olympic weightlifting.

Foot and ankle injuries directly caused by powerlifting are extremely rare. However, in most cases, barbell training can and should be uninterrupted due to a foot or ankle injury.

Do you need to have surgery for a torn Achilles tendon? Surgery is not the only answer and it’s possible to return to powerlifting and hit PRs if you work hard and barbell train during the rehabilitation process.

Can powerlift with pelvic floor or core dysfunction? YES! Here are our best pieces of advice for managing incontinence, prolapse, hernias, and diastasis recti in barbell training and powerlifting.

Should you fix your ankle mobility to squat better? Do you need orthotics when lifting weights? Why are weightlifting shoes important for powerlifting? Understanding how the foot and ankle function in barbell training helps answer these questions.

Can powerlift with pelvic floor or core dysfunction? YES! Here are our best pieces of advice for managing incontinence, prolapse, hernias, and diastasis recti in barbell training and powerlifting.

Many women experience postpartum complications and do not consider that there is anything to do about it but it’s not normal and should not be expected to be that way forever. Initiating physical therapy early on can help women return to powerlifting postpartum.

In this episode of the PRS Podcast, Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC sits down with the PRS Pelvic Health Specialist, Dr. Breanne Maruca, PT, PRSCC, CLT, WCS to discuss the relationship between the pelvic floor, core strength, hip, and even back issues.

Should you do Kegels if you pee when you powerlift? The answer is, it depends and here’s why!

Can I powerlift with a prolapse?” or “Do I need surgery if I have a prolapse?” - The answers are YES and Not necessarily!

Pelvic floor dysfunction is extremely common in all genders but it is most definitely not normal! You should not ignore or allow pelvic floor symptoms to continue but you also don’t have to stop barbell training.

The core and pelvic floor are often forgotten areas of the body when it comes to addressing injuries and issues in powerlifting. This area of the body is not visible and symptoms associated with dysfunction of the inner core and pelvic floor can present themselves as poor training progress or injuries in the back or limb before a direct issue presents itself.

If you consider yourself an intermediate or advanced powerlifter, at some point in your barbell training journey, you may become a novice again. This is something called “The Repeat Novice Effect” and occurs when you’ve experienced an extended break in training.

You want to get stronger without getting injured? Here we discuss monitoring and adjusting your program to avoid setbacks as well as technique elements, equipment, warming up, and recovery that support your training success.

Looking for the best way to perform or coach the “Big 5” Barbell Lifts? Look no further! Here we talk about what good technique is, why it’s important to have a movement model, and the foundations of the barbell lifts to help you on your strength training journey.

Is Rating of Perceived Exertion in barbell training BAD? Dr. Rori Alter & her PRS Podcast co-host discuss why they agree with the opinion of critics of RPE and its traditional use in barbell training sports.