Posts in "Hip/Lower Abdominal Injuries"

Training Around Hip Pain for Hockey

Hip pain is exceedingly common in hockey players. Due to the repetitive nature of the skating motion, every player – even the “healthy” ones – flirts with some sort of overuse or under-recovery of their hip musculature over the course of a season. Click here to read: How To Train Around Hip Pain for Hockey… Read more

Posted by Kevin Neeld May 23, 2019
Category Hip/Lower Abdominal Injuries, Hockey Testing

Hockey Training Interview

Emily and I leave for Italy on Wednesday for 10 days, but before we leave I wanted to let you know that Joe Heiler recently released the interview we did as part of his 2016 Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar. In the interview, we discussed a lot about the evolution of my training philosophy… Read more

Posted by Kevin Neeld May 16, 2016
Category Hip/Lower Abdominal Injuries, Off-Ice Hockey Training

Hockey Hip Injury Prevention Project

A while back I consulted with the Foundation for Goalie Research and Education on their Hockey Hip Injury Prevention Project. FGRE is an organization that I was introduced to by Molly Schaus, long-time member of USA Hockey’s Women’s National Team. The goal for this particular project was to help create a simple, equipment-free warm-up that… Read more

Posted by Kevin Neeld Oct 29, 2015
Category Hip/Lower Abdominal Injuries

PRI, CrossFit, and Stability

This seems to be the theme in the introductions of my writing this year, but the last few months have been a whirlwind. As we were wrapping up another busy Summer, I left for two weeks to work at the pre-season camp for USA Hockey’s Women’s National Team, came home Sunday night, then we had… Read more

Posted by Kevin Neeld Sep 05, 2015
Category Hip/Lower Abdominal Injuries, Recovery

3 Rolling Exercises You Should Be Doing

As a final reminder my 4th of July Sale ends Friday. Check out the links below if you’re interested in saving some loot: Ultimate Hockey Training ($35.95 $19.95) Ultimate Hockey Transformation (Pro: $147 $77 Elite: $117 $57) Optimizing Movement ($97 $47) 3 Rolling Exercises You Should Be Doing *Several of the videos in this articles… Read more

Posted by Kevin Neeld Jul 08, 2015
Category Hip/Lower Abdominal Injuries, Stretching

Kevin Neeld Knows Hockey

Kevin has rapidly established himself as a leader in the field of physical preparation and sports science for ice hockey. He is currently the Head Performance Coach for the Boston Bruins, where he oversees all aspects of designing and implementing the team’s performance training program, as well as monitoring the players’ performance, workload and recovery. Prior to Boston, Kevin spent 2 years as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the San Jose Sharks after serving as the Director of Performance at Endeavor Sports Performance in Pitman, NJ. He also spent 5 years as a Strength and Conditioning Coach with USA Hockey’s Women’s Olympic Hockey Team, and has been an invited speaker at conferences hosted by the NHL, NSCA, and USA Hockey.