By Chantal Bouchard Dealing with injuries as a competitive CrossFit athlete is not easy. In 2018, I injured my right shoulder while doing a ring muscle up. I didn’t seek help right away, believing that time would heal everything. This was the worst decision I could...

Who is Black Ice Roundnet? The Black Ice roundnet team consists of 2 athletes, me, Jordi Vigna, and Frede Crete.  Frede and I have been playing roundnet for about 3-5 years now and playing competitively for 3 of them. We both grew up playing many sports and loved...

Taping for Chronic Equine Scars by Margot Anderson The ability to use RockTape to change the quality/appearance of chronic equine scars is intriguing and exciting! Throughout this blog I will show examples of effective scar taping and finally I will detail how to...

Chantal Bouchard is a full-time Social Worker in the Child Protection Field. After retiring as a national badminton player, she discovered a passion for Crossfit. Chantal quickly qualified top 20 in Canada at the 2017 Crossfit Open. After competing at the Crossfit...

Iain is a Physical Therapist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a self proclaimed hater of the cold, so much so that his body developed a literal allergy, which begs the question, why does he live in a place that’s cold for 6 months of the year? The answer?...

Meet Margot! by Margot Anderson Hi! My name is Margot Anderson. Over the next few months I will share several blogs with you detailing how RockTape can be used on Equine. I am excited to share these incredible results with you in real time. Just a bit about me, I...

One factor that is relatively consistent among top athletes is their constant desire to improve their sports performance. Additionally, when this performance is hindered in any way, it can have a dramatic impact. This is something Dr. Steven W. Whitelaw, DC, CCSP, has...

Last month, we debuted the first of several monthly installments that showcase our Functional Movement Techniques curriculum. Blades, Pods and Tape started it all; if there’s a tool to learn, we’ll show you the ropes. RockTape isn’t all tools and tape, however -- for...

When it comes to applying kinesiology tape, we've always said to tape movement; not muscles. This philosophy applies to every patient and/or athlete ever to adorn themselves in that colorful sticky goodness — regardless of your fitness level, you have the potential to...

We all want to see growth in our professional and personal lives. When it comes to success in our industry, there is one of those age-old quotes that quickly comes to mind... ”Itʼs not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know…” Ten years into my career as an athletic trainer,...