Misinformation for prevention

Repetitive stress injuries are treated more often than prevented

I am devastated…

…at the growing amount of misinformation I am becoming more and more aware. Misinformation that pertains to athletics as it does for any other way of life is not beneficial for anyone. In many cases misinformation can be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. In sports often the athlete can be overzealous and take things to the extreme repetitive stress condition. A major misconception in sports can lead to injury. Like stretching will help you to avoid injury. No it will not! If you are overly zealous about stretching it may account for muscle strains and sprains. No one can stretch themselves beyond their current range of motion without assistance or trainer.


In order to begin preventing and even healing repetitive injury we need to dismiss some of the misinformation we have excepted over the years as fact. The idea that muscles could be stretched and relaxed like a rubber band when in fact muscle can’t do much more than contract. Then the act of stretching becomes a joint mobilization routine and may account for joints to be more flexible but will hardly protect the muscle from repetitive stress injury.

50% of the population are already injured and know it!

I didn’t expect this

From 1990 to 2007 I worked with Olympic athletes and got answers from them that I didn’t expect. For instance, ”Why don’t you stretch?“ Answer, “Every time I do, I wind up hurting myself.” Everyone knows those athletes that figure out their repetitive stressors and work continuously to prevent injury make it to the games. Since that time I have been developing a prevention protocol. Focusing on prevention you quickly begin to realize there are only two types of injury: trauma and repetitive stress. No one is immune to repetitive stress so everyone is subject to injury unless they learn to evaluate and treat their injuries pre-clinically. Repetitive stress injuries happen over time and consequently there is a period for treating pre-clinically. Those injuries in beginning stages can be seen as trigger points or anomalous structures that may be palpated. There is little awareness of these structures in the beginning, they are called, “latent” trigger points. When waste material has built up over time, the point becomes active and creates an acute awareness.

85% of the population are already injured and don’t know it!

Moving forward

The Company,” PreventionMedicine,” will employ protocols created by Ron McKnight with over twenty years in Orthopedic Massage, Sports therapy on elite athletes at International venues and his experience driven protocols for prevention. Our focus will concern prevention strategies that encompass the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder or (ECLIPS) protocol or the (CLIPS) protocol for feet and ankles to the knee. 

I’ve seen too many kids injured in sports before they’re even teenagers. I could never make my son play less baseball – he just loves the sport too much – but at least I can help him prevent an overuse injury. Thank you, Ron McKnight, for looking out for young athletes!

— Angela Forsyth —

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