Is Your Box Too Small
April 25, 2012
Recently I wrote a fairly well received article I titled There is a Reason There is a Box. The premise of the article was that “out of the box” thinking is running out of control and that we need to make sure that we are “masters of the box” before we begin to think outside the box.
A recent conversation with my friend Dan Dyrek DPT added yet another thought to the process.
2011 Year in Review
December 27, 2011
Everybody else is doing it so I guess I might as well, too! I’ve had the blog going now for about 7 months and I’ve had some posts that have seen a lot of activity. I’m going to highlight the top 10 posts of the year.
Number one is a given here as it was BY FAR the most popular post that I made in 2011. It was titled “Ten Reasons Your School Needs an Athletic Trainer.” To show how popular it was, it had over ¼ of the total page views! Read the rest of this entry »
Thank You; Moving On and Moving Up
December 27, 2011
I want to thank all of you have read my blog over the last several months. Since June of this year, I have tried to provide insights to fitness and athletic training from the viewpoint of a Certified Athletic Trainer. Over the next year, I hope to continue to do just and continue to improve the blog. I have enjoyed reading the comments and would love more feedback! Read the rest of this entry »
November Features
November 1, 2011
The month of November means that my schedule will slow down a little bit. Football season is over and really most high school sports are idle at the moment. Cross Country and Volleyball do run into the beginning of the month a little and basketball will be starting up shortly, but no games until after Thanksgiving for me.
Features for the Month:
–Board of Certification Exam
–Cardio Equipment: Ellipticals
–Low Back Injuries
–Health Education
–Physical Education in America
Pink Out
October 4, 2011
It’s October and if you’ve turned on football you have likely seen the pink. The NFL has turned it on strong this weekend with all of their pink apparel, tape, and towels. My alma mater, Southeast Missouri State, is also participating in two separate but related campaigns. Several years ago the Southeast volleyball team hooked up with Saint Francis Medical Center out of Cape Girardeau, MO for a “Dig For Life” campaign. As a part of this campaign, the Redhawks accept donations from fans and supporters based on the number of “digs” recorded at home volleyball matches throughout the month of October.
Last year, other teams at SEMO joined the fight in what has become “Pink Up Cape.” The women’s soccer team kicked off the month on Sunday
with a win over SIUe sporting pink jerseys. You can be sure the Redhawks volleyball team will be sporting their pink tonight as they face the Eastern Illinois Panthers in their own “Pink Up” game.
Check out Dig for Life!
Also, here is a video from Saint Francis Medical Center’s
“Pink Parade”
And remember donate to the various organizations that
support breast cancer patients and survivors. We will beat this disease and
keep fighting!
Upcoming Features
October 1, 2011
Earlier this week I recapped the first 100 posts. I hope to reach 200 faster than I reached 100, but it’s important to me that my blog posts are meaningful and not just throwing information out there. Hopefully the quality keeps up with the quantity. Coming up in the month of October I have some things that are important to me. Please check them out and let me know what you think! Also, I’d appreciate if you’d let me know what you’d like to see here too.
Breast Cancer Awareness
Athletic Training Education
Football Helmets
Cardio Equipment: AirDyne
Be sure to check back often as I keep posting some new stuff! I try to post 3-4 times a week and keep things new. Let me know what you think!
Recapping the First 100
September 27, 2011
Wow! Post #100 today and I can’t believe we’ve made it this far already! Hopefully you’ve found my posts interesting and useful. I’m sure there’s been a few that have seemed rather boring or vague. Hopefully there has also been plenty of good stuff here too! I’m going to highlight a few of my favorites and the ones I think were some of the best in my first 100 posts.
Time to Get Back At It
September 11, 2011
So I’ve slacked off over the last week or two and haven’t kept up with my blog very well. I hope to correct that this week and get back on track! This week you can expect to see posts in the Exercise of the Week, Going to Rehab, and Research topics. I’ll see what else I get around to and hopefully get a couple more posts up! Please let me know what you think!
Chris Hebel
June 19, 2011
People talk about enjoying high school because it’s the best time of your lives. They say to enjoy your senior year because you only get one. Well, not everybody gets a senior year of high school. Not everyone gets to be a senior senior football player.
I had a teammate who missed his senior football season not because of grades, or an injury. Chris was on his way to football practice that June morning like many mornings before and summers before. 7:30 weights and conditioning Monday, Wednesday, Friday every week, every summer. June 19, 2006 my teammates lives, my coach’s lives, my classmates’ lives, and Chris and his family’s lives were changed forever. He fell asleep at the wheel on his way to practice and the minivan he was driving crossed the yellow line into the path of a tractor-trailer. The truck driver did everything he could to avoid the collision even rolling his semi, but the collision was of such force that it is believed Chris was killed on impact. Pictures of the scene showed the engine of the minivan not in its normal spot in the front of the vehicle, but in the back seat. He didn’t stand a
chance.
We found out 2 hours later while we were doing some drills. A school social worker showed up at the practice field and wanted to talk to our
coach. After a brief discussion, our coach told us to pack it up and head back to the weight room. When we got back inside, we were told of the accident.
Waterloo High School, the Class of 2007, and the Waterloo Bulldogs football team honored Chris throughout the 2006-2007 school year. The Bulldogs wore Chris’ #50 on our helmets and Chris was buried wearing his black home jersey. His mother, Cheryl, wore his white #50 throughout the entire season.
The WHS Class of 2007 donated a memorial in the form of a stone that now sits on the grounds of Bulldog Stadium, the new home of the Bulldogs, at the new Waterloo High School. The memorial was dedicated in September, 2010 with a pre-game ceremony and then the Bulldogs went on to defeat the Carbondale Terriers. Chris watched over us in 2006 as we started a new tradition in Bulldog Football and he continues to watch the Bulldogs compete today.
Coach Dan Rose (middle) with Chris Hebel's parents and family.
Chris is missed by many and will be remembered always. #50 holds a special place in our hearts.
Waterloo Bulldogs
June 4, 2011
The Waterloo Bulldogs won a Sectional Championship! The Bulldogs beat the Mt. Vernon Rams 6-4 on a HOT day in Centralia, IL. The Bulldogs move on to play Monday evening at GCS Ballpark in the Super-Sectionals. A win there will send the Bulldogs north to Joliet.
Go Bulldogs!
