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Energy is kind of the most important thing in the human body. Humans are like big, giant electric cars, and we have to constantly charge our batteries (ATP) by eating, drinking water, getting sun, and sleeping (some argue social connection does this as well). If we don’t charge our batteries, we die. The process by […]

Your 2026 Goals Need A Strategy (Not Vibes) By Johnny B (Ms, CFL3, LMT) Every January the entire health, wellness and fitness industries see this patten in humans. Motivation spikes -> Goals get set -> Gym memberships get bought -> Diet plans get made -> January’s get dried out ->  And then… life happens. By this very weekend […]

2026: The Year Your Body Doesn’t Break By Coach Johnny B (Ms, CFL3, LMT)   In 2018, I started the business that is now known as Atlanta Sports Recovery. Initially, I called the company The Fix. My vision was to create a mechanic’s shop for the human body, a place that fixed broken humans. Unfortunately, […]

How Neuromuscular Therapy Reduces Pain & Increases Range of Motion By Coach Johnny B (Ms, CFL3, LMT) When you’re dealing with pain, tightness, or simply feeling like you can’t move a certain way without getting stuck, it’s rarely just one muscle causing trouble. More often, it’s a chain of tension, compensations, and neuromuscular guarding (the […]

Why Sports Physical Therapy at ASR Is Built Different When you’re an athlete, pain doesn’t just hurt—it threatens your routine, your goals, and your identity. That’s exactly why Sports Physical Therapy at Atlanta Sports Recovery was designed to be nothing like traditional PT. No cookie-cutter exercise sheets. No “three sets of clamshells and call us […]

Our Top 6 Exercises for Shoulder Impingement Relief   Dealing with pinchy shoulder is the WORST! Especially if you enjoy overhead activities like swimming, tennis, golf, CrossFit, combat sports, or even cycling and running. One of the most common injuries we see that causes shoulder pain is a subacromial (external) impingement (pinch when you lift […]

Thresholds, Heart Rate, and the Keys To Training Longevity By Coach Johnny B (Ms, CFL3, LMT) Six years ago, I started training for triathlons. I was also training CrossFit six days a week (which are high-intensity interval workouts with heavy ass weights). When I started training for triathlons, my belief, based on the work of […]

Why Shockwave Therapy Might Be the Most Badass Tool in Sports Medicine By Coach Johnny B (Ms, CFL3, LMT) If you have been treated by one of the sports medicine staff at ASR, you have experienced the delightful deep ache created by the tick tick tick from one of our shockwave machines. If you haven’t […]

How Allostatic Load Wrecks Recovery — and How to Reverse It By Coach Johnny B (Ms, CFL3, LMT) According to the CDC and the National Health Interview Survey, 86% of Americans experience musculoskeletal pain each year. Still, of those people, less than 7% of that group have pain that is due to trauma (i.e., a […]

The 3 Minute Lower Body Mobility Test Every Athlete Should Do By Coach Johnny B (Ms, CFL3, LMT)   This week, I’m continuing my series on assessing your mobility to prevent injuries. Last week, we covered the upper extremities, and this week, we are moving downstream to the hips, knees, ankles, and everything in between. […]