Joint injuries and injuries to passive tissues such as ligaments and discs are ever-present in our society today. Whether it is rupturing a meniscus or an ACL or herniating a disc, it seems as if both competitive athletes and weekend warriors alike are commonly plagued by injuries to the passive Read more…
At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, our primary focus is helping people exercise in ways that build their health, strength, and function and are sustainable for their schedule and their life. One of the ways we do this is through a specialty skillset called Muscle Activation Techniques® (hence the name of our Read more…
2018 has been a productive year of writing for us at Muscle Activation Schaumburg, especially when it came to creating content about Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®). Between podcasts and blog posts, we had a lot to say about MAT®. Check out all of our MAT® posts from 2018 below! How Read more…
One of the most common issues we hear about is how stiff and achy people feel after riding on airplanes. The travel during the holiday season, when combined with the additional stress that is often present this time of year, seems to be particularly detrimental to how many people are Read more…
Just the other day I had a client come into Muscle Activation Schaumburg and say, “I knew I was doing Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) to help my muscles work better, but I didn’t realize that my joints would be feeling so much better, too.” This is not an uncommon response Read more…
Welp, it happened – the first big snowfall of the year for the Chicagoland area. Sunday the snow fell by the inches, and sure enough, Monday came around and it had to be moved. The first snowfall of the year is always interesting for us at Muscle Activation Schaumburg. Without Read more…
Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®) is one of the most powerful things you can do to help improve your overall health and function. The goal of MAT® is to assess your body to figure out where you have muscles that aren’t contracting well and then address those muscles to get them Read more…
Greg Roskopf, the developer and CEO of Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®), was recently interviewed on Ben Pakulski’s Muscle Expert Podcast! Greg dives into detail about his history and how he developed MAT® as well as some of the amazing success stories he has seen at his office. If you have Read more…
At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, we see a wide variety of clients for Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®). We see clients who are younger and older, clients who are more physically fit and those who are not, and clients who are highly athletic as well as those whose athleticism may be lacking. But, despite this variety, there is a consistency that we see regarding the differences between our clients who are professional athletes and those who are not.
At Muscle Activation Schaumburg, we generally have three categories of clients that come to see us for Muscle Activation Techniques® (MAT®). The first category we call progressors. These are people who have a health, function, or fitness goal that they are trying to reach and we help progress their body to being able to do so. The second category is called the maintainers. These clients are happy with their current health, function, and fitness and just want to maintain where they are at. They may come in less frequently than the progressor group (every 4-6 weeks) but are very consistent with their muscle system tune-ups.
