An Orthopedic Surgeon finds that the best way to appreciate the Box Squat is to do it!

!N ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON lNDS THAT THE BEST WAY TO APPRECIATE THE BOX SQUAT IS TO DO IT /PPOSITE PAGE "&3 #LINCIAN "OBBY 0OSS SPOTS $R 'REG -OTLEY ON THE BOX SQUAT ,EFT $R -OTLEY ATTENDS TO A PATIENT AT HIS CLINIC !BOVE $ESPITE HAVING TWO DEGENERATED DISKS $R -OTLEY FELT NO PAIN PERFORMING THE BOX SQUAT !

BOUT YEARS AGO WHEN ) WAS IN COLLEGE ) DEVELOPED A WART ON THE TIP OF MY RIGHT INDEX lNGER 4HIS WAS QUITE ANNOYING TO ME AS A JOURNALISM MAJOR BECAUSE IT MADE IT VERY PAINFUL FOR ME TO TYPE THE LETTERS * ( 5 9 AND . %SPECIALLY THE LETTER . 7HEN ) WENT TO A DOCTOR TO HAVE THE WART REMOVED ) DECIDED TO ALSO ASK HIM ABOUT MY ELBOW WHICH ) HAD SLIGHTLY TWEAKED THE PREVIOUS DAY WHEN ONE OF THE BARBELL SLEEVES SLIPPED OFF WHEN ) TRYING TO CLEAN ABOUT POUNDS OBVIOUSLY THIS WASNT A "&3 BAR !FTER HAVING THE WART ON MY INDEX lNGER SCORCHED WITH SOME TYPE OF ACID COCKTAIL ) ASKED THE DOCTOR TO LOOK AT MY ELBOW (E CAREFULLY EXAMINED IT FOUND NOTHING BROKEN OR LOOSE AND THEN ASKED ME ABOUT THE ACCIDENT ) SAID THE INJURY HAD HAPPENED WHEN ) WAS PRACTICING CLEANS (E SAID TO LAY OFF THE EXERCISE FOR A WEEK AND ICE THE ELBOW SEVERAL TIMES A DAY 4HEN HE SAID ) SHOULD START BACK GRADUALLY (IS EXACT WORDS WERE h3TART BY CLEANING TWO POUNDS THEN ADD TWO POUNDS A WEEK UNTIL YOURE BACK TO WHERE YOU LEFT OFFv 4HANKS $OC )LL STOP BY IN ABOUT THREE YEARS WHEN )M BACK TO NORMAL 2EAL LIFE STORIES SUCH AS MINE ARE ONE OF THE REASONS MANY COACHES DONT TAKE SERIOUSLY THE ADVICE h#ONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE BEGIN NING ANY STRENUOUS EXERCISE PROGRAMv -ANY TIMES PARENTS TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EVALUATION AFTER A SPORTS RELATED INJURY 4HE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR EVALUATES THE PATIENT ATH LETE APPROPRIATELY WITH A HISTORY AN EXAM AND USUALLY X RAYS TO RULE OUT A FRACTURE )F THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE NEED FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL EVALUATION THEN THE PATIENT IS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON 4HIS MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS AND THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON MAY NOT BE A SPORTS MEDICINE SPECIALIST 3O PARENTS COULD WIND UP STILL WONDERING IF THE MEDICAL ADVICE THEY RECEIVE IS THE BEST FOR THEIR KIDS SITUATION "UT THEN THERES $R 'REG -OTLEY AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WHO SPE CIALIZES IN ARTHROSCOPY SPORTS MEDICINE AND JOINT REPLACEMENT AT 3OUTHEASTERN 3PORTS -EDICINE IN !SHEVILLE .ORTH #AROLINA !

THREE YEAR STARTER AT STRONG SAFETY WHEN HE ATTENDED THE 5NIVERSITY OF +ENTUCKY HE HAD SQUATTED FOR THREE REPS 7ITH THOSE QUALIFICA TIONS $R -OTLEY IS DEFINITELY ONE DOCTOR WHO KNOWS WHAT SERIOUS ATHLETIC CONDITIONING IS ALL ABOUT %ARLIER THIS YEAR SOME OF THE PARENTS OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM AND ASKED $R -OTLEY QUESTIONS SUCH AS h$O THOSE COACHES KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOINGv AND h!RE THEY PUSHING OUR KIDS TOO HARDv 4O PUT THEM AT EASE $R -OTLEY DECIDED TO TAKE A LOOK FOR HIMSELF AND MAKE SUG GESTIONS TO THE COACHES IF HE SAW ANYTHING OUT OF LINE 4HE SCHOOL IN QUESTION WAS !# 2EYNOLDS (IGH 3CHOOL IN !SHEVILLE A SCHOOL WHERE "&3 #LINICIAN "OBBY 0OSS HAD COACHED 3AYS $R -OTLEY h) WASNT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM UNTIL "OBBY TOLD ME ABOUT IT 4HE BOX SQUAT WAS SOMETHING ) HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT CREATE SOME POSSIBLE HARMFUL COMPRESSIVE FORCES ON THE LOWER BACK "OBBY GAVE ME ALL THE LITERATURE ABOUT IT AND SO ) SAID h,ETS GO DOWN TO THE GYM AND GIVE IT A TRYv !

FORMER PILOT IN THE !IR &ORCE $R -OTLEY IS NOW AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WHO SPECIALIZES IN ARTHROSCOPY SPORTS MEDICINE AND JOINT REPLACEMENT LOWER BACK "OBBY GAVE ME ALL THE LITERATURE ABOUT IT AND SO ) SAID h,ETS GO DOWN TO THE GYM AND GIVE IT A TRYv .OW UNDERSTAND THAT IF ANYONE WOULD KNOW IF AN EXERCISE HAD A HIGH RISK OF INJURY IT WOULD BE $R -OTLEY (IS ATHLETIC CAREER CAUSED HIM TO UNDERGO SIX SURGERIES FROM ALL THE BANGING OF BEING A STRONG SAFETY IN $IVISION ) FOOTBALL (E ALSO HAS TWO DEGENERATED DISKS h3O ) WOULD KNOW IF THERE WERE INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE LUMBAR SPINE v HE SAYS .OT ONLY DID $R -OTLEY PERFORM THE BOX SQUAT WITH NO PAIN HE ENDED UP ENDORSING THE EXERCISE h) WENT UP PRETTY HEAVY THAT DAY A LOT HEAVIER THAN ) THOUGHT ) COULD GO n AND ) HADNT SQUATTED IN OR YEARS h) THINK ITS CRITICAL WITH THE BOX SQUAT n WITH ALL SQUATS n THAT YOU HAVE GOOD TECHNIQUE AND ALERT SPOTTERS 4HAT BEING SAID ) THINK THE BOX SQUAT IS A VERY VERY GOOD EXERCISEv 7HATS MORE HES BECOME A BIG BELIEVER IN "&3 $OCTORS /RDERS "&3 !

NATIVE OF 'LASGOW +ENTUCKY $R -OTLEY GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF +ENTUCKY MAJORING IN HISTORY (E THEN WENT ON TO BECOME A PILOT IN THE !IR &ORCE FLYING 4 TWIN ENGINE JETS IN #OLUMBUS -ISSISSIPPI !FTER COMPLETING MILITARY SERVICE HE RETURNED TO THE 5NIVERSITY OF +ENTUCKY TO WORK FOR THE SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND WHILE THERE HE PERFORMED KINESIOLOGY RESEARCH TO IMPROVE FOOTBALL TRAINING TECHNIQUES 4WO YEARS LATER HE ENTERED MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF +ENTUCKY $R -OTLEY SPENT SIX YEARS WORKING FOR $UKE 5NIVERSITYS ORTHOPEDIC PROGRAM AND THEN COMPLETED A SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP AT "AYLOR (OSPITAL )N $ALLAS HE WAS ABLE TO TREAT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES FROM THE $ALLAS #OWBOYS THE $ALLAS -AVERICKS AND THE $ALLAS 3TARS &OR THE PAST YEARS HE HAS WORKED IN !SHEVILLE AND HAS TREATED MANY ATHLETES ON LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORT TEAMS h4HIS IS WHAT ) LOVE TO DO v SAYS $R -OTLEY h) ENDED UP IN ORTHOPEDICS BECAUSE ) LIKE COACHING AND ) LIKE BEING AROUND COACHESv 4HROUGH HIS ASSOCIATION WITH "OBBY 0OSS $R -OTLEY HAS COME TO BELIEVE THAT YOUNG ATHLETES SHOULD USE A TOTAL CONDITIONING PROGRAM SUCH AS THE ONE OFFERED BY "&3 h4HE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IF A KID WANTS TO PLAY FOOTBALL BUT IS NOT LIFTING WEIGHTS AND PARTICIPATING IN OTHER FORMS OF CONDITIONING SUCH AS STRETCHING HES GOING TO BE MORE SUS CEPTIBLE TO INJURY BECAUSE HE IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE OTHER KIDS v SAYS $R -OTLEY (E SAYS THAT THIS IS EVEN TRUER TODAY THANKS IN PART TO THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SPEND PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND SURFING THE .ET h7HEN ) WAS YOUNG ) WAS ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING BALL OR DOING SOMETHING ELSE ACTIVEv $R -OTLEY IS ALSO A BIG SUPPORTER OF AN AGGRESSIVE IN SEASON WEIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM n RATHER THAN THE LIGHT hMAINTENANCE WORKOUTSv THAT MANY STRENGTH COACHES STILL PREFER )N FACT IT WASNT UNTIL HIS SOPH OMORE YEAR AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF +ENTUCKY THAT THE FOOTBALL TEAM STARTED USING HEAVY WEIGHTS EARLY IN THE WEEK DURING THE FOOTBALL SEASON !THLETES AND COACHES NEED MORE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS $R 'REG -OTLEY TO STEER THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR TRAINING !SKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED WITH "&3 $R -OTLEYS ANSWER WAS A DEFINITE YES h) WOULD LOVE TO BE A CONSULTANT FOR "&3 SOME DAY n ) THINK ITS A GREAT PROGRAMv 7ELL KEEP IN TOUCH 7KHRQO\ H[HUFLVHWKDW JHWVWKH HQWLUH*OXWH +DPVWULQJ IURPRULJLQ WRLQVHUWLRQ HVVHQWLDOIRU LQMXU\SUHYHQ WLRQDQGVSHHG GHYHORSPHQW )D[ ELJJHUIDVWHUVWURQJHUFRP :HVW6RXWK 6/&87 (QWLUHIRRWKROGDVVHPEO\LVFRPSOHWHO\ DGMXVWDEOHZLWKFKURPHGVOLGHDUHDVKDUGHQHG SRSSLQVDQGKLJKGHQVLW\QHRSUHQHUROOHUSDGV 1RWFKHG)URQW3DGIRU&RPIRUW FRYHUHGZLWKPDULQHJUDGHYLQ\O &RPSOHWHO\:HOGHG)UDPH µ[µ+HDY\*DXJH6WHHO &RPSOHWHO\$GMXVWDEOH)RRW$UHD &KURPHG6OLGHV 6XSHU+LJK'HQVLW\3DGGLQJ 5PHOLSTERY #HOICES )NCLUDED 2%$ ",5% '2!9 ",!#+ 4%!, 0AINT #HOICES )NCLUDED "LACK AND 'RAY UNIT IS IN STOCK AND READY TO SHIP 6XSHU*OXWHLVDFXVWRPRUGHULWHPDQGWDNHVZHHNVIRUGHOLYHU\ 'UDVWLFDOO\LPSURYHV ZHLJKWURRPHIILFLHQF\ 3HUIHFWVL]HDQG ZHLJKWWRDFFRPPR GDWHWKHPDMRULW\RI \RXUDWKOHWHV 7:2%$56,121( 6$9(6021(< ‡)D[ ELJJHUIDVWHUVWURQJHUFRP‡:HVW6RXWK‡6/&87 6DPHGLPHQVLRQVDV WKH6WDQGDUG+H[EDU :HLJKV3RXQGV

From BFS Magazine — May/June 2005. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).