This past weekend I spent 3 days with some of the brightest minds in the world of movement and performance. It was a geek fest of my favorite kind and what's even better, is that we're all on the same team- The RockTape Instructor team. Big things are gonna happen this year. Epic things. If you're a Chiro, a PT, a Coach, a trainer, an LMT, or a movement junkie and you haven't taken our Functional Movement Taping course or our Performance Movement Techniques class, get to it fast, quick, and in a hurry. You won't want to miss what we're bringing to the table. Seriously.

www.RockTape.com

 At that, 2015 has some new and exciting horizons I'll be exploring.  
While I'll still be happily treating clients in my clinics and teaching for Rocktape, something I'm deeply passionate about has been brewing...
In addition to my love for all things movement and performance related, one of my greatest commitments is to studying the effects of nutrition on cellular health, tissue repair, growth, and athletic achievement. Specifically...plant-based nutrition.
  
I adopted a plant-based, vegan lifestyle more than 8 years ago and it has made monumental, positive differences in all areas of my life., not the least of which is physically.  This coming year, please join me as I launch and grow The Seasoned Athlete, a venture I'm extremely excited about. Focused primarily on the athlete but, not excluding any that are interested, The Seasoned Athlete will be bringing a variety of resources to your table.  Sometimes, quite literally.  
Learning how to eat, train, and live in harmony with the seasons of Mother Earth, T.S.A., aims to bring us back to the roots of strength, our connection to this planet, ourselves, and every being we share it with.  


The website is still in production, and I won't reveal all that is coming but, stay tuned.  It's going to be quite an exciting ride! For now, feel free to tune in to the Facebook page for daily nutrition and training tips as well as more in depth posts regarding the physiological processes of becoming a fine tuned athlete.  I'll be revealing more and more about the coming events for T.S.A. in the upcoming months. 
Join me.  Let's grow together. 

Sincerely, 
Stace
 

Big thanks to Muscle Pharm and the National Strength and Conditioning Association for having RockTape come out for this weekend's symposium. 

Excited to announce that I'll be expanding my clinical services to CrossFit Sanitas in Boulder. This 10,000 sq. foot facility provides exceptional coaching and a variety of classes for their athletes.  I'm looking forward to serving the members there in addition to my CrossFit Evergreen community.  You can find me there on Mondays and Thursdays from 2pm until 7pm.  
2525 Arapahoe right next to Sprouts. 
Call their front desk to schedule an appointment with me.  303-449-4635 

This past weekend was a taping FEST at the CrossFit Games in Carson, CA.  Athletes lined up for various applications ranging from protection for their hands, tweaked knees, shoulders, and backs, or simply support for certain movements.  
In this second part of the article, I discuss how kinesiology tape works, its applications, and its contraindications.  If you want to learn more about using RockTape with your clients, patients, and athletes, sign up for one of our Functional Movement Taping or Performance Movement Taping courses.  Either myself or one of our other fine instructors will provide a fun filled learning environment with an education in movement and taping  like no other.   Visit www.RockTape.com for dates and locations. 

I'm sitting at D.I.A right now waiting to board the plane that will take me and about one hundred other passengers to the "land of the pretty people".  Aka, Los Angeles. I'm praying to the flight gods that any screaming children will be placed in the rear of the plane or in an overhead compartment far, far away for the duration of the flight. 
The CrossFit Games 2014 are upon us!  Underneath my freshly pressed, white, button down dress shirt is my RockTape Athlete Services t-shirt silently poised like a cape waiting for the moment a CrossFit Games competitor cries for tape....

Who the eff am I kidding...I don't iron. But, The rest is true ;)
I'm stoked to be going and even more stoked to be going with my RockTape teammates to provide taping  to the world's fittest versions of the human species. Fine specimens indeed. 
Over the next few days, I'll be posting pics and video as often as I can. I have a feeling the rare moments that I find myself with a free set of hands, I might be shoveling food and water in my face but, I'll do my best to bring you all along for the experience through digital means. Follow my Altitude Aptitude fb page for the latest and greatest updates.
Click on the CrossFit pics below to go the the website for live coverage of the action. If you see the RockTape tent on tv or in person, wave ;)