Lightning Performance Solutions

Lightning Performance Solutions Athletic training and rehabilitation practice specializing in human movement, injury prevention, and

11/01/2025

Spooky Season: Clamshells Extinction

You know what exercise is truly horrifying? Clamshells!

For some reason, clamshells have become the go-to rehab exercise for everything: hip pain, knee pain, back pain, and even shoulder pain. Sure, they make your glutes burn a little, but they have zero resemblance to real function.

Athletes don’t lie on their sides and open their knees — they move, load, rotate, and stabilize dynamically. Yet traditional clinics keep prescribing clamshells like they’re magic.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we’re done with cookie-cutter rehab. Clamshells belong in fine dining, not your training program. Let’s scare them extinct this spooky season.

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from Lightning Performance Solutions

We promise no tricks, only treatments that might make you scream!

Viewer discretion advised. Some of these needle scenes aren’t for the faint of heart.

Pain today. Power tomorrow.
Stay spooky, stay strong, and don’t forget, sometimes the scariest thing isn’t the needle, it’s not fixing the root cause.

10/30/2025

Spooky Season Horror: The Sleeper Stretch

You know what really haunts shoulder health in throwers? The sleeper stretch. 😬

Yeah, it might feel like it’s “loosening up” that tight posterior capsule, but it’s also pinching and grinding the front and top of your shoulder joint. For overhead and throwing athletes, that’s a recipe for long-term damage and pain, not durability.

This stretch has been a baseball staple for years, but it’s time to scare it out of existence.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we focus on improving shoulder mobility, stability, and control through smarter, safer loading patterns that actually help your mechanics instead of destroying them.

Don’t chase flexibility at the expense of function. Your shoulder deserves better than the old-school horror show. 💀⚾️

10/29/2025

Spooky Season Diagnosis: Shoulder Impingement

You know what gives me chills? Hearing the diagnosis “shoulder impingement” because it tells me absolutely nothing.

It’s one of the laziest diagnoses in sports medicine. The shoulder naturally impinges when you move overhead, that’s how the joint works!

So the real question isn’t if you’re impinging, but rather why is it painful?

That’s where we come in. At Lightning Performance Solutions, we dig into the why behind your pain: movement patterns, stability, mobility, control, and load. We fix the mechanics, not just the name on a sheet of paper.

Stop accepting vague diagnoses that don’t tell your story. Your shoulder deserves more than a label, it deserves a solution.

10/28/2025

Spooky Season Confession: Cortisone Shots Suck

You know what really terrifies me? Cortisone shots in athletes.

Sure, they knock out inflammation fast. The long-term tissue damage, delayed healing, and recurring issues that follow are fuel for my nightmares.

Few things scare me more for your muscles, tendons, and joints than repeated corticosteroids, whether it’s an injection or an oral dose pack.

Doctors love to prescribe them because they make pain vanish, but only temporarily. Sadly, pain relief isn’t the same as problem solved.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we focus on finding and fixing the root cause, not just masking the symptoms.

Let’s stop numbing what your body is trying to tell you.
Your health deserves better than a quick fix.

10/27/2025

Spooky Season Confession: Want to know something that scares me?

Home exercise programs printed on paper with “3 sets of 10” scribbled on top

For athletes, that’s not just spooky, it’s annoying.

It’s technically not wrong, just really outdated. It’s 2025. We’ve moved past handing out sheets that end up crumpled in gym bags or lost in the car.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we do things differently. Your home work should supplement what we do in clinic, not replace it. That’s why we use an app with clear video guidance, feedback, and progress tracking so your training isn’t haunted by confusion or guesswork.

This spooky season, ditch the paper ghosts of old rehab plans. Let’s move forward together.

10/25/2025

Not all arm injuries come from the arm!!!

I see it all the time, pain in the elbow, forearm, or shoulder that actually starts somewhere else.

Maybe it’s a mobility restriction at the hips, a stability deficit in the core, or even a neurological misfire that changes how the body moves.

Traditional insurance-based care often just looks at the site of symptoms, but that can lead to misguided care that never truly fixes the problem.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we take a full-body, movement-based approach. We use your body’s own data and movement patterns to find the root cause, not just the sore spot.

Sometimes all it takes is a fresh set of eyes and a different perspective to finally get you better.

Ready to fix the real issue?
Let’s find what’s actually causing your pain.

10/24/2025

Dry needling!

No, it doesn’t feel great in the moment. 😅
Yes, the results are absolutely worth it.

Athletes need big interventions for big changes. Sometimes you’ve got to push it hard to get the body to reset, heal, and move better.

Yeah, it sucks at the time, but that short-term discomfort builds long-term performance.

Trust the process. Embrace the sting. You will only benefit in the long run.

10/23/2025

I want your love (strength benefits)
I want your revenge (oh the soreness)

We all have that bad romance — in life, lifting, or training.

For a lot of athletes, it’s split squats.

For you, it might be deadlifts, mobility drills, or anything that humbles you every time.

Every bad romance teaches you something.

Maybe it’s patience. Maybe it’s control. Maybe it’s how to do it right next time.

Don’t avoid the hard stuff. Learn from it. Grow through it.

Every rep, every setback, and every lesson adds to your story.

10/22/2025

Some people ask, “How many needles do you use?”

The answer is It depends.

Sometimes it’s one.
Sometimes it’s ten.
Sometimes it’s 6 or 7.

We don’t follow cookie-cutter protocols, we follow your body.

The number of tools, needles, or magic tricks we use all depends on what you need to get better.

If it works, it works. If it doesn’t, we adjust. Simple as that.

We don’t treat by numbers, we treat by need.

#67

10/21/2025

‼️Not all injuries require imaging‼️

Pro sports have done a disservice making everyone think they need an image immediately.

The truth is, a diagnosis is just a code for billing insurance, but it doesn’t always define what’s really going on.

At Lightning Performance Solutions, we believe in treating people, not pictures.

MRIs, CTs, and X-rays are valuable tools, but they don’t tell the whole story. They show structure, not function. They show the image, not the movement.

If you’re dealing with pain, dysfunction, or frustration, start with a movement specialist who listens, evaluates, and treats the root cause, not just what shows up on a scan.

💡 Treat the person. Understand the picture. Don’t be defined by either.

10/20/2025

The work you do behind the scenes is what makes the difference in the eyes of those around you.

I spend time cleaning the clinic to keep a safe, clean, and high-performance environment for YOU.

YOU put in the work off the field, outside the weight room, and behind closed doors to make yourself better.

It’s easy to celebrate the highlight moments, but don’t forget to celebrate the little things that elevate your game.

Keep working hard. Keep showing up. Keep building your storm. ⚡️

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7211 NW 83rd Street , Suite 160
Kansas City, MO
64152

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Monday 9:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6pm
Thursday 9:30am - 7pm
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