--- title: Strength and Conditioning Blog | BridgeAthletic | Dr. Emily Kraus (2) description: Dr. Emily Kraus is a BridgeAthletic performance team contributor where she focuses on topics that are at the forefront of athletics and medicine. She is the incoming Stanford non-operative sports medicine fellow in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Emily has provided medical coverage for events such as the USATF National Track and Field Championships and is the research coordinator for a multi-center study focused on prevention of stress fractures in division I collegiate runners. Emily has finished six marathons, recently ran (and won) her first 50km trail ultramarathon, and placed 56th female in the 2016 Boston Marathon. Emily is passionate about injury prevention, running biomechanics, and the promotion of health and wellness. 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Emily is passionate about injury prevention, running biomechanics, and the promotion of health and wellness. Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [Swimmer’s Shoulder-Prevention and Dryland Training Strategies](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/swimmer-shoulder-prevention-dryland-training-strategies) By [Dr. Emily Kraus](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/author/dr-emily-kraus) on January 16, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/hs-fs/hub/414934/file-2204840285.png)](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/swimmer-shoulder-prevention-dryland-training-strategies) In the culture of swimming, it’s often expected to “train through the pain” in order to get to the top1. If you consider yourself a competitive swimmer, you likely have experienced shoulder pain at some point in your career, with it being the most common musculoskeletal complaint in swimming with an incidence ranging from 52% to 73% in elite swimmers2. A competitive swimmer usually exceeds 4000 strokes for one shoulder in a single workout3! Needless to say, the shoulder can make or break a swimmer’s season and athletes should focus on prevention to avoid a season-ending injury. Swimmer’s shoulder usually involves impingement or pinching of the rotator cuff muscles by the acromion bone as they pass through a narrow opening called the subacromial space (see figure below). [Read More](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/swimmer-shoulder-prevention-dryland-training-strategies) [Performance Trends](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/topic/performance-trends) ## [Jump Start Your Workout with the Dynamic Warm-Up | BridgeAthletic](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/jump-start-your-workout-with-the-dynamic-warm-up) By [Dr. Emily Kraus](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/author/dr-emily-kraus) on December 10, 2014 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/hs-fs/hub/414934/file-2209575331.jpg)](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/jump-start-your-workout-with-the-dynamic-warm-up) What is your typical warm-up routine? Or, perhaps a better question is, do you *have* a warm-up? So many of us are guilty of squeezing in a quick gym session and cutting the warm-up short or eliminating it altogether. Unfortunately, in training and competition, tightness and soreness is a hindrance and without a proper warm-up you could be wasting precious practice time. 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