Alex Dailey, M.Ed, AT, ATC, CES, CSCS, PES, C-PS

The 517 is where a top 30 public university, a top 10 college town and the heart of Michigan meet. It's home, and so are the people here.

@Graham_Couch As someone who grew up in the Kalamazoo area, it would be awesome opportunity. Southwest MI is a professional sports desert.

Kalamazoo does have a new arena opening. You could do a lot worse.

Thinking about increasing your running mileage? PASS THIS TEST🏃🏃‍♀️ To “pass”: ☑️ Hold each position for 40 seconds ☑️ No pain during testing ☑️ No side-to-side differences >4 seconds If you meet all 3 criteria, you can feel confident about progressing your mileage safely 👟

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the amazing moms, mothers-to-be, mother figures, and mothers watching over us. A special Mother’s Day to: My wife (Angela) My mom (Charlene) My mother-in-law (Carol Grimmer) Grandmothers (Virginia Smith and Janet Dailey - RIP Grandma Dailey) #Mother

@TheRealSharty Congratulations to you and your family, Anthony! Hope everyone is well!

Officially switched over to zone defense today, so Tom Izzo won't be of much help. Welcome to the world, Thomas Valentine!

@PixelCNinja Rogue Squadron 2 was one of my favorite games growing up. That series, as a whole, was superb. A remaster would be nice, but having all three blended together (in a linear timeline, in which the split between Luke and Wedge can still take place).

Glad to see the Star Fox remake, but who else has been clucking for some new Star Wars Rogue Squadron? We need a new game in the series, I'd even settle for remakes/remasters right now. Who's with me? Btw, Dolphin with HD textures does a smashing job in Rogue Squadron 2

💙 #MayThe4thBeWithYou 💙

Happy Star Wars Day! If you had to be a character from the Star Wars universe, who would you be and why? I would be Obi-Wan Kenobi: cares about people, witty, committed to something bigger than himself, and perseveres through considerable adversity. #MaytheFourthBeWithYou

@brockpierson Add Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader to this list.

2002-2006 was the golden age of Star Wars video games

FWIW: ‘parsec’ is a measure of distance, not time, but that doesn’t make the Millennium Falcon’s Kessel Run any less impressive.

@DrNeilStone And also with you

May the Fourth be with you

May the fourth be with you

📊 Fuerzas musculares al correr (x peso corporal): Sóleo: 6.5–8.5x Cuádriceps: 4.5–5x Isquios y flexores cadera: hasta 9x en sprint Glúteo máx: 0.5–2.25x 💡 ENFATIZA entreno de sóleos, quads, isquios y flexores para rendir y prevenir lesiones 🏃🏻‍♂️ journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/21…

John Hao was a victim of the shooting on Michigan State’s campus over three years ago. He graduated from MSU this weekend and got a photo with Tom Izzo, who has been one of Hao’s biggest supporters since the incident took place.

John Hao graduated from Michigan State University today with a B.A. in Human Resources and Labor Relations. A remarkable achievement for a remarkable man. #SpartansWill

“Hamstring load” is task- and muscle-specific. Programming should expose players progressively to max accel, true hard decel, and planned cutting – not just straight-line sprinting and Nordics. (Steventon-Lorenzen et al., 2026) #strengthandconditioning #sports #sportscience

This study found that psoas major size explained about half the variance in sprint speed in Division I football players. That’s interesting. But it doesn’t mean you should read this and immediately go build your psoas like that’s the key. Correlation doesn’t equal causation.

@Sheehan_Sports Where would you like to see the most growth in this upcoming season for MSU football? I would like to see improvement in the trenches (both, but especially offensive line).

Locked On Spartans Monday Mailbag is OPEN for questions. MSU basketball. MSU football. Heck, Kentucky Derby. Any and everything is on the table. SEND 'EM ON OVER (and thanks in advance)

Now I want to talk about just this diagram because it is immensely thoughtful. What stands out is how Mitchell and Gimpel show return to performance as a continuum where responsibility shifts without any discipline disappearing. Early on, the process is more medically led, with diagnosis, planning, acute management, modified conditioning, early loading, and normal movement taking priority. But even there, the athlete is not simply resting until rehab is “done.” The goal is already to limit decay, maintain what can be maintained, and keep the athlete moving toward performance. As the pathway progresses, the emphasis expands into gym based reconditioning, return to running criteria, technical reintroduction, high speed running, agility, maximum speed, positional drills, return to training, return to playing, and ultimately return to performance. That visual sequence is the point. Return to play is not one event, one test, or one signature at the end of rehab. It is a staged Human Performance process where confidence is earned through progressive exposure, objective criteria, shared language, and coordinated decision making. Mitchell, A., & Gimpel, M. (2024). A return-to-performance pathway for professional soccer: A criteria-based approach to return injured professional players back to performance. JOSPT Open, 2(3), 166–178. doi.org/10.2519/jospto…

The Michigan State men’s tennis team continued its historic season with a 4-3 victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament championship.