Welcome to FISH Athletic Performance Training!

My name is Daisy Fish and welcome to my first blog post! I’m excited to start sharing my expertise and knowledge in the area of functional performance and training. As a doctor of physical therapy and certified strength and conditioning specialist, I have spent years working with athletes from all sports in both the rehab and training setting. With only so many hours in the day I only get to work with so many athletes in person. It is my hope that I can reach a larger number of people and expand my community with this blog. I encourage my readers to reach out to me with questions or topics you want to hear about. This blog is about you and I want to tailor my posts so they reflect what matters most to your training. 

Before we get started, let me give you a little background on myself (if you want more, please visit my ‘About Me’ page on my website). I have been a competitive athlete all my life, from swimming as a child to Division I Collegiate and International water polo into my adult years. When I retired from competitive water polo I moved on to outdoor recreation and discovered climbing. This has since become my passion and opened up a new world of outdoor athletics and adventure. During my time in competitive sports I not only participated as an athlete but have coached all levels, from youth to collegiate, giving me incite into both sides of athletics. I understand the demands placed on coaches and trainers to improve their athletes performance along with the demand on the athlete themselves, both physically and psychologically. Following my undergraduate education, I went on to earn my doctorate degree in physical therapy and became a certified strength and conditioning specialist. This has allowed me to continue my work in sports and gain more knowledge about the function and movement of the human body. I spent the next 5 years working in Northern California’s Bay Area with local athletes and the Air Force National Guard Rescue Wing before moving further north to Washington State and the Greater Seattle Area. I am now spending part of my day working in a local physical therapy clinic, with the rest of my time dedicated to functional movement training and performance improvement through my own company. 

Now you know more about my background let’s start talking about function and movement! I believe that understanding your own body and how it moves gives you the power to improve your physical abilities and advance in your chosen sport. This is where I come in... with all the information that is now available at our fingertips it is hard to determine what advice you should listen to and what you should disregard. The first piece of advice I will give is look at the resource! Who is giving you the information, what is their background, what kind of training and certifications do they have, and who else have they worked with? Often times athletes get so desperate for ways to improve that they don’t take the time to vet the resource and question the information. Following this advice will help guide you to better and more effective tools. Next is to figure out what are your needs and goals when you’re seeking out information? If you are looking for the next fitness trend, quick fixes, or those ‘30 day butt buster’ programs..... Then this is not the blog for you. However, if you want to learn ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your training.... Then you have come to the right place! I will be covering topics from how to decrease knee pain with squats and lunges to correct foot mechanics during standing exercise to answering specific questions on training from my readers. 

So now you know who I am and what I’m about! Stay tuned for the next post.... Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes: The Basics. This will cover basic posture and body position in order to maximize muscle activation, reduce stress to the joints, and maintain correct mechanics with movement. Until then..... Stay motivated, stay active!

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