Where is the line between rehab and training? There isn’t one in my opinion. It’s my good fortune to be able to help people who have suffered from injury and are struggling to get back to their best. To do this I look in detail…

If you’re a runner with tight calves you’ve no doubt been told to stretch and foam roll them. I guess this only seems to provide temporary relief however. Perhaps, like the lady above, you’ve even tried pushing trees over in the park. Don’t worry, you’re…

Think back to any gym you’ve been a member of over the years. In particular think about the personal trainers you saw working there. Did you ever notice how they trained their clients? Did the Olympic lifting guy for example, have all his clients picking…

If your injury rehab isn’t working I’d like you to think about the following scenarios for a minute. Imagine taking your car in for a service and you see your mechanic pull up in the most uncared for pile of junk you’ve ever seen. Would…

Take a read of the following from the advice section of a physiotherapy site. See if anything jumps out at you.  ‘You’d need to establish if your external rotators are tight (as in dysfunctional and need to be stretched) or stiff (they are protective and…

Here’s an interesting one for you; take 125 elite level female tennis players and assess their shoulders. In particular take a look at their dominant shoulder and a muscle that is important to the serve, the infraspinatus (pictured below).   What do you think you’d…

Henry came to see me with the goal of running the Berlin marathon in under 3 hours. The problem was he couldn’t run more than 6 miles without knee pain and the event was only 3 months away. At that point he was also using…

Have you ever heard this in a clinic or a gym? ‘First we need to improve your range of motion and then we can add strength.’ What if you could improve both flexibility and strength? And what if the two are so intimately connected that…