We’ve all experienced it, the visit to the health care professional which seemed to solve everything. The massage that hit the spot, the adjustment that had you walking out of the clinic without pain, or the stretch that released all the tightness. I’ve been on…

In this post we discuss how careful use of resistance training can reduce hip pain and improve walking using our client David as a case study. David had been suffering from worsening hip pain for 5 years. This despite seeing various osteopaths and physiotherapists. A…

If you’re making no progress with your injury rehab, then this post is for you. Whilst perhaps counterintuitive, we explore why subtracting can have a profound impact. We often think the solution to a problem is to do more of something. Rehab is no different,…

What thoughts enter your mind when you see the words pain and weight training? A bad training experience perhaps. An injury, or a session that was too difficult for you at that particular time. Maybe though the two are synonymous. It’s not a single experience…

In this post we discuss how to focus to transform your injury rehab results. What do you think about when performing exercise? What you’re going to have for dinner? That argument you had with your partner this morning? Or can coffee actually kill you? On…

So you’d like to start resistance training because you’ve read about it’s benefits, particularly as you age. Like most people you have some existing physical issues. A knee that feels stiff in the morning perhaps, back pain that comes and goes, or a shoulder that…

In this post we’ll look at why tricep dips are bad for your shoulders and show how they don’t really challenge your triceps either. Following on from my recent post on what must be the worst exercise in the gym, here’s the exercise that came…

The leg press challenges many of the muscles in the lower body including the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes and calves. It offers a safer alternative to the free weight loaded squat with comparable results. In this post I’ll explain exactly how to set up the leg…

In this post I’ll explain exactly why the face pull is bad exercise and give you a safer, more effective alternative. Perhaps the most significant part of my work as an injury rehab specialist is not the exercises I give people, but rather the ones…