So you’ve made it to 40. Congratulations! How do you feel? Any different to 25? A little bit right? Yeah me too. Hangovers have certainly become a lot worse and you’re probably suffering with a few aches and pains here and there. How best then to adjust your exercise programme to cope with these changes? […]
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Don’t treat persistent running injuries, train them.
Last week I got the chance to listen to two podcasts that had been on my list for some time. The first from renowned running injury researcher Dr Rich Willy, the second from leading tendon rehab expert Dr Peter Malliaras, Both were on Brad Beer’s excellent physical performance show. The overarching lesson from both experts […]
How muscle compensation impacts injury rehab results
In this post we’ll look at how muscle compensation impacts injury rehab outcomes and what you can do to prevent it. What is muscle compensation? Muscle compensation is how your central nervous system (CNS) programmes movement around weak or injured muscles. There’s nobody I’ve met who’s better at this than Ian. As is often the […]
Pain killers and footballers.
Daniel Agger’s story of anti inflammatory drug use is a shocking one. The Danish defender recently spoke openly about his dependency on medication in order to continue to play with back pain. Having left Liverpool, Agger moved back to his home club of Bronby. He remembers little of the game where it all fell apart. […]
What astronauts can teach us about back pain.
In this post we discuss what zero gravity does to the muscular system and what astronauts can teach us about back pain as a result. If you’ve always wanted to grow a couple of inches you might consider space flight. Researchers regularly find that astronauts returning from space gain 2 inches in height. This is […]