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In this post we discuss a client who forgot to mention a car crash, and how beliefs affect outcomes as much as physical training. Every now and again something happens at work that surprises me. Recently, it was a client forgetting to mention she’d been in a car crash several years ago. Ok, I’ll add […]

If a gym machine is causing pain, we discuss what 3 things to check and when to abandon a machine altogether. Every now and again I get the chance to leave my gym and train at someone else’s. There’s usually a good reason for this and 9 times out of 10 it’s to try a […]

In this post we discuss why strong muscles don’t reduce the forces at your joints and why that’s good news if you suffer with joint pain. There’s a common misconception that strong muscles reduce joint pain by limiting the forces acting on them. You’ll see this is in the media and on both personal training […]

In this post, we discuss whether you should train through pain and what markers to look out for to make the best decision. Think back to a time when you’ve exercised really hard. Perhaps it was on a run, or in the gym during a particularly difficult exercise class. You were no doubt breathing heavily […]

In this post, we use two real-world examples to discuss how exercise can be both the cure and the cause of pain. Exercise is universally promoted as medicine — but the same prescription that heals can also cause issues. The difference doesn’t always reside in the exercise itself. Two recent real-world examples illustrate how dose […]