If you’ve been diagnosed with sciatica and have been recommended exercise as a solution then this post will help you make better decisions on what works and what doesn’t and perhaps more importantly, why. Sciatica, in all its derivations, is thought to occur as a result of nerve route compression although the relationship between what […]
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A new perspective on exercise is required.
In preparation for the Force and the Nervous System course here in London in October, I was reading through some posts from the tutor Jacques Henri Taylor. The following sentence from one of those posts hit home, “the number of failed diets and exercise programs and the general trend towards more sedentary lifestyles, (show) traditional […]
Injury rehab not working?
Injury rehab not working? Here are 5 dos and don’ts that will accelerate your injury rehab progress. 1) Stop stretching. There is no evidence to suggest that stretching reduces injury risk, enhances recovery or improves performance. It will increase range of motion but this seems largely due to the fact that you learn to tolerate […]
Muscle Activation Techniques for endurance athletes.
“If you broke down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then improved it by one percent, you will get a significant increase when you put them all together.” That was Sir Dave Brailsford, the former performance director of British Cycling describing the philosophy of marginal gains. It’s an approach […]
We have been featured in The Sunday Telegraph.
Thank you to Lucy Fry for a great article on the benefits of Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) in this weekend’s Sunday Telegraph. If you have come here to find out what MAT can do for you, please fill out the contact form to book a free 30 minute consultation at either one of our London […]