Would you hire a fat personal trainer? If not why not? In this post we discuss the biases that can lead to poor outcomes if you choose a trainer for the wrong reasons. Have you ever noticed that people tend to look like their dogs? Apparently this is now a scientific fact. Studies have shown […]
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How to tell if a rehab exercise is working and what to do if it’s not
In this post we discuss how to tell if a rehab exercise is working and what to change if you think it isn’t. This is surely one of the most frustrating aspects of trying to recover from a stubborn injury. I meet plenty of people who’ve been using exercises, sometimes for months at a time, […]
Reducing preventable disability
In this post we discuss what preventable disability is and how we can reduce its impact. A year or so ago I was sat on a bench on the top of Richmond Hill with a colleague of my mine. We were earnestly discussing what we were trying to achieve in the world. Somewhere from my […]
Why you can have pain without injury
In this post we discuss why you can have pain without injury and the other factors involved in creating the pain experience. We all experience unpleasant sensations in our bodies from time to time. A back that aches for example, or a sore knee. Sometimes these sensations seem out of the ordinary however, or sometimes […]
Why your injury isn’t getting better
In this post we look at why your injury isn’t getting better and what you can do to make progress. If you hurt yourself a while back and you’re frustrated that you don’t seem to be making progress with your rehab, there’s probably a good reason why. Before we dive in however, let’s take a […]