I used to be amazed by health care professionals who would diagnose a person’s movement problems by just watching them walk across the room. Equally I would be very impressed when practitioners claimed they could feel tension in a muscle. In a recent NOI post the idea that practitioners can be so precise as to […]
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Is sport healthy?
Sport should be about life not death. About beauty and health. Tonina Pantani. Tonina Pantani is the mother of Marco Pantani (above) who passed away in tragic circumstances aged just 34. Marco was the greatest Italian cyclist of his generation, winning both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia in 1998. He was expelled […]
Latest Muscle Activation Techniques testimonial from Injury Rehab.
Sarah came to me with some muscular system issues following an Ironman triathlon. This is her experience of Muscle Activation Techniques. For several years I have been doing at least one Ironman triathlon and a spring marathon per year. I have always been diligently stretching, doing 2 yoga sessions a week, daily foam rolling and […]
Are sit ups bad for your back?
In this post we discuss if sit ups really are bad for your back. Let’s put this into context before we discuss how we got to asking this question. Is bending your knee bad for your knee? Is pointing your ankle bad for your ankle? Probably not right? Why would flexing your spine be any […]
Olympian Amy Van Dyken-Rouen uses Muscle Activation Techniques in attempt to walk again.
Six time Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken-Rouen has revealed she is using Muscle Activation Techniques to help her walk again, following an accident that left her paralysed. She made the revelation in an interview on the Today programme.