In this post we discuss why a diagnosis doesn’t solve the problem of chronic injury. We can spend a great deal of time searching for a diagnosis in musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. This is particularly true with injuries of an ongoing or chronic nature. You understandably want to know what this thing is that’s continuing to […]
Rehabilitation
It’s time to bin resistance bands for exercise rehab
In this post we discuss why it’s time to bin resistance bands for exercise rehab. Watch this Bupa advert and see if anything jumps out at you. If you’re not aware, Bupa is a health insurance company. Along with patients receiving high tech testing and treatment, did you notice a clip of a physiotherapist helping […]
Why your lead shoulder hurts when you play golf
In this post we discuss why your lead shoulder hurts when you play golf and what you can do to resolve the issue. At a glance Lead shoulder pain in golfers often comes from: Using the upper body to generate power instead of the legs, hips, and trunk, which overloads the shoulder. Limited mobility in […]
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 […]