If you’re frustrated by injury and not making progress with your rehab, this post is for you. Having your activities limited by issues with your body can be deeply frustrating. Being unable to run as often as you’d like because your knee hurts for example. Or not being able to perform certain exercises in the […]
Rehabilitation
There are more important metrics than the weight you’re lifting
In this post we discuss why there are more important metrics than the weight you’re lifting and what to focus your attention on instead. Have you ever tried to teach a child or a co-worker something? Once you’re through with the explanation how do you know they’ve understood? In professional environments we use testing. This […]
5 things to try if an exercise causes you pain
In this post we discuss 5 things you can try if an exercise causes you pain. You’re training in the gym and an exercise that’s never caused you issues before suddenly causes you discomfort. What can you do? First of all don’t push through the pain. Unless you’ve taken very specific advice from a specialist, […]
Why rehab is like Moneyball
Moneyball is a great film. If you haven’t seen it, the story centres around the manager of a struggling professional baseball team. Unable to compete financially against the biggest teams in the league, he adopts a pragmatic system that uses statistics to assess a player’s value. Through this alternative view he discovers untapped potential that […]
Do you need rehab or training?
In this post we discuss whether you need rehab or training and what the difference is. Let’s start with a quiz. Here are three scenarios for you. Which do you think require rehab and which require training? Scenario 1 Have you got pain or discomfort in an area of your body as you read this? […]