In this post we discuss how exercise can be used to prevent joint replacement surgery, and why these operations appear to be on the rise. Since 2010 there’s been a 20% increase in knee joint replacements, up from 76,071 operations to 91,436 in England alone. The number of hip replacements over the same period has also […]
Rehabilitation
Exercise, pain, stretch, massage, repeat
Does this cycle sound familiar to you? You exercise a bit, that familiar sensation comes back at some point, you manage it with stretching / foam rolling and book a massage. Everything feels better for a while, you exercise a bit and yep, there it is again. Do you ever wonder why it keeps coming […]
Does getting older increase injury risk?
In this post we explore whether getting older increases your risk of injury, or if there are other, more important factors to consider. The majority of the people I work with have chronic injuries which have so far proven difficult to resolve. Inevitably some will ask me if their age is a factor. Interestingly these […]
Why is Tiger Woods always injured?
In this post we take a detailed look at why Tiger Woods has suffered so many injuries over his career. I’m no golfer. Anybody living near the first hole of the Val de Lobo course in Portugal will attest to that. I’m sure a signal went up to move inside whenever I came to tee […]
Injury rehab and joined up thinking
As a younger man (and in a different life) I was a road racing cyclist. During my career I picked up a couple of injuries that kept me off my bike for extended periods. One was a knee injury, the other a hamstring issue. To gain a resolution I visited various physiotherapists, osteopaths and massage […]