In this post we discuss what astronauts can teach us about back pain and the effect of zero gravity on the muscular system. If you’ve always wanted to grow a couple of inches you might consider space flight. Researchers regularly find that astronauts returning from space gain 2 inches in height. This is due to […]
Rehabilitation
Want to train like an Olympian? Why?
In this post we discuss why training like an Olympian is not a good idea for the vast majority of the population. There’s a false equivalence often made in the exercise industry between elite athletes and the exercising public. The promise of training like an Olympian is used to sell personal training and even personal […]
Stop papering over the cracks and get a survey done
Imagine you have a problem with your house, large cracks keep appearing in the wall. As fast as you can plaster over them, another one appears in a different room. At first they were in the bedroom, but now you’re noticing new ones appearing in the kitchen and the bathroom. What do you do? Keep […]
What’s the best exercise for back pain?
In this post we discuss what the best exercise for back pain is with the help of an interesting case study. Like many of us I think I spend too much time on social media. Every now and again I find Twitter throws up some interesting studies however. Here’s one that caught my attention on […]
Andy Murray’s hip injury highlights a big problem in tennis
In this post we discuss Andy Murray’s hip injury and why so many former players require joint replacement surgery. It seems that Andy Murray’s hip injury is a little more serious than previously thought. At the time of writing Murray has just pulled out of the U.S Open. An event he had hoped to win. […]