I recently read a great tweet via Paul Ingraham @PainSci pondering the possibility of ‘unfucking yourself’. What if you could hit a button that restored your factory settings and wiped away all the incidents that are to blame for your current physical state? The marathon that ruined your knee, the cabinet that you shouldn’t have […]
Rehabilitation
The number one rule of exercise and injury rehabilitation.
If you applied this one rule to every training or injury rehabilitation session, not only would those sessions be more effective, they would also be a lot safer as a result. It’s the one change that would turn every exercise class into a challenge for your muscular system, even stretching. And thinking in this way […]
Why exercise and alcohol are similar.
I was at the bar thinking, do I really need another drink? The familiar lack of self awareness that accompanies drinking alcohol and it’s subsequent affect on the amount of sense people talk was already apparent. Both me and another wedding guest were witnessing two grown men have an argument about the value of parsnips, […]
Why do strong people get injured?
Strength seems to be undervalued in the world of rehabilitation. Some professionals question its relevance in the rehabilitation of both acute and chronic injuries. I recently read a therapist arguing that strong people get injured and can be in pain so it can’t be that important. That’s a bit like saying Formula 1 drivers crash […]
Are you treating the cause or the symptom?
Headache pills are great. After a night out that was a little bit larger than expected, or a broken night’s sleep up with your children, popping a paracetamol can take the edge of any resulting headache. We all know however that taking a pill does not address the root cause of any pain. A good […]