Rehabilitation

If you’re a runner with tight calves you’ve no doubt been told to stretch and foam roll them. You’ve probably found this has only provided temporary relief however. In this post we’ll look at the reasons for this and provide a longer term solution. Let me start by asking you a question. Do you train […]

Think back to any gym you’ve been a member of over the years. In particular think about the personal trainers you saw working there. Did you ever notice how they trained their clients? Did the Olympic lifting guy for example, have all his clients picking up big weights from the floor and then dropping them […]

If your injury rehab isn’t working I’d like you to think about the following scenarios for a minute. Imagine taking your car in for a service and you see your mechanic pull up in the most uncared for pile of junk you’ve ever seen. Would that put you off using his services? How about turning […]

In this post we take a look at when muscle tightness is a good thing and how we know. Take a read of the following from the advice section of a physiotherapy site. See if anything jumps out at you.  ‘You’d need to establish if your external rotators are tight (as in dysfunctional and need […]

In this post we take a look at the curious case of infraspinatus muscle weakness in pro tennis players. Take 125 elite level female tennis players and assess their shoulders. In particular take a look at their dominant shoulder and a muscle that is important to the serve, the infraspinatus. What do you think you’d […]