In this post we discuss Andy Riley’s experience of RSI and what he describes as a broken injury rehab model. Andy Riley is a scriptwriter, author and the cartoonist responsible for the Bunny Suicide books among other things. He recently posted an honest, funny and troubling account of his experience attempting to recover from RSI […]
Training
What’s the best exercise for over 40s?
So you’ve made it to 40. Congratulations! How do you feel? Any different to 25? A little bit right? Yeah me too. Hangovers have certainly become a lot worse and you’re probably suffering with a few aches and pains here and there. How best then to adjust your exercise programme to cope with these changes? […]
Don’t treat persistent running injuries, train them
In this post we discuss why you can’t treat persistent running injuries and why you have you to train them. Last week I got the chance to listen to two podcasts that had been on my list for a while. The first from renowned running injury researcher Dr Rich Willy, the second from leading tendon […]
How muscle compensation impacts injury rehab results
In this post we’ll look at how muscle compensation impacts injury rehab outcomes and what you can do to prevent it. What is muscle compensation? Muscle compensation is how your central nervous system (CNS) programmes movement around weak or injured muscles. There’s nobody I’ve met who’s better at this than Ian. As is often the […]
What astronauts can teach us about back pain
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 […]