Evolution fascinates me. Our first ancestors, the homo group, date back around 2 million or so years. The specific homo sapien species, of which we are all members, have been on Earth around 200,000 years. In terms of Earth’s history, no amount of time. What evolution shows us is that we either adapt to our […]
Training
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. […]
Podcast on Muscle Activation Techniques for sports injury rehabilitation
I join Eric Feigl M.S again for a follow up discussion on Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) and it’s value in sports injury rehabilitation and training more generally. In this episode we deep dive into what MAT really is and include some practical tips you can readily implement in your training / rehab programme to help […]