Are you one of those people that keep breaking down and getting injured? Whether it’s from exercise, leisure activities or even work, you must be doing something wrong for this to keep happening. If this is the case, maybe it’s time to re-evaluate what your doing. This is a conversation I have with my clients time and time again. Okay, there will be some people with a physical issue that puts their body under pressure (leg length discrepancy, etc.) but most of the time, certainly with those that are active, it’s down to their planning and programming. So if this… read more →
Following up on the recent post about an example of a running injury, I like to describe the injury mechanics like this… Think of it as a Brain Thing. When everything is going well, your Brain sends electrical current to all the muscles around the body. When you over use a muscle for whatever reason it shuts down as a protection mechanism. Another muscle or group of muscles then take over in order to perform movements. Your body works in movement patterns not with individual muscles so your brain doesn’t really care what muscles do what, just how to get… read more →
In the previous few posts, I talked about the various problems faulty breathing patterns can cause. As you can imagine, a lot of people struggle to believe not breathing correctly can cause such pain elsewhere until that pain resolves with treatment and homework. Recently, I had a few clients that I was convinced had breathing/core issues causing other issues. From testing, we found inhibited (‘weak’) muscles that resolved after working on breathing patterns. But, when those clients returned the following week, they reported little or no improvement, even after following the homework religiously. Some had improvement but not what I… read more →
Suffering with running or hamstring injuries in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan? Check these 2 client stories out. Had 2 similar client issues 2 weeks ago and thought I would share their complaints and how they were resolved. Client 1: Had booked in for a maintenance massage as I had not seen them for quite some time. Client is building up for this years London Marathon so training is near peak. When they arrived, they also stated they had a right hamstring issue. It had just come on over the previous 4-5 days and was low down in the leg. They… read more →
One of the banes of runners lives is that dreaded foot pain, just in front of the heel pad. You wake up in the morning and it’s nigh on impossible to put weight onto your foot. You walk around for a few minutes and it eases a little. Try to run and it stops you in your tracks. But it isn’t just runners that suffer with this. It can happen to anyone. Now when I was starting out in sports injury treatment, the protocol for this was to massage and stretch the tight fascia of the sole of the foot. Thankfully,… read more →