Stoic Philosophy is my strongest pillar when it comes to mental stability. At times of performance anxiety when I was boxing it enabled me to become fearless. When opening and expanding Revitalize, it enabled me to keep to a rational and productive path. The world of a 16 year old is a lot smaller than…
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Death | What I have learnt from one of my favourite patients, Ruth Meredith
One of my patients who I have had the absolute joy of sharing time with, has passed. Seneca the philosopher said “death is an open door” that we must eventually walk through. How we walk through that door matters Ruth walked through that door extremely intelligent, witty, experienced, loved, brave and full of as much…
“The NHS is our right!” | And you’re abusing it
I think the UK may have forgotten our roots. The NHS was founded to treat serious conditions. In the 1940s you were most likely to die from flu, fatal injury, lung disease (working induced), bacterial infection etc. Today? It’s cancer, heart disease and stroke. These are all predisposed by poor lifestyle decisions more than anything…
Mobility for Max Out | Full Guide Blog Post
Important points Ankle mobility Knees over toes Weight assisted lunge (ankle mobility) Knee over toe lunge Banded ankle lunging Single leg knee over toe squat Hip rotation & flexion (knees to chest and turned out slightly) 1.Want to warm up a squat, then squat! Vary things, foot position, amount of hip turn out, width…
My Shoulder Pain and Charmaine
You know when you put off a treatment because you think it’ll get better… you look up and 3 months has passed?! I fell into that trap and I’m surrounded by 10 health professionals at Revitalize. So if it happened to me it can happen to anyone. Thankfully Charmaine and myself had a few…
Maciej from PowerWave Visits Revitalize | Strengthen Those Spinal Disc
“I want you to bend forward with a flexed spine whilst holding this weight” A scary thought for those with lower back pain. The big no’s are bending with a flexed back and rotating. But as Maciej shows in this video, the spine can adapt to this movement. If this movement was repeated chronically,…
Have you been a victim of Nocebo? Placebo vs Nocebo
An infamous war tactic was to blindfold a prisoner of war, and warn them that if they didn’t give up the information you require, you would burn them. Little did the prisoner know that their captive was actually applying dry ice and not a hot poker to their skin. The captive would often come…
Complete Knee Ligament (ACL) Rupture and Rehabilitation
What does the body need to function? This is Franco one of our recent patients at Revitalize who around 2-3 months ago ruptured his ACL (1 of 2 internal knee ligaments), and suffered a high grade strain to his MCL (ligament on the inside of his knee) whilst playing football. At the time the body…
Nicole | The Firewoman who had to skip before she could Run
Have you ever noticed that kids won’t eat something with a face but they will eat chicken nuggets? Pain is very similar Nicole for example couldn’t run. She’s a firefighter, she needs to run. But shin splits were stopping her. This is where the deep tendons of the calf become very tight and inflamed,…
The Yogi who had to learn to become a Ninja | 30 Years of Pain Eradicated in 3 Weeks
The Yogi who had to learn to become a Ninja | 30 Years of Pain Eradicated in 3 Weeks “you have to learn to become the Ninja, Belinda” I think was the best metaphor for this patient’s case There are two types of ways people deal with pain; those who hide from it and those…
