I’m going to turn your perception of pain on its head, because most likely, it’s wrong and this can lead to more pain, more misery and more confusion. Most people think that: TISSUE DAMAGE = PAIN i.e. the more damage to your back, the more inflammation in your shoulder, the more pain. This is wrong…
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“And you think you’ve got it bad?…”
Too many of us identify with our pain Many of us will even compete as to who’s had the worst spinal injury or shoulder pain etc. A common conversation may be “ah that’s nothing. When my back went I was out of work for weeks and I’m still recovering” but this outlook is completely disadvantageous…
Cheating on diet. Should you do it? You’ll be surprised
Cheat meals, most of us take pleasure in them. It can mean the difference between sustaining a good healthy diet for a few weeks to months to years. But why? My once a week cheat meal. I don’t feel guilty, I just accept I’ll have to clean up a little after Rewarding good behaviour Our…
Stretching is ok but I know something better
We all grow up with the idea that our muscles are some kind of putty that need to be pulled and twisted before and after exercising so they don’t get injured and remain supple. But actually, this is a misconception. Some individuals feel that stretching reduces muscle soreness (and if this is the case, continue)…
Tight Hip Flexors
Tight hip flexors can be the bane of desk sitters, deep squatters, avid walkers etc. I’m going to take you through the why and the how (to fix). The Why This is a simple diagram of your hip flexors. They’re all active when acting at the hip from an extended position, but the more proximal…
I know why you lack self discipline
I’ve just finished reading a fantastically interesting article here as part of our investigation into the psychology of weight gain (which will be later documented via youtube. Subscribe to our channel here) which has a lot to explain for why motivation can plummet very early into a healthy eating “phase”. Now, if we tackle this using…
Pain is Danger. Pain isn’t Damage (necessarily)
This lecture by pain expert Lorimer Mosley will shed a lot of light on this topic. The principles behind this post are relevant to anyone who is in pain especially if you have been in pain for longer than 6-8 weeks (typically). The first principle is that Pain is in the brain and it exists nowhere but…
Why you should be treated like an athlete
You might not have ever exercised before in your life, you should still be treated like an athlete. Why? Because being inadequately conditioned may have got you into your injured state in the first place. Now, I don’t mean we’ll have you doing burpees and squat jumps etc. but as mentioned in a previous post,…
Our Relationship with Food
Our relationship with food is potentially one of the most destructive and most constructive tools we have in controlling our nutritional destiny. It’s much like a relationship with a member of your family or your spouse. You may approach food for an experience, comfort, satisfaction etc. which may lead to a dependance and therefore an unhealthy relationship,…
Injuries; The best approach
An injury is ultimately a failure of a bodily tissue to respond to force or the nervous system’s management of it. This is why it is important for long term conditioning and co-ordination of the injury to be developed. As well as this, the injury must be put into the context of the whole body function…
