Fiona Callan is a CrossFitter and Ultra-marathoner who injured her back in 2017. She had an MRI which showed an “L5/S1 disc bulge with nerve root irritation”. In this interview we discussed how she chose to avoid surgery and returned to the things she loved doing best.
Animal flows - What, How and Why?
Animal flows are a great addition to any exercise plan, warm up routine or injury prevention plan. Learning to move like a monkey, frog, or bear helps to build full body strength, mobility and motor control which in turn will make you a more awesome human and less prone to injury. This blog with video tutorials will explain what these movements are, how to utilise them and why you should should be doing them
Stiff achy hips? Tightness or weakness and what can you do about it?
Tight shoulders? This routine will fix you up
Back Strengthening Exercises for Desk-Based Workers
#KnowledgeShare – Shoulders Month – Rotator Cuff
#KnowledgeShare – Shoulders Month – Mobility Exercises
#KnowledgeShare – Back Mobility
Foam Rolling: What is it? What’s the Evidence? How to apply it!
Self-myofascial release is a name given to the use of equipment or tools to perform self-massage and stretching with the aim of increasing joint range of motion and improving muscle recovery and performance. One of the most commonly used tools is a foam roller. You will often see people in gyms attempting to manoeuvre their bodies in various positions over one of these rollers.
Kinesio-Taping
Despite the clear lack of evidence for its use the spread of kinesio-taping throughout health and sport practices does not appear to be waning. As a Physiotherapist with more than 10 years in clinical practice I have been officially trained and certified as a kinesio-tape practitioner and while I recognise the lack of hard clinical evidence I do still have a place for using kinesio-taping in my practice.