Running Makes Your Knees Floppy
Now that I’ve got your attention ;-), hello all and welcome to post 21 of the Strength & Conditioning for Therapists series. Seriously, the title is related to the post . Today I thought that we’d look at something a bit different – the effects of loading on non-contractile tissue. We often think about fatigue, […]
How to Rehabilitate an Immobilised Limb; The Cross-Education Effect
So, we’re in week 6 of Strength and Conditioning focussed on rehab…and still going strong 🙂 Whilst this wasn’t a direct question from Twitter, the Cross-Education Effect is something I tend to cover quite a bit in my courses, and we’re just writing up the results of our recent clinical trial (exciting!) ….. I […]
Train to Fatigue or Train to Failure?
When I was scheduling the posts over the coming months, I hadn’t planned to write about this topic, however, this keeps coming up and I think it’s important to look at. Specifically lots of people have asked should I (or my patients) train to fatigue? Fatigue or Failure, What Does it Matter? It matters because […]
Why 3 sets of 10 isn’t good enough
Hey everyone, this week we’re going to tie up a few things. Having nailed the basics of Definitions and the Principles of Training (POT), we can now sensibly progress to answering the questions like why 3 sets of 10 isn’t good enough.: – Should we move away from 3 sets of 10-12 reps?– Should I do […]
Periodisation and Rehabilitation
I’m pleased to continue answering the questions asked of me on Twitter on S&C with reference to rehabilitation. This is the 3rd week, so if you haven’t seen the previous posts on The Principles of Training and The Misunderstanding of Muscle Strength, click here to check them out. This week we’re looking at PERIODISATION and rehabilitation. I’ll […]
The Misunderstanding Of Muscle Strength
What is muscle strength? Really easy question, right…Or is it….? Entertain me for a second here and take a minute to write down your answer, as if your colleague asked you (not a patient). What Is Muscle Strength? What was your answer…?I ask this question in every course I run. Here are a few examples […]
Top 3 Principles of S&C – For Physiotherapists
Last week I posted a question on Twitter, aimed at Physiotherapists / Rehabilitation professionals: Physios: What’s your biggest ‘want to know’ in S&C? I was astounded by the response! So much engagement and so many questions, I couldn’t keep up. Quite humbled really. To give this topic and the many questions the attention that they […]
Treatments for Knee Pain
What to do for knee pain? Here’s a little figure I made to outline some of the most commonly-used treatments for one pain, specifically knee osteoarthritis (OA). An absolute myriad of options! As the patient, how do you know where to start, who to go to and who to believe. As a discerning healthcare professional, […]
Should We Scan Painful Hips?
What’s the use of scanning or x-raying a painful hip or knee for that matter? If you’re a clinician or healthcare professional reading this, you will know that there is limited correlation between the ‘abnormalities’ we see on a scan and symptoms or pain that are felt. If you’re not in the health care profession, […]
What is Pain? Can we influence it?
Pain, it’s a complex thing. It’s definately not pleasant if you’re experiencing it and, as a practitioner / therapist it’s a difficult cycle to break. Pain influences behaviour, which influences activity, which influences muscle conditioning …. which ultimately influences function and … yep, pain! Emotions The scientific study of pain is so interesting and illustrates what complex […]