Did You Get The Strength & Conditioning Training That You Needed?
Welcome to post 58 of Strength & Conditioning For Therapists. I hope you’ve been enjoying the recent posts on adjuncts to rehab. Today and in line with the upcoming enrolment to the online S&C For Therapists course we’re going to go a little philosophical and explore whether or not strength & conditioning is needed in […]
Blood Flow Restriction Training
Hi there and welcome to post 54 of Strength & Conditioning For Therapists and the first in this sub-series of Adjuncts To Rehabilitation. Firstly, thanks to all of you who responded to my e-mail with suggestions of what to cover. There were lots of suggestions for things like blood flow restriction and electrical stimulation and […]
Is Heavy Strength Training Safe For Older Adults?
Hello and welcome to post 50 of Strength & Conditioning for Therapists – we’ve reached the half-century. Wahoo. I hope you’re still doing well and that you’re back to work. As a therapist or someone involved in exercise prescription I imagine that you’re pretty busy, or will be in the very near future. In your […]
S&C For Therapists Sponsored Place; Meet Santiago
Hi everyone. Today we’re going to do something a little different on the blog. You may be aware that I run an online Strength & Conditioning For Therapists course and on each launch I sponsor a place. This specifically means that a therapist from a developing country or who is in a position of financial […]
Measuring Strength with Hand Held Dynamometry
Welcome to post 42 of Strength & Conditioning for Therapists. I recently got into a discussion on Twitter about measurement, specifically, measuring strength with hand held dynamometry – is it worth doing in patients and if so how to do it…or something like that anyway. It’s difficult to convey any degree of detail or meaning […]
Building Muscle Hypertrophy; Developing Rehabilitation Programmes
Hi everyone. Welcome to post 38 of Strength and Conditioning for Therapists. Last week we started to address the topic of hypertrophy; establishing the basics and its potential application within rehabilitation. Today we’re going to focus on building muscle hypertrophy and how to do this in rehabilitation programmes. Hypertrophy In Rehabilitation So, a reminder of […]
What Is Muscle Hypertrophy & Should It Be In Rehab?
Welcome to post 37 of Strength and Conditioning or Therapists. I hope you’re having a good week. Today we’re going to focus on muscle hypertrophy in rehabilitation. I’ve received quite a few questions about this topic, like how to optimise gains, what to do with patients, whether or not it’s important in patient populations, so […]
The Length-Tension Relationship & Using It In Rehab
Hi there and welcome to post 36 of the Strength & Conditioning for Therapists blog series. I hope you’re well. Today we’re going to look at the length-tension relationship of muscle (do you remember it?) and importantly if you can use it to your advantage in your exercise prescriptions… What is the Length-Tension Relationship? The […]
Strength and Conditioning For Therapists: The Fundamentals
Hi there and welcome to the Strength & Conditioning for Therapists: The Fundamentals and post number 35. Happy New Year, I hope you’re looking forward to an exciting and prosperous 2020 (& scroll down if you’re looking for courses). So I thought it fitting to kick off the series again by recapping some of the […]
Sarcopenia Costs The UK £2.5 Billion Per Annum!
Welcome to post 32 of Strength and Conditioning for Therapists. Following on from the last post, this week we’re going to focus a little more on the impact of muscle weakness. What is Sarcopenia? So mostly when people think of sarcopenia they think of it as a reduced muscle mass that is associated with ageing. […]