Testimonial
12 months ago my brother and I decided to run a marathon, so from pretty much doing no exercise at all I started to run. My body went into shock and I think every possible injury I could have had I seemed to get, starting with my hamstrings. I’d only ever had the nice kind…
Hope against Cancer 2017 hope to hope charity ride.
Last week I helped a group of 50 cyclists complete a 300 mile 4 day cycle challenge from Leicester to Sheffield then back again. It was a great week full of fun and challenges. This photo summed up the trip for many!
Single Leg Squat with a Thera Band
This exercise is a great way to improve patella tracking. It’s recruits VMO and activates Glute Med.
Swimming Cool Down
This is a basic guide to a swim cool down, and a few reasons why you should do it. The idea for a cool-down in swimming is to actively start the recovery process, by gradually reducing muscle temperature and starting to remove lactic acid away from the muscle. When we exercise there is an increase…
Primal Patterns
I found this the other day and thought what a great representation of Dermatomes it is, it’s another way to look at Dermatomes and how we have evolved how our movement output or posture has changed but our Neuro-Sensory system is grounded with our ancestors. A dermatome is an area of the body supplied by…
IANSM – a CPD weekend with Rock Blades
Last weekend I had a great time at Trafford Hospital Manchester on a IANSM course with Rock Blades, I am really looking forward to using these tools in clinic to help a few of my athletes get that extra edge. I will post an update soon on how IANSM can help improve healing times and…
A Modern Aesops Fable!
When I was a child I used to love reading Aesops Fables. Reading this the other day brought back memories of that book. “An American businessman took a vacation to a small coastal Mexican fishing village on doctors orders. Unable to sleep after an urgent phone call from the office the first morning, he walked…
Food as Medicine
This is an extract from my “Food as Medicine course with Monash University Plant foods as medicines Across history, many fruits and vegetables and other plant foods have been used, recommended and/or avoided for their supposed medicinal properties. As one example, when the Tudor boy king Edward VI was dying of tuberculosis, he was given:…
Compression Clothing – Effective or a Uniform for the Midlife Crisis?
Compression clothing has been around for quite a while and judging by the shelves of Sports Direct is here to stay for a while longer, when you do a web search for it, a huge amount of misinformation and marketing rubbish will come up, either making you rush out to cover yourself head to toe in lycra or not…
The Big Thaw – “Should I Ice My Injury?”
Since the 1970’s the general consensus amongst medical professionals when dealing with an acute injury has been to prescribe the acronym P.R.I.C.E. This has been believed to be the ideal way to treat a soft tissue injury in its acute phase. For those who don’t know what it stands for: It’s.. Protect – Protect the injured person…
OLI JENNER AST MSTA - Sports & Soft Tissue Therapy 