Duncan Edwards is a CHEK Practitioner, personal trainer, lifestyle coach and co-owner of BodyGuards Gym in Jesmond, Newcastle. If you are looking for a trainer to just count your reps, Duncan is not your man. I have asked him to …
Femoral Acetabular Impingement is also known as hip impingement. Symptoms Pain in the front of the hip, usually made worse by bringing the knee to the chest and rotating the thigh. Cause The ball-shaped head of the thigh bone does not …
Health care providers who use therapy and exercise like Manual Therapy UK for more great original content, and information on my UK workshops! Patient Guide: Lateral Epicondylalgia (LE) aka Tennis Elbow. Research shows Myofascial Release is better than standard therapies. Do …
Graded exposure to exercise is a newish buzzword, being promoted as a named approach to exercise by therapists, many of whom are interested in pain science. The idea behind graded exposure is to exercise up to a level which is enough for adaptation (of the tissues involved) to occur, …
When Good Form and Graded Exposure to Exercise Doesn’t Work Read more →
Recent research on soft tissue treatments for plantar fasciitis (PF) has been good news to those looking for a solution. Health care providers who use therapy and exercise to help patients please like Manual Therapy UK for more great content! What …
What to know about Plantar Fasciopathy (PF).: Seated stretches can help. Standing exercises with the toes extended are advised. Research shows soft tissue hands-on work like Myofascial Release and Active Release Techniques (ART) of the foot and calf is effective. Mobilizations …
Active Release Techniques for Plantar Fasciitis / Heel Pain Read more →
Health care providers who use therapy and prescribe exercise, like Manual Therapy UK for more original content, and information on my workshops! Therapist’s guide to Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome My approach has evolved in how to treat and prescribe exercises to patients with …
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Health care providers who use therapy and prescribe exercise, like Manual Therapy UK for more original content, and information on my workshops! If you feel like the muscles at the top of your neck are tight, but you can’t stretch them …
Tension Headaches: Myodural Bridges and Myofascial Release. Read more →
Seminar on Plantar Fasciopathy May 14th at 6:30 in Newcastle upon Tyne! (Rotterdam date to be set soon.) This post is intended for health care providers. I have also written: Patient Guide to Plantar Fasciitis: Myofascial Release, Stretches and Exercises. Plantar fasciopathy (PF) …
Achilles tendonitis can mimic plantaris tendinopathy! The plantaris muscle runs from the back of the outside of the knee to insert on the inside of the heel bone. A recent study of 214 elite UK track athletes found 33 had plantaris injuries. …
The research supporting the basis of “trigger point” therapy is very limited. When “expert” trigger point therapists are tested to see if they agree on the location of trigger points, they don’t. Here is some research on the topic: …
Shannon Turley, the Stanford University Strength Coach, was profiled in New York Times and Bleacher Report articles recently. When asked what N.F.L. scouts should focus on, he said, “ankle mobility, the ankle begins the chain of movement“. Ankle mobility is often limited in athletes without the …
Should we unequivocally say bad posture causes lower back pain? No Recently, two serious lifters asked me for my thoughts on Kelly Starrett’s book, Becoming a Supple Leopard. They were both surprised that I had reservations about some of his …
Does Bad Posture Cause Lower Back Pain? Kelly Starrett edition. Read more →
ART articles! Telegraph The ART of Active Release Techniques for Injuries STACK New Age of Golf Training is Creating Stronger and More Athletic Golfers Athletics Weekly Performance Therapy for Greg Rutherford 220 Triathlon ART- How is it different from sports …
Active Release Techniques (ART) Press Articles and Research Read more →
For more fitness, rehab, and wellness news, follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Tennis Elbow Harneet, K.M Efficacy of ART in Tennis Elbow- A Randomized Control Trial. Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Therapy;Jul-Sep 2012, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p126 “ART is …
