by Dan Williams | Nov 22, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The vast majority of contemporary occupations are sedentary. Aside from quitting our jobs, there’s not a lot we can do about the lack of physical activity in the environment where we spend the majority of our waking hours. We have previously discussed ways to...
by Dan Williams | Oct 28, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Ok, maybe not bad, but definitely not as good as the full thing. Half squats are a lot better than no squats, but with a small change they can be a lot better. In the majority of cases, if Doctors and Health Professionals tell their patients not to squat, one of two...
by Dan Williams | Oct 21, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Flexibility, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The first step in the process of postural correction is identifying the factors that need correcting. From this point we can determine what needs doing to correct these issues. It is important to note that assessing your own posture is difficult. A health professional...
by Dan Williams | Oct 5, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
We exercise right, we eat healthily and then we go to work and sit in an injurious position for eight hours. Something’s not quite right. Here’s the solution. Perhaps the most common position we find ourselves in is sitting at a computer, or working at a desk. The...
by Dan Williams | Sep 14, 2010 | Biomechanics, Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Maintaining a neutral spine during complex movements is the single most important technique based skill there is. First – some definitions: Neutral spine is the position where the spine and pelvis are least likely to suffer damage, deformity and degeneration. Neutral...
by Dan Williams | Sep 13, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Psychology
Chronic pain is that nagging long term pain that doesn’t go away – even after the damaged tissues should have long since healed. This form of pain is characterized by its long term effect on the body, lasting at least three months. Pain, and in particular chronic...
by Dan Williams | Sep 10, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
In the majority of cases, we can emply a basic model in the treatment and prevention of musculo-skeletal injury. By understanding this compensatory effect we can use it to our advantage in treating and preventing injury. The best way to understand this model is to...
by Dan Williams | Sep 6, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Evolution is a wonderful thing. But then along comes Cultural Evolution. We learn to change our environment rather than evolve to suit it. Occasionally it works. Thick clothes keep us warm so we can survive cold climates. Hats keep the skin cancer at bay so we...
by Dan Williams | Sep 4, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Flexibility, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
In the first post in this series (Improving Athletic Performance Through PNF Stretching Part 1) we covered the mechanics of muscle and how the length and strength of a muscle are related. In this, we deal with how to perform PNF stretching to maximise performance. PNF...
by Dan Williams | Aug 24, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Flexibility, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
For bodies evolved to do so much – we spend a lot of our time doing so little. The vast majority of our day is spent in a very limited number of positions. This is never more true than in our sedentary occupations. In fact – the word ‘sedentary’ comes from the Latin...
