Tight muscles are a real drag, slowing us down, causing injury and generally just putting you in a crappy mood. So I’m going to show you the three best exercises to loosen tight muscles in your body from top to bottom – and all you need is five minutes to put you back in a …
Movements that we take for granted can become harder with age, weight-gain or injury. The ability to get up off the floor is just one of those. Regular strengthening exercises and using the right technique can make the world of difference and give you the freedom and independence you deserve. In this article, we are …
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With all great things, there is always an equal and opposite, and with improved technology and greater availability, we now have a new syndrome. The iHunch. Luckily for you, we know the best exercise to straighten your hunch out. Just like Yin and Yang, most things follow Newton’s third law, where is always and equal …
If I had to pick one question that I am most often asked when treating patients is, what are muscle knots? And what causes them? And fair enough too, I would be asking some serious questions too if someone told me that I had some kind of ball of tissue within my muscle… That’s not …
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The self-treatment tool I use the most, especially while on tour with teams, has got to be the Peanut. This is a handy little tool that you can use to loosen up your stiff back very effectively, and it’s not bad for doing a bit of muscle work too! The great thing it, you can make …
In the past, stretches have typically been a part of any warm up – whether getting ready for a run or a game of football. However, now there are a plethora of studies showing that static stretching impairs performance. Could all that good warming up and stretching you have been doing before the game actually …
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How to beat jet lag? Sitting at the airport this week on my way to Glasgow to ply my trade at the Commonwealth Games got me thinking. What are some easy things that everyone could and should do to decrease jet lag and minimize muscle dysfunction? So I am going to let you in on …
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If you experience tight hamstrings or chronic hamstring pain or if you just want to improve flexibility, then this tight hamstring release treatment is for you. This is a great myofascial release that really targets the hamstrings and is often far more effective than foam rolling or stretching. What can this hamstring release treatment help …
