Breathe In, Breathe Out: Your Lungs Are Your Connection to the World Every breath you take is a reminder that you are connected to the world around you. We often think of our skin as the boundary between ourselves and the outside world but our lungs are one of our biggest points of contact with…
Blind Spots, Blame, Bad Logic & Bias One of the most common thinking traps in health is believing that if someone becomes ill, there must be a reason they brought it on themselves. We see it everywhere. Someone develops an autoimmune condition. “There you go. They should have lived differently.” Someone gets cancer despite exercising,…
From Podcast To Proof: Chatterjee And The Fascia Fiasco Dr. Chatterjee’s recent podcast on fascia training with the man who runs Human Garage, a company selling movement courses, has been widely shared and enthusiastically received – let’s look at why this is pretty bizarre. The episode explored the idea that we can train fascia in…
Scans, Imaging & Pain: Helpful Information But Not the Whole Story When you’re in pain it’s completely natural to want a scan. Many people feel reassured by seeing something ‘concrete’ like an X-ray, MRI, or report that appears to explain what’s going on. For some imaging feels absolutely essential for understanding pain, reducing anxiety and…
January injuries aren’t proof you chose the “wrong” hobby. They’re usually a load + novelty issue, not damage. So we are sore, what’s the next steps? Pause. Calm it all down. Then build capacity back up. Movement helps you heal, it’s not the enemy. Trying something new and feeling sore dosn’t mean that movement…
WHY PAIN REMAINS AND RETURNS AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS When pain lingers or keeps coming back, it’s easy to think something must be wrong with the body, with your approach, or even with you. If you’re a movement professional, you might start to wonder if you’ve missed something, if you have failed or not…
We get into shaky territory in yoga and especially yin yoga when we start suggesting it can fix pain. Pain is personal, complex and multifactorial. It doesn’t neatly dissolve after a class or a stretch and even speaking anecdotally about an individuals persons experience of their pain improving through yoga can be irresponsibly misleading. It…
Stronger Bones From Your Bottom Step If you’re around my age you will remember that if you were lucky your home had a telephone and it was situated usually in your hallway on a special table or piece of furniture dedicated just to that device. Long chats were conducted sitting on the staircase, bottom step…
Why Rethinking Running & Resilience Helps Non Runners Too There’s a persistent belief that there’s a “right” way to run. A perfect form that keeps us efficient, fast, and injury-free. Yet, when we look at the evidence, that idea starts to fall apart. Heel striking, for example, is often blamed for injury. However, there’s no…
What Makes a Great Physio—And What Yoga Teachers Might Learn From It Knowledge, expertise, and experience: the classic trio we tend to look for when we seek out a physiotherapist. But are they enough? Or perhaps more importantly—are they the right things to prioritise? A recent study by Kleiner et al. (2023) explored what people…