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…
A lot of us grew up thinking exercise had one job: shrink us. So of course it feels like a chore. Of course it’s easy to skip. If the only measure of success is a number on a scale or seeing visible change then any day without these “results” feels pointless and any discomfort feels…
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…
Group Classes: The Meeting Point of Movement and Philosophy The online yoga space loves a dichotomy. Scroll long enough and you’ll notice the tension: on one end, group classes are dismissed as exclusionary or superficial, and on the other, there’s the idea that realyoga is found only in stillness, study or pure philosophy. I’ve seen…
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…
The Body Odyssey: explaining and understanding pain care providers 🙃Everyone has bias including those with the best intentions. 🤸🏽 The mobility teacher will always advocate that becoming more flexible with mobility drills will resolve pain. 🏋️♂️ The personal trainer will advocate that losing weight lifting weight will eradicate pain. 🥼The physiotherapist will advocate that…
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…
Function Over Fixation- A Shift In How We Talk About Pain When someone’s been in pain for a while, it’s easy – understandably – to make being pain-free the main goal, but in truth, that binary thinking of ‘pain or no pain’, can be frustrating, disheartening, and misleading. It might even stop people from noticing…