A bit of an age old discussion here: should you be using a weight lifting belt and at what point?

Well here is some of our personal insight as to what we think.

BENEFITS of a belt:

✔ Encourages hip hinge, meaning more glute and hamstring recruitment

✔ Allows you to incre...

Do you have ankle pain when you squat? Try these drills! 
 

Ankle mobility drills are usually the missing key to perfecting the overall squat movement and keeping your ankles pain free. A lack of ankle mobility is usually linked with having poor ankle dorsiflexion and...

If you have been told your glutes are tight give these a go! 
 

These stretches are great as they will target the glute muscles/muscle fibres that both extend the hip and externally rotate + abduct the hip, compared to typical glute stretches.

1) GLUTE STRETCH WITH FEE...

Only do high bar back squats, leg press and lunges to develop your glutes? If so, gives these exercises a go to add some variety into your program!

Some of these can also serve as a preactivation drill if performed prior to doing any heavy squatting movements, in orde...

Most of foot and toe issues we treat are primarily the result of being crammed into poor shoes all day. Bad shoes = lazy foot muscles = weak foot muscles = tightness and poor foot mobility = pain/injury.

Here are a few simple foot mobility exercises you can work on to...

Following on from our previous ‘how to handle acute lower back pain’ post, here are 3 beginner level rehab exercises to restore trunk & spinal strength/stability in order to get rid of that dreaded low back pain!
 

Bird Dog

HOW TO: Start in quadruped position (on hands...

WHAT IS THE LABRUM? 

It is a fibrocartilaginous ‘rubbery’ tissue structure which acts to deepen the glenoid cavity to give greater stability for the shoulder.

HOW DOES ONE TEAR THEIR LABRUM? 

ACUTE TRAUMA: fall on outstretched hand, traction injury, shoulder hyperexte...

Acute low back pain is one of the most common issues we see in the clinic. If you've suffered from it, you have probably wondered what to do about it. Here are some answers to the most common questions we get asked!
 

SHOULD I REST OR KEEP MOVING?

Answer: keep moving!...

No matter what level of sport or physical activity you play, no one likes having to put up with injuries or constant reoccurring niggles/pain.

However, what a lot of people fail to realise is that being "pain-free" post-injury does not necessarily mean you are fully r...

Fun fact: The average person spends up to 12 hours a day sitting. This includes sitting at work, commuting, meals, TV time, you get the picture. Prolonged sitting is known to be associated with chronic neck and back problem