Load and Capacity in sports and life

This was going to be a post specifically about runners, but to be honest it is very much about the majority of people that I see as a physio- it just happens to be a lot more obvious in the runners. Most people understand that their body has a finite capacity. It has an ability (to a point) to absorb force and carry on with life with barely any alteration to their daily goings- on. This capacity is different for every single person and is quite often thought about in a physical context. As an example: I, for one, will … Continue reading

Manual Therapy Sucks?

Manual Therapy Sucks. Manual Therapy does nothing for the patient. Manual Therapy is absolutely useless and shouldnt be used in a therapeutic context. How often have we as physiotherapists heard this kind of thing trotted out in the past few years? Yes, it makes a great twitter line, a good slogan on a t-shirt and a superb way of making people jump up and down and get riled up. I suppose I’m here to say: Manual therapy is not without benefit. Someone wants comforting- what do we do? Immediately we are drawn to comfort them with spoken word, but also … Continue reading