've been triggered. I guess I'm delicate. It seems like I can't exist without being covered in the bullshit of physiotherapy, personal training and chiropractic musings on pain and injury.
Audience: Therapists and people in pain
Blog Style: Lots of questions to consider
To help me understand pain and injuries and to hopefully help people I need to simplify things. One of the simplest ways to view pain is with the cup metaphor. It certainly has flaws but it does help look at the "big picture" of treatment. The cup metaphor suggests that pain occurs when all of the stressors/loads in our lives exceed the space in our cup. When we overflow we have pain
Read MoreWell, look at this. My good friends Chris Johnson (he of famous mute exercise videos) and Ryan Debell (he of the superb MovementFix series) have created running and strength and conditioning programs. I'm being a total shill here because I am biased towards these guys
Read MoreI am a biopsychosocialist.
I believe that biomechanics often matter for those in pain.
These two statements do not conflict.
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