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POSTURE AND SPINAL INJURY
Are you sitting comfortably? Probably not if you are one of the millions of office-bound employees in London. FIT4FUNCTION explores spinal injury and reducing the risks both at work and in the gym.
Stop Icing Your Injuries: Why Heat Is The New Ice
For decades, the go-to advice when treating an injury was the acronym RICE, rest, ice, compression, elevate. We’ve all heard it before, if you get hurt, you ICE that injury right away! But as athletes, coaches and rehab professionals, we need to stop blindly buying into dogmatic modalities and start asking the tough questions like is there actually any real tangible science or data to prove this sexy sounding self-treatment recommendation?
WHY FOAM ROLLING DOESN’T IMPROVE MOBILITY
Soft-tissue release is not mobility! That’s my starting statement…
Mobility is a very popular term in this functional training era. Yet, what we see on social media to improve mobility is often smashing with a ball, a barbell, a kettlebell, a foam roller, even a massage gun. I often wonder what’s next that we can mash ourselves with?
One way to feel immediately better
Big Idea: The “strength” your body builds while sitting is the strength it retains when you stand up.
Think about that for a second. That basically means that if you spend most of your time sitting, your body isn’t capable of doing the exercises you want to do from a standing position.
Weightlifting and Back pain
Weightlifting and strength training can actually help reduce back pain. However, the point is not to bulk up like a bodybuilder, but to develop strength, mobility and structural support…specifically within the back.
The importance of training your core
Core strengthening is more than just achieving six-pack abs. Developing strong abdominal muscles may actually help prevent back pain by making you less prone to back injuries and teaching you proper spinal alignment.
Stop living with pain — your body isn’t broken
When you were younger, you bounced back quickly — tension in your body didn’t last long. But the older you get, the more frequently you feel it and the harder it seems to recover.
Sound familiar?
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