Short, practical reads on training niggles, desk posture and getting back to what you enjoy without pain in the way.
Written by Metin from what actually comes up in the treatment room. If there is something you would like covered, send it over and he will write it.
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Desk work loads the same muscles for hours at a time. Here is what that does to your neck and shoulders, and two changes that take the edge off before your next session.
Post-training soreness and a genuine injury can feel much the same for the first few days. A simple way to tell them apart so you know whether to keep training or book in.
What happens when you arrive and what to do for the 48 hours afterwards. Written for anyone who has never booked a massage before and would rather know in advance.
Rolling buys you ten minutes of relief and then the tightness comes back. What that pattern usually means, and what tends to work better in the long run.
Most running injuries announce themselves weeks before they stop you. Learning to read the early signals can save you a whole season of frustration.
The short answer is both, but not the same kind of stretching. What is worth doing before you train and what is better left until you have finished.
Sitting is not quite the villain it gets made out to be. Staying in one position is. What a working week of that does to your hips and lower back.
There is no single right answer, and anyone offering you one is guessing. How to work out the spacing that suits your body and your budget.
Where you feel it when you wake up says a lot about how you are sleeping. What is worth changing before you decide the mattress is to blame.
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