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13/11/2025

13/11/2025

Anyone else make this out? 😂😂

12/11/2025

🧐GLASSBACKS🧐

I’m getting sick and tired of all these fear mongering functional pattern morons think barbells and squats are causing discs to explode

You know what’s more likely to cause disc issues… not touching a barbell or lifting anything

Stop scaring people and start encouraging them with all the glorious benefits barbells and weights have!

12/11/2025

I now have only 1 Saturday for all of your Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation needs, acupuncture or cupping. Or get yourself booked in next week 😊 https://www.sumupbookings.com/simply-body-fixing

11/11/2025

PAIN SENSITIVITY VS. TISSUE DAMAGE
The nervous system is like Pepperidge Farm…it remembers.
Sometimes a better way of thinking about pain when it persists after an injury is to think of it as sensitivity. When our body gets hurt, we become sensitive to certain stimuli because the nervous system is trying to protect us.

This is great when we first get injured because it alerts us to prevent subsequent harm but not so great when our tissue is healed. It's normal to have some sensitivity when coming back from an injury. After all, our brain is just trying to protect us.

However, after a certain time frame, we know that our tissues/muscles have healed. In these scenarios, we should not relate hurt to harm but instead to sensitivity. You can work around sensitivity by gradually re-introducing activities in varied intensities that once provided discomfort.

You're not broken and as long as you are living…your body does a stellar job at adapting.”

10/11/2025

“📚 Evaluation of implicit associations between back posture and safety of bending and lifting in people without pain - Caneiro et al. (2018)
AIM:
(1) to evaluate implicit associations between back posture and safety related to bending and lifting in pain-free people.
(2) to explore correlations between the implicit measure and explicit measures of back beliefs, fear of movement and safety of bending.
(3) to investigate self-reported qualitative appraisal of safe lifting.
METHOD:
67 pain-free participants (no pain, or average pain ≤3/10 for less than one week over the previous 12 months).
1) Completed an online component consisting of the TAMPA TSK-G, Back Pain Attitudes Questionnaire BackPAQ and Bending Safety Belief (BSB).
2) An Implicit Associated Test (IAT) was also performed. This is a 7 stage test separated by pauses for instructions. The tests consisted of images that needed to be grouped as either safe vs. danger and/or rounded vs. straight back.
3) Participants also were instructed to give a qualitative appraisal of safe lifting. The common themes were assessed by 2 independent examiners.
RESULTS:
1) Implicit Measures: the IAT showed a strong impact bias between words such as danger and rounded back.
2) Explicit Measures: the BSB displayed a positive value indicating a higher danger rating for round-back bending and lifting, rather than straight back.
3) There was a moderate correlated between the IAT and BSB, and non-significant correlated between the IAT and the TSK-G and BackPAQ respectively.
4) The common theme with safe lifting appraisal was the use of the words - "Straight back, flat back or do not bend."
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS:
This study adds to our understanding of what society common beliefs on back pain and lifting. It should be something to consider with patients with workplace or active lifting injuries.
This article is not addressing what type of lifting in better. I would still recommend my patients to keep a neutral spine during a heavy lift. But when it comes to picking up something relatively light and trivial, both education and graded exposure in flexion should be a key goal of rehab.”

09/11/2025

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09/11/2025

Remembrance run done 😁 (half marathon) what a medal 😍

06/11/2025

🧠💆 Massage is powerful – but not because it squeezes toxins out of muscles. Science shows its biggest influence is on the nervous system. By stimulating receptors in the skin, massage helps calm stress responses, supports balance and enhances wellbeing.

This is far more meaningful than the old ‘toxin’ story. Our clients trust us when we speak with accuracy and confidence.
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