Ruairi Lynch - Sports & Injury Clinic

Ruairi Lynch - Sports & Injury Clinic Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of injuries and movement dysfunctions.

18/11/2025

Is your rehab not helping your achilles pain?🏃‍♂️

One thing that most people miss is, beside the Achilles, running up the posterior calf we have a muscle called:

➡️ Flexor Hallucis Longus

Or the big toe flexor is a more common name for it…

This muscle is very often over active and is commonly part of the problem alongside Achilles pain ✅

When it is over active (compensating) it is usually due to weakness or inhibition of the opposite muscle….

➡️ Extensor Hallucis Longus

To correct this imbalance we have to release the flexor (tennis ball) then this 🔝exercise to activate the extensor 💪

Daily rehab will allow these to function optimally rather than having one over and one under working 💥

🔥🔥 Secret Sauce: Often there is a weakness higher up the chain contributing aswell (glute max, rec fem) are common!

Some of my best work on show here.Personalised prehab work is the future of the industry ✅Rather than focusing on how to...
17/11/2025

Some of my best work on show here.

Personalised prehab work is the future of the industry ✅

Rather than focusing on how to get athletes back from injury attention turns to keeping them on the pitch 🔥

There is no better way for this to be done than prehab work specifically for what that athlete needs at that specific time 👍

14/11/2025

Do you know what muscle group I testing here?

This muscle is important for hip, lower back and groin health 🏋️‍♂️

Very often it will get soft tissue work but I question if this is the right intervention - I find it needs more strength work more often 🤔

13/11/2025

Are your injury problems curtailing your sporting performance?

Naomi came into clinic this year after she had a tough 15 months with injury causing set back after set back ⚽️

Bear in mind she is only 19years old, so 15 months is a very long time to be out 👎

On the first appointment I corrected 7 imbalances at her right ankle. Set some rehab and booked her in for a few weeks time.

On the next appointment the rehab tested perfectly and she told me she had done the rehab (20 mins) on the other ankle also!

I knew then things wouldn’t be anything other than a success.

On this Prehab program I Test, correct and set rehab for any weak muscles/ligaments from the big toe to the rib cage ✅

Ankles, feet, calves, knees, quads, hamstrings, hip flexors, hip abductors, glutes, core and lumbar spine 🏃‍♂️

Testing and correcting problems before they become a problem/injury 🔥

11/11/2025

Do you have knee pain behind the knee?

My client’s pain was that bad he went to hospital fearing it was his meniscus or cartilage ⛳️

Behind the knee we have multiple muscle attachments - but the one I generally find the most problematic is the Popliteus 👎

This muscle is a stabiliser of the knee.

When the bigger muscles surrounding the knee aren’t activating well enough this muscle can spasm 😩

For this client the muscle that was weak was the rec fem ❌

Give him some rehab of release work behind the knee and activation work on the rec fem to get that contracting better ✅

Also corrected and rehabbed 3 more imbalances around the knee 🔑

Happy client 👍

Is your knee pain causing you to miss training and games? All of these pro athletes had previous issues with Osgood Schl...
10/11/2025

Is your knee pain causing you to miss training and games?

All of these pro athletes had previous issues with Osgood Schlatters ✅

1️⃣ Declan Rice - had this issue at 14 and played a big part in his release from Chelsea.

2️⃣ Raphael Varane - spoke recently and revealed that he remembers crying due to not being able to train.

3️⃣ Shaq O’Neal - he had a brace on one knee and metal braces on the other. He couldn’t do anything the pain was that bad!

4️⃣ Koby Brant - ‘I didn’t score a basket, a free throw, nothing. I sobbed my eyes out’

The key is having the belief that this pain won’t stop you and at some stage you will find the right answer 🔑

That attitude alone will take you a long way 🔥

09/11/2025

Do you think it’s a serious injury?

Man united player came on as sub but had to go off injured - leaving united to finish the game with 10 men 👎

Probably will have a MRI tomorrow to see the damage 🔑

Hopefully nothing too serious 🤞

06/11/2025

Is your knee joint sore?

These two clients are both 60+ ✅

But age is just a number.

Majority of the time MRIs aren’t needed ❌

Test to find weakness 1️⃣

Get the weaknesses working better 2️⃣

As simple as that 🔥

04/11/2025

Solid testing work or hocus pocus?

1️⃣ Rec fem tested strong

2️⃣ Rec fem tested weak when we contracted the toes first

What does this tell us 🤔

What I am doing here is testing these muscle groups in relationship with each other 👍

Rec fem is testing good on its own.

But when test how it’s functioning in relationship with the toe flexors it is testing weak.

In other terms - contraction of the toe flexors is causing an inhibition of the rec fem ✅

Muscles contract in pairs so this is a great way to determine deeper dysfunction in the system 🏋️‍♂️

Once we took tension out of the toe flexors then re-activated the rec fem the testing changed 🔥

Will need consistent rehab now to embed the new pattern!

03/11/2025

Do you what muscle group I am testing here?

This muscle is important for scapular and shoulder stability ✅

Also a key muscle for lateral bicep subluxation 👍

03/11/2025

Your MRI doesn’t tell your story it only whispers a few lines.
Imaging shows structure, not strength.
It can’t measure resilience, adaptation, or how your body feels and functions.

Far too many surgeries are done because of what’s seen on a screen
tiny “abnormalities” that are often just normal signs of living.
Age-appropriate changes, not emergencies.

Before you rush to fix what may not be broken,
start with movement, education, and a real conversation.
You are not your MRI.
You are more than an image
you are function, healing, and potential in motion

02/11/2025

Have you ever suffered a nasty ‘dead leg’ before?

I’ve seen many of these in the past especially when I was more involved with sports teams ✅

Some bruise up heavily and I’ve seen some not bruise at all 😤

Very sore and can last for a few weeks before feeling better 👎

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