George The Physio

02/03/2026

This isn’t a stretch. It’s a mobility drill. Let me explain the cues. and there’s a big difference.

Most people do the couch stretch passively and get nowhere. Here’s what I’m actually doing the whole time:

Actively driving my hip forward. Earning the range, not just sitting in it

Firing my glute, which signals the hip flexors to release further

Reaching as far over as I can to open the whole side up,hip to fingertips

Bracing my core to keep my pelvis in the right position throughout

One position. Hitting the anterior hip, re**us femoris, iliopsoas, TFL, QL, lat and thoracic spine all at once.
It’s taxing. It should be.

If you’re doing it right you’re working the whole time, that’s exactly why it works.

Comment ‘physio’ if you want to do physio with me.

Ps my left side is injured 😂

26/02/2026

Dry needling the hamstring as part of a lower back treatment.

Tight hamstrings pull on the pelvis and load the lumbar spine.

So releasing them is just as important as treating the back itself.

I’m treating the whole posterior chain, not just the symptom.

26/02/2026

This bed was gifted to me by but honestly I wouldn’t post about it if I didn’t love it. The sturdiness alone speaks for itself! 😂

Comment ‘bed’ if you want a discount code for

25/02/2026

Now rehab to keep the back pain free…

21/02/2026

If your lat always feels tight when you lift your arm… it might not be the problem.

Your body always prioritises stability.

When one muscle isn’t doing its job properly, another one will step in.

The lat is strong.
It connects your arm to your trunk.
So it often becomes the backup stabiliser during overhead movement.

The issue?

It pulls the arm down and in.
Not ideal when you’re trying to move smoothly overhead.

So you get:
• Tight lats
• Shoulder pinching
• Temporary relief from stretching
• But it keeps coming back

Because the muscle that should be controlling your shoulder blade during overhead movement…

Is the serratus anterior.

Release the lat.
Retrain serratus.
Reload properly.

That’s how you break the cycle.

If you want someone to understand chains of muscles for your rehab, comment ‘physio’ & we can talk about doing online rehab with myself ☺️

17/02/2026

What’s your thoughts? Yay, nay or I want too try?

16/02/2026

Bands are fine.

They teach awareness.
They’re useful early on.

But if you stay there, you never build real stability.

Real hip stability means controlling your pelvis under load.
In space.
In single-leg positions.
With rotation.

If your adductors can’t do that,
your lower back may end up working harder than it should.

Copenhagens aren’t day one rehab.

But long term?
This is the standard.

Most people never get here.

That’s why their back keeps ‘tightening up.’

Agree or disagree?

15/02/2026

That tight, tender strip on the outside of your thigh?

It’s not a random knot.

It’s an area designed to handle load and transfer force from your hip to your knee.

That’s why it naturally feels:
• dense
• tight
• ropey
• sensitive under pressure

Its job isn’t to relax.
Its job is to stabilise.

So when you foam roll it, dig into it, or hammer it with a massage gun… it might ease briefly.

But it always comes back.

Because the issue isn’t the spot itself.

It’s workload.

If the muscles on the inside of your thigh aren’t contributing well, the outside of your leg takes on more responsibility for controlling your femur and knee.

More responsibility = more tension.

So the outside tightness isn’t the problem.

It’s the overworker.

The goal isn’t to “release” the area.

The goal is to:
– improve inner thigh strength and control
– balance how force is shared across the leg
– restore smoother hip and knee mechanics
– manage total load properly

Once load is shared better, the outside of the thigh no longer needs to brace.

And that “knot” finally stops feeling like one.

Pressure isn’t the solution.
Load distribution is.

If you want to learn how to actually fix the reason tightness keeps coming back, comment ‘physio’ and I’ll show you how I coach it online.

13/02/2026

Your body adapts to what you repeatedly do.

If most of your day is
bed → car → desk → sofa…

Don’t be surprised when you feel stiff.

It’s not age.
It’s exposure.

Change the input, change the output.

If you need structure with that, you know where I am.

13/02/2026

Your traps aren’t tight.
They’re overworking.

If your shoulders sit forward, your pecs and anterior capsule are dragging the scapula into a poor position.

So when you lift your arm… your upper traps step in to stabilise.

That constant overuse?
That’s what feels like “tightness.”

You can massage them.
You can stretch them.
You can dig your thumb into them.

But until you restore shoulder position and give the scapula better mechanics… they’ll keep switching back on.

You can recreate this yourself through structured exercise, when you know what to load and in what order.

That’s exactly what I build inside my online rehab coaching.

Message “PHYSIO” if you want the details.

09/02/2026

The adductors help stabilise the pelvis and knee.

When they’re overactive, they pull the system into tension.
The quads stay switched on to compensate.
That’s why the thighs feel tight.

Release the adductors first
the quads finally let go.

I’ve taken everything I do in clinic and rebuilt it online. Comment ‘Online’ & let you know the details 🫡

07/02/2026