As I write this we are just beyond the second week of the energy boost challenge. What have been the takeaways so far? This is the first time I have held a fitness challenge and I have to say the uptake and enthusiasm for it has surpassed my expectations! I wanted to take a few [...]
Tine started training with me at the start of February 2017. In her own words this is her experience working with me: "I was always afraid to run, but had the dream to do a sprint triathlon, afraid of the pain and injuries, I thought I could never run, but with your strength training I [...]
Christien came to see me as she had heard about my Biomechanics Screenings and wondered if I could help her. She had been running for a while and when she decided to move up from running 5kms to half marathons she started to experience injuries. She has successfully ran 4 half marathons despite the occasional [...]
After being a Personal Trainer for about 5 years I was satisfied and happy with my work but I had the feeling something was missing. I had clients who weren't able to move in what I learned was good form and then other clients who had "perfect form" that could still get niggles and pain. [...]
I have a real interest in the psychology of pain and have written a couple of blogs about it (check them out here and here). Last week I had my own brush with pain psychology that I want to share with you. At the time I was 6 weeks out from running the Boston marathon and [...]
I have recently been on a course about pain and have been finding it a very interesting subject. So today I thought to share three things that I've found extra-interesting. 1.Pain is normal Pain is a normal part of our life. No one will go through life without it, and actually, even if at first glance [...]
