Foam rolling has been about for over a decade and is used as a form of manual therapy to reduce myofascial tightness. (Cheatham et al 2015) (Peacock et al 2014). Myofascial tightness develops over time as a result of muscular microtrauma or after an injury. This can lead to scarring or thickening of the fascia…
Coldwater immersion (CWI) has been around for many years and been used for recovery and injury prevention/treatment. It seems recently to be growing in popularity, y, with people making home-made versions for their gardens. Even though CWI has been used for years there is still little or conflicting research in the understanding of the mechanisms…
This video is a Ted talk abouT The importance of play for our children. I came across this video around 5 years ago during my degree and Brandx has used it also in their seminars for youth training. It’s well worth a watch.
We are now into the fourth week of lockdown and I am sure many of you cannot wait until this is all over so you can get back to some sort of normality. The longer this goes on the more we might find it hard to stay motivated, so here are some ways to help…
Here is an interesting Ted talk that has been taken from research done by Dr. Porges, on Polyvagal Theory. This is a good watch if you work with kids either in a gym setting, school or even if you are a parent. Rule13’s psychologist will write a bit more on this in the near future.…