Bulletproof Your Squats at Therapy Expo

                    

Therapy Expo is always one of the highlights of the Bulletproofbodies Boys year.

With Uzo and Dale both presenting we had to make sure we delivered.

Judging by how packed the rooms were and great feedback on Social media we did not disappoint!

 It is always good to see our friends in Therapy, 

John Gibbons (Body Master Method) 

and

 Mike James (The Endurance Physio) 

Dale was first to present on Bulletproof Your Squats.

Below is the Bulletproofbodies Squat Checklist, the most important slide of the whole presentation.

Uzo’s favourite phrase was making sure your single leg squat does not look like 

“you are doing a bad job at a Disco!”

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Therapy Expo we salute you on another great 2 day conference.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4-6J_GagBI

Physio for Dolomite's Expedition 2019

Last week Dale from Bulletproofbodies had the pleasure of being the Physio on an Army Expedition to the Dolomites in Italy.

Naturally, when you take a Physio with your expedition they add significant value in many different ways.

They are an expert in Musculo-Skeletal injury able to provide injury prevention, treatment and management throughout the expedition. 

As well as taking a stretching session after a day of hill walking.

There is lots of opinion about stretching and injury prevention and it appears that there is a lack of scientific evidence to support this.

However, when I go out on the hills I always stretch afterwards as this helps my body to recover and feel better post exercise.

I ran Yoga classes every day for those on the expedition and they all reported the benefits of feeling less stiff and painful the next day. Plus it is also a great group activity that gets everyone involved.

In addition to basic stretching and Yoga, I also use a Compex with aid with recovery.

https://www.compex.com/uk/

The most common type of injury when climbing or walking up and down mountains is an over-use injury.

This typically manifests as lateral knee pain, particularly when going down hill, carrying a back pack.

This will be later diagnosed as ITB Compression syndrome.  

There is no way to stretch the ITB but you can influence the lateral chain, by performing a body stretch to the side.

But this best way I have found to keep ITB under control  is to roll.

Or Pulseroll to be more precise.

https://pulseroll.com/product-category/fitness-technology/

 Use the discount code:

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When trekking anywhere it is always worth stretching and rolling daily as part of your injury prevention programme to help you Bulletproof Your Body.

Army Reserve Physio Symposium 2018

Last weekend was a fantastic Physio symposium for the Army Reserves 2018.

I was presenting on “Raising Movement Standards” within both the Army and the Army reserves.

Jack Chew gave a thought-provoking presentation on “Function over Fashion,” within Physiotherapy.

Check out Jack's "Physio Matters" Podcast:

http://chewshealth.co.uk/the-physio-matters-podcast/

The Royal Army Physical Training Corps where there to tell us about the new Army Fitness tests and the new way the Army is training

 (Functional Movement bias).

A massive thank you to Akshay for organising this outstanding event.