Is physiotherapy a ponzi scheme?

I bought How To Become A Supply Leopard, the book by mobility expert Kelly Starrett of Mobility WOD to try and undo all the damage I’ve done to my body from gruelling sports and too many years of working on a laptop. This wasn’t by choice, is was by necessity as it got to the point where my body wouldn’t let me sit down any longer. I felt trapped inside a tight postural box and didn’t know how to get out.

What I did know, on past experience, was that seeking external help was not going to save me. Over the last decade I’ve paid thousands of pounds to three physiotherapists, one chiropractor and one cranial osteopath that only made my problems worse. So how did all this start?Continue reading

Limited mobility? How desk workers can unlock their body in 6 steps

If you sit at a desk all day, chances are pretty high that you have some kind of back, neck, shoulder or wrist pain. And if not chances are even higher that it’s only a matter of time. The human body is not designed to sit. It’s normal, but it’s definitely not natural.

[box] This is a chapter from the Unbreak Yourself book which also covers how to work standing up, how to restore mobility in your joints and how to sleep well – download the entire book here.[/box]

Sitting is the new smoking

The problem is that the human pelvis can not physically tilt 90 degrees and so the remaining 30 degrees required in order to sit at a flat seat in an upright position is done with the lower (lumbar) spine. This tilt can be corrected with a seat wedge so that your hips are higher than your knees however it’s the act of physically sitting that causes tissues to become tight and glued together and joints to become stiff whether your lower back is bent or not.

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Roost Stand V2 Review

Shipping in October 2015 the 2nd version of the Roost Stand currently on Kickstarter looks epic – can’t wait to review!