The limits of loaded training: read this before you start
Separate two things in the limits of loaded training: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…
Bone mass through menopause: six beginner deviations
Most people want bone mass through menopause to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…
Shoe soles and joint load, from judgement to action
Advice on shoe soles and joint load tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…
What swimming does for joints: cost, time and results
Anyone who has spent time on what swimming does for joints has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…
Does keeping warm help: cost, time and results
Separate two things in does keeping warm help: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…
Rest or move when it hurts: cost, time and results
If you only read one paragraph, read this: rest or move when it hurts depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…
How often to do rehab work: six beginner deviations
Most people do not fail at how often to do rehab work from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…
When to book the follow-up: six beginner deviations
Most people do not fail at when to book the follow-up from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…
Tight hips after sitting: knowing when to stop
Anyone who has spent time on tight hips after sitting has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…
Protecting knees on stairs: the light version and the full one
Most people want protecting knees on stairs to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…
Daily posture for the neck: cost, time and results
Let us set the limits of daily posture for the neck first: it reliably improves a trend you can actually compare, and it does not deliver overnight.…
Movements to avoid with a disc issue: read this before you start
Anyone who has spent time on movements to avoid with a disc issue has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This…
Range of motion in a frozen shoulder: fixing it point by point
If you only read one paragraph, read this: range of motion in a frozen shoulder depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the…
Early signs of low bone density, from judgement to action
Most people do not fail at early signs of low bone density from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is…
What calcium needs to absorb: the light version and the full one
Advice on what calcium needs to absorb tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…
Supplementing vitamin D: knowing when to stop
Anyone who has spent time on supplementing vitamin D has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not another…
Starting with resistance bands: cost, time and results
If you only read one paragraph, read this: starting with resistance bands depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…
Balance work that prevents falls: six beginner deviations
Separate two things in balance work that prevents falls: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…
Loosening morning stiffness: knowing when to stop
Put loosening morning stiffness back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…
Stretching order after exercise, from judgement to action
Advice on stretching order after exercise tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…