Pain
Fix the Pain
The advice in this section is boring on purpose. Load the tissue, move more often, sleep, and stop frightening yourself. None of it diagnoses you, and none of it is a substitute for someone putting hands on the actual problem.
Everything
5 piecesWhere knee pain shows up when you squat, and what it suggests
The spot that hurts during a squat narrows the possibilities. Front, inside, outside and behind the knee, plus which part of your setup to change first.
Neck pain from desk work, and the fifteen minutes I'd spend on it
Most desk-neck advice aims at posture. The evidence points somewhere less photogenic. What to do at 3pm, and the three setup changes worth making.
The first three days of a bad back
Bed rest is the wrong instinct and it has been for thirty years. What the guidelines recommend for acute low back pain, and the symptoms that mean you stop reading.
A morning routine for plantar heel pain that starts before you stand up
The sharp stab on your first step out of bed usually settles with loading rather than rest. What to change in the first hour, and how long it tends to take.
Why your tight hip flexors survive three years of stretching
The front of your hip can feel tight without being short. What the sensation is measuring, and what to train instead of stretching it again.
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