What Actually Causes Osteoarthritis [Part 1: Age]
Have you ever been told that arthritis is completely inevitable once you begin to age? Most likely you were told this because one of the common risk factors cited for arthritic conditions such as Osteoarthritis (OA) is that of age. The popular notion is that with age, the joints of the body degrade simply as…
See MoreThe #1 Tip to Drastically Lower Your Knee Pain
This is our most useful tip for every single person that experiences persisting knee pain. Chances are there are certain parts of your day that have become absolute agony. If you experience persisting knee pain, you will know what we’re talking about. It’s the stairs. More often than not they are the most problematic activity…
See MoreThe Secret Behind 99% of Knee Pain
“Just get on with it, deal with discomfort it’s part of ageing… “ This quote highlights something that is often considered a virtue in today’s world. Discomfort! Everywhere we look we see messaging such as ‘no pain, no gain’, ‘pain is temporary’ or ‘without pain, there is no progress’…. It’s hard to escape this messaging,…
See MoreWhy Most Interventions Fail to Improve Knee Pain
“I’ve been seeing my physiotherapist for months now and my knees haven’t gotten any better. I actually think I’ve gotten worse” The above quote or variations of it highlight an all too common phenomenon when it comes to addressing knee pain. The phenomena is known as ‘addressing the site, not the cause’ and it is…
See MoreWhy We Started the Knee Program [And What It’s All About]
The Knee Program. It’s something that we’re incredibly proud of. And for good reason. It’s a program that has been in development for over 10 years now. With constant improvement based on real patient feedback and regular professional development across the latest evidence (see our comprehensive research in action in this article series), we know…
See MoreThe MTP Difference
“Bridging the gap between pain & human performance” That is what MTP Health is founded on. It’s all based on the fundamental concept of the dysfunction – pain continuum that you can see here. You see we started MTP Health for one big reason. It was because we saw there was a problem…
See MorePart 3/3: Attention Soccer Players, Coaches, and Trainers!! Are you or your athletes at risk of an ACL injury?
If you struggled to land properly and displayed poor movement quality on any of the screening tests from Part 2 it is not the end of the world. Luckily for you I have provided exercises which I believe are some of the best for preventing non-contact ACL injury in soccer. Please note that I…
See MorePart 2/3: Attention Soccer Players, Coaches, and Trainers!! Are you or your athletes at risk of an ACL injury?
By David Maiolo Following on from Part 1, I will take you through a few examples of tests that you can use in your athletic screening process. Note that these tests reflect the injury mechanisms for an ACL injury seen in part 1 (e.g. drop vertical jump [double & single leg] reflect landing…
See MorePart 1/3: Attention Soccer Players, Coaches, And Trainers!! Are you or your athletes at risk of an ACL injury?
By David Maiolo PART 1 In this 3 part series, I will discuss the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and it’s relation to soccer performance. The ACL is one of the most common yet highly PREVENTABLE knee ligament injuries that occurs in soccer. I will cover the following topics and hope you can take…
See MoreThe Science Behind how Practice Literally Makes Perfect [Mobility, Performance & Your Brain]
“Nothing is impossible” Chances are, if you watched the video above, you simply wrote off what you just witnessed as some kind of anomaly. A ‘Freak of Nature’ if you will. You probably saw what he was able to do with his feet, then took a glance of curiosity down toward your shoe covered appendages.…
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