"Movement - Body and Mind" - with Kelly Yiu

My guest on the podcast is Kelly Yiu. Kelly is a Hong Kong and Australia registered Physiotherapist. He is a Doctor of Physiotherapy and Bachelor of Kinesiology. Kelly was a personal trainer for seven years before becoming a physiotherapist. He is obsessed with Movement and goes into the detail of this in the podcast. Kelly has practiced many disciplines like yoga, Gymnastics and Martial Arts Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Rock climbing and basketball. He discusses his passion and the group he has joined called the “Hong Kong Movement Practice” led by his teacher Andres Vesga who himself is a student of Ido Portal. Kelly uses a systematic approach to help his patients to train pain-free and progress towards their goals. He is passionate about sports injury prevention and active lifestyle recovery through movement. In addition to treating neck and back pain, shoulder, knee and work-related injuries, Kelly will also assess, explore and helps clients improve their strength, mobility, and coordination. Kelly’s goal is to help his clients move more, move well and move without pain.Timings3:24 I am a registered Physiotherapist in Hong Kong and Australia… I was a personal trainer for seven years before I became a physio… I am into all forms of movement…4:27 I teach people to move more and move better... I am a doctor of physiotherapy…5:13 [Research]Hypermobile people… 8:38 I am more like a General Practicioner… a jack of all trades…10:57 Beginners gain … diminishing returns… need a beginners mind… work on different subjects…12:31 Andres Vasgar and his teacher Ido Portal…. You are always a generalist before you become a specialist… keep the beginners mind…13:29 I offer personal training and physiotherapy…15:13 If you move better you can transfer it to your daily life…16:28 Not everyone wants to be strong but nobody wants to be weak…18:01 Strength training once a week can be enough…19:26 [Clients] People who sit around all day … the second kind …more acute… amongst these are the active and sedentary… I would give them options… make sure they are pain free …23:15 I wanna be that guy that asks the question… I want to start people’s interest… I want to make them pain free…24:44 Normal soft tissue injury …normally takes six weeks to modify and adapt… normally a strength training takes 6 weeks…to see a significant change… ligaments and tendon take around 4 months… movement there is not a set end… it’s a process…29:01 The biggest change you can do for yourself is education… why and how you should do things..31:44 You don’t want to analyse too much… paralysis by analysis…32:53 I’m still practicing daily…  I want to teach people more movement… more active rehab… expand the movement group I’m in… Hong Kong Movement Practice…36:04 [Story] Mind and Body… I’m obsessed with Movement…37:33[Staying on top of things]… putting many hours in…keep on practicing …keep researching…39:02 [Set-Back Story] Introduction of “Movement”…41:20 I listen to  a lot of podcasts ..I watch “Instructional You Tubes”… Look up “Ido Portal” my teacher’s teacher… look into anatomy…Slogan/Quote – I can do all things 44:00 [Kobe Bryant story] … his legacy inspires many people… be mindful…46:20 [Rolling A Yoga Mat story]…Contact Kellyhttps://thebodygroup.comThe Hong Kong Movement PracticeContact VincentNewsletter: https://vincent1cd.substack.comPro Coach: https://procoach.app/vincent-hiscoxEmail: [email protected]: Vincent Hiscox