The Way Back Rehab Podcast

Sloppy, shoddy rehab is everywhere. The issue is the average trainee doesn't know they're getting it. And so they're diligent, hardworking, yet it's channeled into ineffectual areas.Your body needs specificity, precision and care. Not the same rehab plan as the 4 other Plantar Fascitis patients that a practictioner seen this week. An exercise is only as effective as the assessment and subsequent clinical reasoning used to justify it. If your rehab doesn't have that, it may be slop.

There's ALWAYS going to be an exercise you're not doing and that's ok. We look at how a consumerist mentality in rehab and training limits progress, and where the alternative to more effective exercise selection lies

Have you ever been in a museum, looked at a painting and thought, "What on earth does this mean?"It's not an uncommon feeling, and in this episode, we look to Japan and its approach towards art, to draw a parallel in how we can find depth in the simple aspects of our rehab and training.You know me, I love a tangent.In seriousness however, if you can truly understand this and learn to bring depth yourself, and not seek the movement to do everything for you, you're results from your rehab, and your entire physical journey will be more enriching!

Murphy's Law states - "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." so why then are you surprised when it happens with your body?I believe pessimism is an important and healthy lens through which to view our physical journeys, not because I'm encouraging you to wallow in despair and never try, but rather to try your hardest, knowing that you'll always face curveballs in your journey. This is a liberating outlook because it minimises the woe is me mentality, and instead encourages you to keep moving forward amidst the unpredictabiltiy of our physical journeys.

It depends.It's the most common answer to nearly all fitness and rehab questions. Is it just a cop out from lazy coaches? Well if they don't tell you WHAT it depends on, then yes. But in my case at least, it's the most intellectually honest i can give you. In this podcast we dive into this idea so you actually understand it, as opposed to seeing it as a vapid soundbite!

If it's about the journey and not the destination, it would feel easier if the journey weren't so damn frustrating and unremarkable.But that's the reality, progress is a cruel mistress. Or rather, it just is, and it's us that need to alter our ideas of how progress will manifest in our rehab journeys.In this episode, we look at the mental tricks we play on ourselves before starting a new plan, the bodies resistance to change through homeostasis, and how stepping 'back' often delivers the best results.

A little smidge of gullibility is a good thing if it stops you from overthinking and underdoing.In this episode we look at the dangers of being someone who's too smart for their own good hinders progress, and how the body can often make do with 'good enough' if it's done consistently and repeatedly.Short and sharp, so you can spend less time thinking, and more time doing!

Why is pain so hard to pin down in an age of advanced medicine?In this episode, I explore pain as an emergent, nervous-system-driven process not always visible, measurable, or linear, and why understanding this can ease frustration and help you actually work with pain, and not against it

The Way Back Rehab podcast is your space to internalise and understand better the challenging journey of physical self-discovery and returning to a state with less pain and more options when it comes to how we move out bodies. This journey will always involve circling back to the same ideas with a greater sense of wisdom and understanding.