A few years ago, I came across a piece of research that talked about 44% of people who did an 8 week strength programme improving their hip and knee symptoms so much that they delayed or cancelled their hip or knee replacement surgery. And then a hip client came in and I talked to them about this piece of research, said I thought we could change things but may need 12 weeks and it did not work . The pain did not improve and they went back down the surgery route. It was successful. But, my...

Most of us think about drinking water when it’s hot, when we’re sweaty, or when someone reminds us… again. Unless of course we are drinking coffee all day. It's not as bad as you think, but probably not an ideal only source of hydration. It's not always easy to keep hydrated, but the impact of being dehydrated is more than being a little bit thirsty.  It negatively impacts all systems of your body, and importantly, makes your muscles, ligaments, cartilage and joints less resilient. Hydration...

Looking at humans from a whole organism lens means that of course nutrition is going to impact both short-term and long-term health. What we have not elaborated on significantly is "does it impact our tendon health? I recently read the review "the impact of nutrition on tendon health and tendinopathy" which reviewed 19 publications (out of over 8,000 that looked like they could be relevant) and came up with the following information. A note: this is not a causation relationship, but rather...