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Functional Movement Screening for Injury Surveillance
I started off my Functional Movement journey whilst I was still serving as a Physiotherapist in the Royal Army Medical Corps.Working with the Military elite we used FMS as an early warning detection system as part of a comprehensive injury...
How can we be aware of the Bear if we don’t know it’s there?
Injury can sneak up on you, sometimes you will never know how close you came!If we can't see it and it didn't get us then does it really matter?Check out this video of a Snowboarder who does not realise at the time how close she came to be attacked...
Bulletproofbodies & CrossFit Fails 2017
CrossFit can cause injury if you don't respect the basics and you are trying to progress too fast.In my last 7 years of treating CrossFit injuries there are 3 reasons why people get injured:1. Ego - too much, too...
Bulletproofbodies Book of the Month – Ready To Run
So with the Manchester Marathon been and gone how about some reading before the London Marathon?Book of the Month is "Ready to Run" by Dr Kelly Starrett.At Bulletproofbodies we are big fans of K Star and his original book Becoming a Supple Leopard...
Manchester Marathon & Bulletproofbodies
So it's April and that means Marathon season.It began this weekend with the Manchester Marathon.We started taping the day before the Marathon, giving advice on "Runner's niggles."Taping with Rocktape helped athletes go stronger for longer.Working...
Bulletproofbodies & Avoiding Double Under Disaster
Double Under Disaster?Try Penguin Jumping!So did you get frustrated with your Double Unders during 10 rounds of 17.5?Although this is a basic CrossFit skill, when you fatigue you go to your default setting and start making mistakes you would not...
Bulletproofbodies & Reebok CrossFit Open 17.5 – Injury Prevention & Taping
So the last workout of the open is a couplet of Light Thrusters and Double Unders for 10 rounds!Hopefully you have implemented the strategies for taping and injury prevention for the last five weeks?For 17.5 it is worth Taping the shoulders, quads...
Bulletproof Your Handstand Push-ups
17.4 was all about the Handstand Push Ups (HSPU’s), 55 of them to be exact.With the new standard being introduced, we are now having to do HSPU’s properly.The key to any skilled movement is to not overlook the simple in search of the complicated.So...
Bulletproofbodies & Reebok CrossFit Games 17.4 Taping & Injury Prevention
It’s the Reebok CrossFit Open 2017 and 17.4 is a repeat of 16.4.Your job is to push your body hard and stay injury free over the next 2 weeks.There are plenty of videos showing you how to optimise your performance for this workout.However, we at...
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