Unfortunately I couldn't attend the #oploading2017 conference this weekend. Glad to see Dr Rod Whiteley from Aspetar, calling out these passive practices. "Physio's do every flavour of bullshit". Bullshit treatments, lead to bullshit results. As an industry we need to stop the 💩💩!

BULLSHIT ALERT 🚨 More absolute bollocks information being fed to the public domain. This infographic, was published with very poor quality research and adds to the fear mongering behaviour of the industry. Kids with heavier school bags who travelled to school by car, reported higher incidences of back pain. Kids who walked to school with heavy backpacks reported lower incidences of back pain. This is also true for the lighter backpacks in these studies. So don't go out and buy expensive specialist back packs recommended by some shoddy research. Maybe Get your kids up and active, encourage physical activity. It's a much smarter investment.

Great infographic as always by @ylmsportscience , RICE is the worst acronym to ever have been adopted by the sports medicine industry. And this study adds more weight to this argument, the most recent hamstring rehabilitation from aspetar introduces early loading. Askling protocol etc and even we see certain types of ankle fractures and Achilles ruptures, all utilising early loading yet there is still this idea of delaying loading, RICE was an opinion piece that was followed up with poor quality studies. The message gets lost, I've had clients who are resting 6 months down the line, that's not resting , that's retiring. GET UP, GET OUT, GET ACTIVE. If you want an acronym use POLICE.

I'm going to be devils advocate after reading the comments section of this video, people are providing bullshit arguments. So an awful lot of people are looking at disease and death too simplistic. That belief that stress caused death etc is totally flawed. Robert Sapolskys work tells us that stress is not an individual risk factor for disease or death. Actually in medicine there are very few individual risk factors for anything, and the problem with most of our treatment approaches is we look at one our two risk factors and eradicate that. There is evidence to suggest that stress exacerbates and is a contributing risk factor to these lifestyle and inflammatory diseases. Those that are gonna dismiss this Ted talk without reading the papers are doing a disservice to science. And I guarantee it's the more scientific minds there that will make the correlation and causation argument. Science and especially neuroscience isn't black and white, it's gives us the best explanation that our experimental design allows. I read the comments and everyone is looking for the golden pill and magic bullet. It's doesn't exist, but stress is an established risk factor, maybe changing a belief about it is another point of attack in these lifestyle diseases.

I'm delighted to have been able to help this amazing man from Westport to Oughterard. He is currently 75 km from finishing this heroic challenge. He is currently sitting second in his category in the Irish Ultra challenge, where he is cycling 1100 Km. He is on about three hours sleep in the last 2 days. And is still going strong. John is attempting to break the Irish Solo record, to finish this in sub 68 hours. He is well on target. John is raising money for a very Special and Brave Little Man. Fionn is currently fighting an extremely rare cancer Neuroblastoma. And all proceeds will be going to help Fionn and his family through a very difficult time. Every little helps folks, so dig deep.

Another great info graphic from @ylmsportscience ! A tendonopathy is a characterises by load exceeding capacity of a tissue. So it doesn't make clinical sense, to poke it, needle it, rest it, rub lotions on it! Basically LOAD IT!!

Strength training, is the cornerstone of rehabilitation and is a very effective injury reduction adjunct!!! You can't go wrong getting strong!! As always @ylmsportscience for some great info graphics 👍🏿👍🏿💪🏼💪🏼 #physiotherapy #sportsperformance #sports #healthcare #Healthy #gym #sleep #athlete #physicaltherapy #ukfitfam #fitfam #performance #recovery #gains #irishfitfam #athletics #sportsperformance #recovery #sportsrecovery #PMCPERFORMANCE #fitspo #bodybuilding #gainz #fitfam #elite #rugby #soccer #football #gaa #sports

Really enjoyed being part of a great event yesterday! I think a big well done to all who attended, @citygymlk for hosting and @arthurlynch for organising such a progressive event! Injury is not something that people like or want to talk about but I think it's speaks volumes for this group that they as coaches want to learn about injury rehabilitation and potentially step to reduce injury risk! Shout to @jessiebarr247 and @dannylennon_sigmanutrition unbelieveable presentations and it was great to learn from these guys! 📸 @logicallyjacked 👍🏿☺️

Well what can I say! Sharing the stage with BAE! #Repost @arthurlynch (@get_repost) ・・・ Speaker number 3 for the comprehensive injury workshop is Irish Olympian Jessie Barr. . Jessie competed for Ireland at the 2012 London Olympics and has represented Ireland on numerous occasions. . With a master's degree in sport psychology and now currently pursuing her PhD in sport and exercise psychology, Jessie's area of research interest is in mental health in athletes. . For the purpose of this workshop Jessie will be covering the psychology of the injured athlete. What are some of the psychological issues facing injured athletes? How do they manage or overcome theses challenges? What do coaches need to know about their injured athletes. All will be revealed on the day. . You can find the link to buy your ticket for the seminar in my profile bio 😉 #pmcperformance #sigmanutrition #workshop #limerick #nutrition #psychology #physiotherapy

Delighted to be sharing the stage with some great speakers!!! #Repost @arthurlynch (@get_repost) ・・・ On to our second speaker for the comprehensive injury workshop. . Speaker number 2 is none other than Mr. Danny Lennon. Danny has a master's degree in nutritional sciences and he is the founder and face of sigma nutrition. He runs a weekly podcast featuring some of the world's leading experts in nutritional science and practice. He also runs a powerlifting podcast and has had many big names on his show despite it only being a much more recent venture for him. Sigma nutrition also provide an online coaching service (which I'm proud to say I'm a part of). . For the purpose of this workshop Danny will be covering nutrition for the injured athlete. . What should the injured athlete eat? Do energy requirements change as a result of an injury? Are certain supplements of benefit to injured athletes? . These are all questions which will be addressed during Danny's talk. . To secure your ticket for the workshop, go to my profile and you will find the link at the bottom of my bio! #sigmanutrition #citygymlk #injuryworkshop #limerick #evidencebasedpractice #physiotherapy #nutrition #psychology

#Repost @arthurlynch (@get_repost) ・・・ What's this injury workshop thing? Who's speaking in it? What topics are being discussed? Where is it on? . I feel have not answered these questions comprehensively 😂. I do apologize, allow me to start with "who are the speakers?" . First up we have Dr.Paul McCarroll. Owner and founder of PMC performance and sports recovery (@pmcperformance ). Paul is passionate about performance with that being his number one priority when working with athletes. This plays a paramount role in his treatment of athletes. He takes a very hands off approach (no bs. rub downs or other unscientific approaches to injury management and recovery). He has worked with international athletics athletes, cricketers, rugby 7's, provincial rugby players and powerlifters up to international levels of competition. Apart from anything else, Paul stresses an evidence based approach to injury management and is extremely well versed in the scientific literature. . I will be covering the remaining speakers and topics to be covered in due course 👀 . Interested in attending the workshop, the link to secure your ticket is in my profile #pmcperformance #sigmanutrition #citygymlk #powerlifting #injury #nutrition #physiotherapy #evidencebasedpractice #psychology

Compliance to exercise regimes are a big issue! As a coach, athlete or medical staff what do you use to improve the compliance of your programs ?! Bottle of Heineken on the bar may be one way!!