Cozy vs contracted -dealing with muscle pain due to cold weather
We react to by contracting in against the cold. It’s normal but doesn’t actually help with keeping warm…. Training yourself to react differently can really ...
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Why is everyone saying Start Now?
I seem to be getting this message from everywhere. Planning to train for some big run next year? Start little jogs or up your steps ...
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Shifting Your Baseline
“That’s the calmest collie I’ve ever seen!” commented the man in the shop. Finally, I thought, we’ve fooled someone. This dog was an out and out ...
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Why take it easy?
The sign off at the end of my backtoactive bites emails is “take it easy”. This isn’t me being quirky, it’s like a low level ...
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Small But Mighty….Rests
I always think digging yourself out of pain hole needs a multi pronged approach. There’s rarely One Big Fix, unless you happen to have ...
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Don’t Dismiss The Small Stuff
When I was in lots of pain I was searching for something substantial enough that felt like it would sort my pain. But as I went ...
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