Most people think of arthritis, osteoporosis, and bone density problems as an “old person’s” condition, but it can affect many younger people and even sporting athletes causing serious pain and damage to the body. Poor nutrition, our sedentary modern lifestyle, and a lack of understanding as to the importance of moving well and strength training are the main reasons why these conditions are becoming more prominent each year. Even in younger people! The need for strength training has become more important every year as more technology is invented to make our life even more sedentary than ever. As mentioned earlier this is no longer a problem limited to old people, with many younger people now being diagnosed with osteoarthritis and bone problems. The good news is these conditions can be improved and even reversed by implementing a well designed program with your exercise and nutrition that focuses on improving joint stability, muscle strength and bone density. In this article we discuss in great detail the things you can do to help get on top of your arthritis.

One of the misconceptions in the sports world is that to become great, all you need to do is devote endless hours of playing your chosen sport. While it is true you need to put in lots of practice and dedication to learning the skills needed to excel at your sport, just playing the sport and not working on the finer principles of movement will not make you great! All of the greatest athletes from every sport, even golf (Tiger Woods) attribute their conditioning as a key part of their success. If you just want an average level of performance, and be good at completing a few limited skills, then just playing your sport will achieve that. However, if you want to achieve your true potential as an athlete and become great, then you need to design and implement a  "specific to you" and your sport conditioning program. This requires more than strength and in some cases you may not need to be that strong! In this article I will explain the 8 key abilities you need to consider and help you understand what sports conditioning really means.  

There is no doubting back pain is a big problem in the modern world. Our sedentary lifestyle, combined with our allopathic approach of merely treating symptoms, has led this injury to reach a point where 9 out of 10 adults now experience back pain at some point in their life. Only colds and flu beat low back problems for Doctor visits. It is not limited to people who don’t exercise and can cut down even the fittest people. The good news is I believe many people recognise that exercise is invaluable for treating back pain and also preventing it. Unfortunately the understanding of what type of exercise is best is where it all goes wrong. For many years now we have been convinced to believe that strong abs means a strong core, and will prevent back pain. Even therapists and Doctors have been known to prescribe planks and abdominal exercises to treat back pain with this same type of thinking. We must realise that strength of the abdominal muscles WILL NOT change the faulty movement that leads to injury and pain. Your body will instantly sacrifice any strength if it only knows how to move with the same dysfunctional movement it has always used. You must identify and change the faulty movement patterns linked to the injury to have any chance. In this article we will explain why learning to move better is more important to you than strength of your abdominal muscles if you have back pain.