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Bio-Mechanical Therapy, Stockton-on-Tees (2026)

30/11/2025

One of the most important chapters in my e-book is this one — living in a dysregulated state.

Why? Because most people are completely unaware of what their nervous system is actually going through.

As a result, they move from one doctor to another, from one profession to the next, trying to “fix” individual symptoms when in reality, many of these issues are simply expressions of a system that can’t regulate itself anymore.

When regulation is lost, everything downstream is affected — breathing, sleep, digestion, recovery, pain, and performance. Treating these in isolation often misses the root cause.

Instead of chasing symptoms and sensations we MUST first LEARN how to regulate the system.

08/01/2025

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16/07/2024

“I'm leaving this here for anyone who thinks that hands-on work will change their posture.

Also, for any therapist who sells this kind of BS.

When I see therapists claiming they've changed someone's posture by using a few cups or digging into them with a fancy massage gun, it tells me how little they understand about posture.

Posture is a neuromechanic expression of how you function, breathe, and even rest or digest. Temporarily freeing up tissues may give the impression that posture has been changed, but it's only a momentary change with no long-term benefits.

Posture is much more than how someone's shoulder blades sit or how far forward their neck is."

10/07/2024

What if I told you to stop stretching and that you’re wasting your time?

I know you would probably think I’ve lost my mind…

Many people come into the clinic and say to me, “I’ve been stretching every day, and I feel like I’m not getting any more flexible or mobile.”

Well, it doesn’t come as a shock. See, most therapists and trainers somehow think it’s the muscle that’s either short or long. Not wrong to think like that either.

However, they’ve missed a big piece of the puzzle: bones & joints.

A muscle is only as strong, short, weak, tight, taught or long as the bones/joints it attaches to allow it to be. This means that if the positioning or alignment of that joint is either posterior or anterior, it’s going to change the ability of that muscle to either lengthen or shorten.

Hence, at BMT, we spend more time thinking about bones and joints rather than about muscles. Treat muscles if you want temporary changes. However, address the positioning of bones & joints if you want long-term changes.

18/06/2024

If I was to summarise what it is we do at BMT it’s that we aim to change the belief of one’s nervous system

Dealing with complex cases I write down these 3 points.

Beliefs, behaviours, outcomes

The outcomes for example are poor movement, injuries, pain, loss of confidence etc etc

However, they’re all being led by the behaviours in other words how an individual functions

We can try and change that all we want with better technical cueing

However, if the nervous system's belief is never upgraded or changed.

The problems will continue to occur

So whether it’s in the clinic or day-to-day life, if want to make a long-lasting change.

Don’t chase outcomes

Understand the beliefs first & foremost

Thank me later 👍🏼

30/05/2024

Midstance

A very important phase of the gait cycle. Midstance provides stability for mobility on the opposite side of the body. It involves internal rotation, intra-abdominal pressure, pronation, and lengthening of lower limb muscles.

Midstance allows us to shift from one side to another, which is crucial for us as bipedal beings.

People with poor midstance mechanics often lack proper gut pressure and internal rotation at the pelvis/hip. They are often stuck in asymmetrical patterns that they cannot manage or shift out of, leading to various mechanical dysfunctions.

Gait is much more than just how you walk; it also indicates how you breathe, function, find stability, and, most importantly, how you manage gravity.

24/05/2024

Did you know that the diaphragm and liver are closely connected in both function and anatomy?

The liver has strong connections to various parts of the body. It is anchored to the anterior abdominal wall by the falciform ligament, and its position can be changed by abdominal contractions. Additionally, the liver is anchored to the inferior vena cava by the ligamentum venosum, affecting venous return to the heart.

The most significant connection to the liver is with the thoracic diaphragm. The strength of the coronary ligament, with its triangular edges, surpasses that of other ligaments and is nearly as tough as tendons.

Many gross anatomists mention during dissections that attempting to find enough room between the liver and diaphragm to cut this coronary ligament often becomes exasperating. The intense connections between the liver and diaphragm suggest that diaphragm function affects liver function.

As always bear in mind that Diaphragm dysfunctions can lead to various complications due to its extensive anatomical and mechanical connections.

22/05/2024

I had a patient come in this Sunday who had been experiencing ongoing shoulder issues for the last 20 weeks. He mentioned he was in the best shape of his life, training extremely hard, and he woke up the day after one of his training sessions with some stiffness in his left shoulder.

He booked a private session with a physiotherapist who suggested he may have a rotator cuff issue and advised him to rest until it gets better before resuming training. Unfortunately, after 3 weeks of resting, his problem not only did not go away, but it also began to get worse. He mentioned the pain increased from 3-4 to 7-8, and his shoulder mobility started to significantly reduce.

When an injury or symptoms are present, the receptors in the affected area become sensitized. The brain’s natural reaction is to stop or reduce putting load or force through it, as it perceives that things can get worse in the affected area. However, when it comes to pain, it’s important to understand that pain reflects the “perceived” need for protection, not necessarily the “actual” need. This concept is known as predictive processing.

As therapists, trainers, or coaches, we have to respect this higher centre adaptation, but we also have to acknowledge that the longer the individual spends time in this adaptation, the more likely it is to become their future reality, meaning they are going to have serious limitations for a long period, as the brain is always perceiving or predicting a problem is going to occur when they load or move it.

The brain’s command/message was predicting protection in the given area, and unfortunately, this was starting to become his reality, causing him more pain and making the problem more complex.

Rehabilitation is essentially training when injury or pain is present. It may be less intense than what one is used to and more technically demanding. However, it is essential to gradually expose the affected area to different movements, loads, speed of movement, etc., as this is what helps regain the trust of the nervous system and reduces the predictive processing of the brain. As the saying goes, USE IT OR LOSE IT.

Be sensible, be cautious, but DO NOT be afraid.

18/05/2024

In the last 12 weeks, I began working with a former competitive gymnast who had ongoing issues with her lower back since her competitive days. I asked what treatment or training process she had gone through over the last few years to overcome her persistent problem.

She said she had been given a stretching program by most of her therapists. Mostly, she has suggested her HIP FLEXORS were too tight and she needed to stretch them out.

However, every time she commenced the stretching programs, her lower back pain would get worse. WHAT A SHOCK 🫤👀….

This did not come as a surprise to me one bit. This lady is hyper-mobile. In more scientific/specific terms, she lacked efficient TENSEGRITY. Although this may be great in her competitive sport, hyper-mobility sucks for day-to-day living.

I will go more into detail about this in a later post. However, what makes someone great in their given sport can cause them MANY problems in day-to-day life.

She came on board with us for 10 treatment sessions. We didn’t need 10 sessions to get rid of her symptoms. We needed 2.
However, if she doesn’t go through a retraining phase, she’s back to square one.

In her retraining phase, we started by working on tensegrity = TENSION & INTEGRITY.

Facilitation is what she needed.
Not INHIBITION.

We began by addressing her breathing mechanics and working on building intra-abdominal pressure via correct breathing.
Followed by getting her lumbar spine & pelvis to be better coordinated. Her lower back/lumbar would move for her pelvis and that’s a big NO-NO. (We need a specific post on this alone, so I won’t go into too much detail here).

Once we were able to establish those 3 principles, her movement & overall posture got significantly better. With her already having great levels of athleticism, it’s easy to jump to complex/advanced techniques because she can perform them.
However, she’s also a master at compensation.

So the simpler/easier the technique, the better suited it is for her. Don’t miss out on the basics and be sure to spend a good bit of time getting them right with individuals who are masters at compensation.

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