Joe Rutter Sports Performance

Now offering acupuncture! Here I am using one of my new skills to help treat an acute shoulder injury. Acupuncture is a beautifully effective technique that has amazingly power painkilling and anti-inflammatory effects. Although many people are divided in the mechanisms that cause theses effects the evidence is overwhelming that it works. ⠀
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Often Western medical technique uses a compartmentalised approach and needle the local area to elicit the effects, however understanding how points all over the body can have a physiological change globally can create incredible results and not only improve the injured area but have lasting effects on the mind.⠀
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Images above show needling session on some distal points and some FMRI scans of the brain pre and post needling sessions, showing the physiological changes in the brain showing acupuncture is much more than just jabbing needles in! ⠀
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FMRI results Map of brain response to 18 different acupuncture points.⠀
Red: activation; Blue: deactivation; Yellow: overlap⠀
From Characterizing Acupuncture Stimuli Using Brain Imaging with fMRI - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature⠀
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Wenjing Huang, Daniel Pach, Vitaly Napadow, Kyungmo Park, Xiangyu Long, Jane Neumann, [...view 3 more...], Claudia M. Witt⠀
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Did you know ~8% of people succeed in there New Years resolution.
And one of the biggest resolutions is to get fit

Want to be part of that 8%

Plan and get some guidance for how you are going to achieve it.

Message me or comment below if you would like some tips and advice for the upcoming year!

Tag Someone who is as flexible as Sheldon!!

Anyone else's hamstrings always tight? Well it may be due to the fact they are doing work they shouldn't be i.e. keeping you up right as your bum has decided to switch off. It is very easy to correct this and see flexibility fly back to your hamstring! Interested? You know what to do!

Do you suffer with headaches that painkillers don't seem to touch? It may be caused from unwanted tension in your back. Why not try a soft tissue release?
It can work wonders, and it will mean you can stop popping those pills!

STOP IGNORING THOSE NIGGLES! Often our aches and pains are warning signs before something goes wrong, and are often easy to fix and and get rid off.

Moving through life is meant to be pain free. So get in touch, or tag someone who is always complaining!

Do you enjoy what you do?

Do you get excited when you think about the next bout of exercise you have planned?

If no? Why not!?

If you enjoy something you are more likely to keep doing it.

It doesn't matter why you enjoy it, of you like the community aspect of a class, throwing weights about the gym or love being outdoors.

Find what you enjoy and it becomes a lot easier to keep going!

Awesome session today in my humble garage gym. After learning some awesome techniques on how to activate my muscles and make sure they are doing the right job never felt so mobile, reactive and strong!

Accept yourself for who you are now; and know that you deserve to be better.

too often we try to loose weight, gain muscle mass, become fitter for others to accepts us, thinking we will now feel better about ourselves.

YOU MUST TRAIN FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR GOALS.

Not until you accept the real truth and motivation behind your goals do you really start to see progress and improve your commitment to the cause.

Reflect on why you do what you do and make sure you can look in the mirror and say to yourself 'What has lead me to here has made me who I am, but I am now ready to get better, I deserve it, I owe it to MYSELF.'

Until you can honestly say that and accept it. progress may be limited and you will more often than not keep falling off the wagon.

A mega lunch today with a good read and cup of coffee! Always happy to take a day of reflection and recovery after a busy weekend. However looking forward to training this week and making the most of the weather

When exercising, eating, or generally anything, do you understand why? Do you just accept what you are told and not worry that it might be outdated or wrong.
Please always ask your coaches/PTs why you are doing things and don't accept any old answer. Make sure it makes sense to you!

This guarantees 2 things
1) it make us better at our jobs, meaning we have to really understand our programming for you
2) it means you can make informed decisions and give us the right kind of feedback.

Always ask why and good coaches will explain and make you understand!