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Control Before Strength: Why Timing and Motor Control Matter in Injury Prevention and Rehab dns motor control stability Mar 13, 2026

You can strengthen a muscle as much as you like… but if it doesn’t fire at the right time, it’s not doing its job.

This is one of the biggest misconceptions in both rehabilitation and injury prevention. Many people assume that if they simply build strength, injuries will disappear.

It sounds logic...

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Why Foot Pain Keeps Coming Back: The Missing Link No One Is Assessing exercises foot pain global movement missing link motor control stabilisation Jan 09, 2026

One of the most common frustrations for both clients and clinicians is persistent foot pain that fails to resolve despite “doing all the right things.” Exercises are completed, orthotics are worn, footwear is changed, and yet symptoms linger or recur.

This pattern is not a failure of effort. More o...

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Back to Basics: Why Foundational Movement is the Missing Link in Rehab dns dynamic neuromuscular stabilization foundations functional centration motor control May 09, 2025

In the world of musculoskeletal rehab, there’s often an urgency to jump straight into strength-building. Load the calf. Activate the glutes. Prescribe the resistance band. But here’s the problem: if your client doesn’t have foundational movement control, all you’re doing is reinforcing dysfunctional...

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Toes, Toes Toes !!! 🦶💪👣 and how footwear changes their function. 1st mpj cns footwear hallux abducto valgus motor control subcortical Mar 04, 2024

Fashion has alot to answer for ! 

We have been stuffing our tootsies into ill fitting shoes - and marketing them as Good for your feet or Podiatry/ Physio  endorsed . 

The fact is -  We need ALL our toes - especially the 1st one - to be able to spread before heel strike - AND THIS IS A NORMAL PHYS...

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