The Way Back Rehab Podcast

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This is rehab, redefined. The Way Back podcast doesn't aim to fix anyone or give all the answers, but provoke a greater understanding of our injuries, pains and training journeys to help us reconnect with our best selves on a journey of physical self-actualisation

Episodes

  1. May 20

    Ep 11 - The Appointment Gap Most People Fall Into

    Too many people slip through the cracks left to navigate the murky waters of rehab and day-to-day pain in the periods between appointments. And I got it. I understand that it suits a certain model and the resources that practitioners have available to them, but I think it's important to realise the value of coaching day-to-day in a rehab process. I think leaving clients on their own too much. assumes that things will go smoothly and what happens is that changes are too slow, relative to hoe quickly pain changes in their body I'm not saying that my way is perfect, but it has helped a lot of people that have been failed by traditional intervention based approaches to rehab. So before adding a new exercise, first ask, are you even leveraging the correct system? Keep Moving Forward, Colman

  2. May 20

    Ep 10 - Surgeon Wanted To "Burn" Nerves To Ease The Pain

    A story about waiting before a big intervention. Radiofrequency Ablation was the procedure a surgeon was considering doing on my back pain client. Now to be clear, I'm not bashing this procedure in its entirety, I've just seen too many stores of clients rushing into surgery for back pain without doing the right sort of physical training first. Surgery is often positioned as a definitive last resort, but the issue is that many people just haven't tried the right physical approach, and so while they feel like there at last resort stage, they're nowhere near it. My client who is now running, training and performing, needed an intelligent and precise plan, not someone to singe the problematic nerves around his low back. Keep moving forward, Colman

  3. Apr 22

    EP 9 - Are You Eating Rehab Slop?

    Sloppy, shoddy rehab is everywhere. The issue is the average trainee doesn't know they're getting it. And so they're diligent, hardworking, yet it's channeled into ineffectual areas. Your body needs specificity, precision and care. Not the same rehab plan as the 4 other Plantar Fascitis patients that a practictioner seen this week. An exercise is only as effective as the assessment and subsequent clinical reasoning used to justify it. If your rehab doesn't have that, it may be slop.

  4. Apr 8

    Ep 8 - 'The Best Exercise' - On Physical Consumerism

    There's ALWAYS going to be an exercise you're not doing and that's ok. We look at how a consumerist mentality in rehab and training limits progress, and where the alternative to more effective exercise selection lies

  5. Mar 13

    Ep 7 - Japanese Poetry Can Help Your Rehab

    Have you ever been in a museum, looked at a painting and thought, "What on earth does this mean?" It's not an uncommon feeling, and in this episode, we look to Japan and its approach towards art, to draw a parallel in how we can find depth in the simple aspects of our rehab and training. You know me, I love a tangent. In seriousness however, if you can truly understand this and learn to bring depth yourself, and not seek the movement to do everything for you, you're results from your rehab, and your entire physical journey will be more enriching!

  6. Mar 12

    Ep 6 - In Favour Of Physical Pessimism

    Murphy's Law states - "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." so why then are you surprised when it happens with your body? I believe pessimism is an important and healthy lens through which to view our physical journeys, not because I'm encouraging you to wallow in despair and never try, but rather to try your hardest, knowing that you'll always face curveballs in your journey. This is a liberating outlook because it minimises the woe is me mentality, and instead encourages you to keep moving forward amidst the unpredictabiltiy of our physical journeys.

  7. Feb 23

    Ep 5 - What 'It Depends' Actually Means

    It depends. It's the most common answer to nearly all fitness and rehab questions. Is it just a cop out from lazy coaches? Well if they don't tell you WHAT it depends on, then yes. But in my case at least, it's the most intellectually honest i can give you. In this podcast we dive into this idea so you actually understand it, as opposed to seeing it as a vapid soundbite!

  8. Feb 12

    Ep 4 - Why Rehab Progress Isn't Progressive

    If it's about the journey and not the destination, it would feel easier if the journey weren't so damn frustrating and unremarkable. But that's the reality, progress is a cruel mistress. Or rather, it just is, and it's us that need to alter our ideas of how progress will manifest in our rehab journeys. In this episode, we look at the mental tricks we play on ourselves before starting a new plan, the bodies resistance to change through homeostasis, and how stepping 'back' often delivers the best results.

  9. Feb 11

    Ep 3 - Embrace Being Gullible

    A little smidge of gullibility is a good thing if it stops you from overthinking and underdoing. In this episode we look at the dangers of being someone who's too smart for their own good hinders progress, and how the body can often make do with 'good enough' if it's done consistently and repeatedly. Short and sharp, so you can spend less time thinking, and more time doing!

  10. Feb 5

    Ep 2 - Why Pain Is So Damn Difficult

    Why is pain so hard to pin down in an age of advanced medicine? In this episode, I explore pain as an emergent, nervous-system-driven process not always visible, measurable, or linear, and why understanding this can ease frustration and help you actually work with pain, and not against it

  11. Feb 5

    Episode 1 - And We're Live

    The Way Back Rehab podcast is your space to internalise and understand better the challenging journey of physical self-discovery and returning to a state with less pain and more options when it comes to how we move out bodies. This journey will always involve circling back to the same ideas with a greater sense of wisdom and understanding.

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This is rehab, redefined. The Way Back podcast doesn't aim to fix anyone or give all the answers, but provoke a greater understanding of our injuries, pains and training journeys to help us reconnect with our best selves on a journey of physical self-actualisation

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