How does learning JEMS® help you to work effectively within the biopsychosocial approach? A recent paper by Mescouto et al…

Uncertainty isn’t fun. It makes us feel doubt, and doubt makes us feel vulnerable. When we don’t understand it, feeling…

As clinical practitioners, we are in the education business, although we might not recognise this explicitly. The business of learning…

Overwhelm. Vulnerability. Even desperation. When these currents start to run through us, we seek quick solutions to feel better, something…

Sometimes we confuse feeling stable with being still, unmovable or unmoved by the changing forces and circumstances around us. Yet…

We have unfortunately seen Andy Murray tumble out of Wimbledon for 2022, but it hasn’t been his performance that has…

I love the freedom of working for myself in private practice and have worked as a sole practitioner for the…

Hips – it’s all about glutes, right? Wrong. This week two clients learned that the roots of their chronic hip…

Movement is force management organised around intention. When we talk about a holistic approach, it is often associated with calming,…

Do you feel a nagging sense that something is missing, despite the elegant, highly attuned manual therapy you offer your…

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin Do you ever look…

When you see a person move, you are witnessing how they are creating, controlling and expressing themselves through the management…

Recently I asked our new Movement ART Programme 2 course participants to give me one word or phrase to describe…

Growth is a funny thing – it can sneak up on you under the deep disguise of uncertainty and a…

Feet, skin, eyes, fascia, vestibular system…they are voices which sing together. Your body is suspended in that song and you…

  “This is how it used to feel when I enjoyed running.” This surprising statement came from a professional triathlete,…

We can be so attached to a specific outcome, that we leave no space for the interesting discovery we might…

It is easy to lose sight of the big picture when teaching or coaching movement. We can clutter up minds…

It is a common misconception that our movement is the outcome of our biomechanics, when in fact our biomechanics are…

When I wrote my end of year message this time last year, I could never have anticipated where we would…

Your movement starts with a thought, an attitude.  What happens next has its genesis there, well before the movement begins….

It is the weekend, and time to reflect and perhaps resource, recover, take a moment or more…   This period…

Does a discus thrower have grace? Does a dancer have power?   The very best performers have the fine tuned…

Human actions often produce sounds. If you are a tap dancer, the sounds are intentional.  If you are a hurdler,…

Have you ever thought about about what is happening in people’s heads in a yoga class?  Let’s face it: many…

It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even…

Here’s an interesting thing to consider: do you tend to give feedback after successful or less successful attempts? When a…

I have taught on the subject of movement assessment for many years, and one of the tripping points that comes…

“I was doing so well, but now I’ve lost it.” I was sitting with a patient whom I had not…

I came across a quote recently that gave me pause. “Be motivated by the fear of being average”, it said….

It’s tennis season, and the wrist, elbow and shoulder problems are unfortunately going to start appearing in the clinic. This…

How do great players look so relaxed, yet cover and control the court so easily? Physically it does not seem to…

I have had some questions from my last Facebook post post regarding gluteal timing vs gluteal strengthening and this relationship…

A couple of years ago, I was speaking about movement efficiency at a conference, and challenged the common cuing of hip thrusting…

Whether it is working with life issues, coaching or physical rehabilitation, it is a practitioner’ s role to create and…

Today during a performance movement coaching session at the driving range, my client, just going pro this year, said to…

So you have assessed the Static Lunge, and it’s time to layer on a progression to take your movement testing…

For a movement test to be relevant and specific, it should be able to clearly answer a question for you,…

“Bend your knees.” It’s a ski instructor cliche, but is it a good instruction? You need shock absorption through your…

How well can you sense the qualities of the snow beneath your skis? Do you realise that the best skiers…

This week I had an interesting but important moment with a patient. The person is a performer, someone who stands…

On a recent course I was discussing issues of sensory processing, with particular reference to the feet. In alpine skiers,…

I am frequently asked by worried parents about their childrens’ feet. Are they normal? Are they flat footed? Should they…

Recently I had a patient come in for a follow up session. She was a talented young violinist, who struggled…

Those of you who know us well are aware that Kent and I met over a rumba at the Cardiff…

Chemotherapy – it’s such an assault not just on a cancer but on the whole rest of the body. My…

I just wanted to share a little story from clinic, as it was rather beautiful and highlights the need to…

When thinking about your posture, imagine gravity acting on your body like water in a down hill stream. Gravity likes…

When our electronic gizmos go on the blink, what is the first advice we get? “Try switching it off, waiting…

How many reps? I have been asked this countless times over the years when teaching JEMS courses. What is the answer?…

It is often disparagingly said that “those who can, do and those who can’t, teach”. While we all know of…

Recently on our JEMS Facebook page I uploaded a video of Yoda speaking to Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars swamp…

Video feedback can help someone to see what they are doing, but is more meaningful when used to help them…

Some of the questions which are frequently quite validly raised during our courses are “don’t we all have potential movement…

We see a lot of physiotherapists and Pilates teachers with low back pain in our clinic. Many of them have…

A new website brings opportunities to review content and retrieve some of the more popular blogs! Here is one that…

So another year of being on the planet has clicked over for me, and this sparks a certain amount of…

It is wonderful to just run spontaneously for joy, without judgement, with no expectations about distance or time, and with…

The ability to squat has different purposes for different people. For some, dropping the centre of gravity smoothly and easily…

Last night I had the pleasure of working with some great kids aged 13 -16 and their athletics coach down…

I had the pleasure of working with youth elite weight lifter Ryan Baugh. Winner of the Under 20 62 kg…

This is my Mum. She is 70, and is two years down the track after surgery and chemo for a…

There is nothing like analysing people performing the same function to appreciate the diversity of human movement strategies. An afternoon…

Whether they grow up to be athletes, dancers or everyday people with busy lives, children need a variety of movement…

JEMS® Movement ART is a course series which elegantly connects the interdependent factors which lead to fluent, effective, movement relevant…

One of my much repeated mantras is that if you want to secure your future confidence and independent movement, invest…

Just back from the FA National Game conference, a multidisciplinary football focused event which was brilliant to be involved with….

This past week during one of my seminars, I observed a pair of course participants struggling to improve a basic…

This week I finally got my technology act together and took up Stop Chasing Pain’s Perry Nickelston’s invitation to join…

JEMS is about beautiful, effective movement for everyone.   Take a look at this photo: determination, engagement and challenge are clearly…

Pilates Tree, an amazing web resource for professional Pilates teachers, has very kindly sent us a copy of their review of…

“During my time as a professional cross country skier, people always told me I had the most beautiful and most…

I recently found myself at the Celtic Manor Resort (if you watched the Ryder Cup, you can picture where this…

Just writing up the second edition of “Stability, Sport and Performance Movement”, with inspiration breaks from the Olympics. It seems…

Much of the movement dysfunction that I see has its roots in tension. Sometimes I see athletes who have fixed…

I’ve just returned from presenting at the Pre-Wimbledon combined conference of the International Society of Science and Medicine in Tennis(ISSMT)…

We are really excited to welcome twelve new practitioners onto the register of JEMS Certified Rehabilitation Professionals (CRP) as a…

Great day this week at Elite Squash with top coach and JEMS fan Hadrian Stiff and his squad.  Nothing better…

We humans love to be in control. This is often a pleasant delusion in many aspects of our lives, nevertheless…

To round off a busy and interesting year, Football Association Head of Medical Education Mike Healy was kind enough to…

This week I was privileged to present several sessions at the 2000 delegate strong annual convention for Friskiis and Svettis,…

Back in November 2010 Matt Metzgar invited me for an interview for his blog site. Matt writes articles for many…

Lower back pain in runners is a fairly common occurrence. It is usually not hard to pinpoint where the pain…