Writing
Explanations of the questions patients and athletes ask most, written from the evidence base and from clinical training.
Scope of practice
Physiotherapist, Exercise Therapist or Personal Trainer: Who Does What
Physiotherapists, exercise physiologists and personal trainers are trained, regulated and permitted to do different things. Here is how their scopes actually differ, and how to tell which one you are booking.
September 13, 2026 · 7 min read
Outcome measures
What Standardised Outcome Measures Actually Tell You
FIM, the Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go, GMFCS and GMFM are named, published tools with a scored result. Here is what each one measures, and why re-measuring it is the point.
September 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Return to sport
Returning to Sport After Injury: How Criteria-Based Progression Works
International consensus is that a return-to-sport date should be a measured decision, not a calendar one. Here is what the published evidence says criteria-based progression actually means.
September 13, 2026 · 7 min read
Water exercise
Water Exercise, Balance and Gait: What the Research Shows
Immersion changes how much weight a joint carries, how quickly a loss of balance turns into a fall, and how much resistance a movement meets. Here is what the published trials report, and how certain their authors say that evidence is.
September 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Training in heat
Training in Dubai's Heat: Joints, Hydration and Load
Dubai's summer does not damage a joint directly. It changes how much work the body does to stay cool, how fast fluid leaves, and how early a session stops being the session that was planned. That is a load-management problem.
September 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Yoga and movement
Where Yoga Helps in Rehabilitation, and Where It Does Not
The trials put yoga roughly level with other active exercise for chronic low back pain, and show a measurable gain in balance and mobility in older adults. They also record more adverse events than doing nothing. All three findings belong in the same answer.
September 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Nutrition and recovery
Eating for Recovery: What the Evidence Actually Supports
The published consensus statements agree on an unglamorous list: enough total energy, enough protein spread through the day, enough sleep, and a fluid plan built on the individual. Almost everything specific beyond that belongs to a dietitian, not to an article.
September 13, 2026 · 7 min read