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Sports injury practitioner who uses a variety of manual therapy, dry needling, cupping and NKT. Spor

15/08/2025

Great to help really utilise how his body is meant to move 🙌🏻

This will be unbelievable for his training and competitions 🏋🏻‍♂️

As you can see from the slides, the benefits of doing Eldoa L5- S1 for bodybuilders are unreal! 🔥

Neuro muscular testing to assess under/overworked muscles 🧠

Hands on work 👐🏻

Eldoa to finish🙌🏼

13/08/2025

TFL • Glute Med • QL — the lateral stabilisation chain nobody’s talking about ⛓️

These 3 aren’t just neighbours — they’re fascially linked and mechanically interdependent.

🔹 TFL (Tensor Fascia Lata)
Blends into your IT band.
Helps with hip flexion, abduction, and internal rotation.
Can get tight when your glute med isn’t doing its job.

🔹 Glute Med
Main abductor & frontal-plane stabiliser in single-leg stance.
Works with the QL to keep your pelvis level when you walk, run, or load one leg.
Weak glute med = your QL has to overwork to hike the hip

🔹 QL (Quadratus Lumborum)
Deep lumbar stabiliser
Hikes the pelvis on the stance side
Chronic overuse = low back compression and stiffness

The loop:
Weak glute med → QL overworks → TFL tightens → pelvis rotates forward/down → Even more QL load.

The fix?

1️⃣ Hands on to create awareness and feedback
2️⃣ Segmental reinforcement for glute med
3️⃣ ELDOA for L1–L2 to decompress QL insertion
4️⃣ Integrate the chain in functional movement

When you treat the chain instead of the symptom, you stop chasing tension… and start restoring balance. 🌀

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10/08/2025

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Stuck in pain?

Limited slots left for the week
Link in bio to book in✅

07/08/2025

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𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 ⁣
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⁣𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯..⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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I trained more like a bodybuilder than a gaelic player. Body part workouts, trained every day and zero mobility.⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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Slept maximum 6 hours a night.⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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Junk food diet, I thought I could out work a crap diet.⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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No self care at all. No soft tissue work, myofascial or ice baths. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼⁣ ⁣ ⁣
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝘾𝙇, 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨. 𝘼𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝟯𝟰 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙜𝙚.⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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What I would be telling him now, in order to prolong your career and try to safeguard against these injuries would be ⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹!🥅 ⁣ ⁣ ⁣
Do you want to be a good gaelic player or bodybuilder? I see this so much in the gym still. Specific workouts, programmed and tailored to the individual are a must. Not some workout pulled from a Men's Health magazine. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝟴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. Sleep effects athletic performance!🛏⏰ ⁣ ⁣
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𝗔𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 that is for an athlete, plenty of protein, vegetables, carbs and fats. These are essential for recovery and performance. Not some keto or zero carb diet to make you look good, your performance will suffer.🍏🥦🥒🥦🥚🍳🥗 ⁣ ⁣ ⁣
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𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆. If you look after your car more than yourself, you are going to encounter injury. You can't perform without soft tissue work, myofascial and ice baths etc. You probably think you are invincible now, wait and see.♻️🔋 ⁣ ⁣

Get the body to move and flow better. There should be an importance on fascia, hydration and movement!

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙯𝙯 👌🏽⁣ ⁣ ⁣

06/08/2025

"Lets stick a few of these cups on ye"

Here is what is actually happening....

04/08/2025

Most people don’t even know this ligament exists!

It’s a key structure for joint integrity, fascial continuity, and gait efficiency.

🔍 What is it?
A small, fan-like ligament stretching from the fibular head across the back of the knee to the femur.

✔️ Connects with the popliteus, posterior capsule, and lateral fascial chain.

Because it’s a silent player in:

✅ Posterior knee stability(heel strike & toe-off)
✅ Deep tibial rotation mechanics
✅ Sciatic nerve glide
✅ Spinal-pelvic rhythm via fascial lines

Think again about that knee pain!

03/08/2025

The kids seeing their Da in the trenches....

Priceless!!

That high 5 was 🔥💪🏻♥️

A 43 minute hilly 10k for a 43 yr old! 👴🏻

31/07/2025

Why every athlete should be doing ELDOA T3–T4 🧠🔥

The T3–T4 ELDOA is one of the most powerful postures in the ELDOA system — and a game-changer for athletes in every sport.

Here's why:

✅ Improves upper spine mobility — offsets the effects of training, screens, and daily posture.
✅ Boosts breathing capacity — expands rib mobility + improves diaphragm function
✅ Enhances shoulder stability — better scapular control for throwing, lifting, striking, or pressing
✅ Decompresses the spine — creates space between vertebrae + hydrates discs
✅ Resets postural balance — realigns thoracic cage, neck, and upper back
✅ Supports nervous system recovery — helps shift from stress mode to rest-and-repair

Whether you’re in-season or off-season, on the pitch or in the gym — T3–T4 ELDOA belongs in your routine.

Want to get in for an Eldoa session?
Book in via my website 🙌🏼

28/07/2025

The power of Osteoarticular Pumping ⛽💦

The key element of fascia is water💦

When I see an angry 😡 joint we have to get 💦 into the dry and inflamed joint!

Have you always got a sore and tight (insert joint). Maybe it needs to be rehydrated ⛽💦

This is where Osteoarticular Pumping comes in!

Only a few slots left for the week

Book via my website www.belfastfit.co.uk or DM me 🙌🏼

27/07/2025

I have seen 2 clients this week who have been given orthotics for a leg length difference caused by muscular imbalances. No x-rays were ever taken. No history of growth plate fractures. No previous surgeries that could have caused a leg length inequality.

How about checking the neural drive to the lateral subsystem? How about assessing the motor co-ordination of the muscles that control the pelvis before we put a piece of plastic in their shoe to reinforce a movement dysfunction?

Shifting weight to the same leg while standing? Sit with the same leg crossed every day at work? Over time these little movements can lead to asymmetries, compensations and movement dysfunctions.

I tend to find compensation patterns between the quadrates lumborum, adductor and abductor muscles that lead to functional leg length differences quite often. Increased neural drive to QL hikes the pelvis on one side as it compensates for lazy abductors/adductors on the opposite or same side. Sometimes the QL is on vacation while the adductors compress the opposite hip to stabilise the pelvis in the frontal plane. Lots of combinations are possible.

Before you get an orthotic for a leg length discrepancy, please be sure there is a structural asymmetry and not just a muscular imbalance. If there is a muscular imbalance, correct it (or seek someone who can)🙌🏻

22/07/2025

🚨 Persistent pain? Don’t give up hope! 💥

Ryan battled ankle and foot pain for over 6 months — trying stretches, strengthening, and even physio-prescribed insoles (which made things worse!)

After just ONE session the problem was nearly resolved! 🙌

💆 Targeted soft tissue work
🏃‍♂️ Expert assessment
💪 Strengthening exercises that WORK

Now Ryan is running 3–4 times a week with little to no pain. 💯
If you’re dealing with a running-related injury, it’s time to book in 🙌🏼

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🖤 BELFAST FIT – Move Better

20/07/2025

43 today 🥳

Still got abs… just hiding under a layer of birthday cake. 🎂💪

My joints snap, crackle & pop more than my cereal!

But hey - can still keep up with the kids!

The perfect weekend with the family ♥️🥳

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