A common problem amongst mainly big-gear cyclists is painful VMO’s -medial Quadriceps. The VMO is the small bulky muscle on the inside of your leg, just above the knee. When riding bigger gears, you use mainly the big bulky Quadricep muscle on the outside of the thigh. This muscle responds by shortening, which causes lengthening [...]

“I have worked with sports injuries and particularly runners for the past 24 years. Initially I followed the 20 second stretching rules I was trained to do, and which was supported in most of the textbooks etc.. However since 1995, I worked with professional athletes who were tired of chronic recurring injuries and we decided [...]

I came accross the Yellow Page Wedges for the first time in 1990 when Jenni Rorrison (who now practice in Muizenberg, South Africa) rent a room in my practice in Durbanville to do massaging and wedges. Jenni copied the technique (which is based on applied kinesiology) from dr Ron Holder, the guru, chiropractor and applied kinesiologist, who is based in [...]

Whenever we see cyclists in the practice who complains of knee-pain, it boils down to the same old story – riding on big gears. When riding with big gears, you use a push action, working mainly with the power Quadriceps. Within a short time the fascia around the outside Quad thickens and tightens up, resulting [...]