BODY
Rehab needn’t mean a drop in fitness… the truth is we work people harder in rehab than we do in normal training
Movement and speed specialist Mike Antoniades has seen a lot of runners in his time and he seems to have us all worked out. He says that, unless you’re totally laid up in bed with your injury or illness, you should replace running with something else – like walking. And rehab, he says, needn’t mean a drop in fitness: “I give sportspeople – elite footballers and rugby players – walking rehab programmes and they look at me as if I’m from a different planet! But the truth is that we work people harder during rehab than we do during normal training because we’re looking to both maintain fitness levels and also fix all the problems.
We’ve divided Mike’s advice into four rehab scenarios.
THE EXPERTS
Mike Antoniades is the founder of the Movement and Running School. He is a movement and speed specialist and has been coaching for 38 years. He works with recreational and professional athletes as well as non-athletes and kids. His Movement Repatterning methodology is used by coaches and therapists all over the world.
Hannah Lees is an award-winning running coach based in Bath. A deep desire to escape from her two-year-old twins led her to give running a try; six years on, Hannah leads a team of 11 run leaders, empowering people to take up running and achieve more with their friendly, inclusive coaching.
James Lambdon is an HCPC-registered Sport Psychologist with TeamBath, based at the University of Bath. He’s experienced in providing psychological support to individuals, groups and teams. He works across a wide range of sports, from grassroots to Olympic and professional level, in support of those pursuing performance excellence.