Resource Library

Looking for health and fitness advice for your problem or to help your wellness project?

These Co-Kinetic patient advice leaflets are written and reviewed by a multi-disciplinary team of medical and exercise professionals. Every leaflet is peer-reviewed at the very minimum by a professional in each of the following disciplines: physical therapy, manual therapy and exercise/fitness. Where appropriate they may also ask a recognised national charity to review and approve the content. They have given Martin permission to reproduce these articles for the benefit of his clients.

General Wellness

Flourishing during COVID-19

1. Staying Positive & Sane when times are challenging [PDF]
2. 12 practical strategies for surviving lockdown [PDF]
3. Morning Stretch Routine​ [PDF]
4. How to recognise a weakened immune system [PDF]
5. Eating your way to a stronger immune system [PDF]
6. 10 tips for staying comfortable and sane in home workspace [PDF]
7. Optimal desk posture [PDF]

Improving Posture

1. Intro​ [PDF]
2. Why posture matters​ [PDF]
3. Factors affecting posture​ [PDF]
4. Workplace exercises​ [PDF]
5. Sit tall​ [PDF]
6. Stand tall​ [PDF]
7. Rounded shoulders mobility [PDF]
8. Rounded shoulders strengthening [PDF]
9. Flat back mobility [PDF]
10. Flat back strengthening [PDF]
11. Kyphotic-lordotic mobility [PDF]
12. Kyphoric-lordotic strengthening [PDF]
13. Swayback posture mobility [PDF]
14. Swayback posture strengthening [PDF]
15. Text neck advice [PDF]
16. Morning stretch routine [PDF]
17. Optimal desk posture [PDF]

Stronger Hips

1. Hip Abductor Weakness Explained [[PDF]
2. Hip Mobility Exercises [PDF]
3. Hip Abductor Activation [PDF]
4. Hip Abductor Strengthening exercises 1​ [PDF]
5. Hip Abductor Strengthening exercises 2l​ [PDF]
6. Hip Abductor Strengthening Exercises – Advanced [PDF]
7. Trendelenburg Gait Explained [PDF]

Mens’ Pelvic Health

1. Introduction to Chronic Pelvic Pain in Men [[PDF]
2. Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome in Men [PDF]
3. Mens’ Pelvic Health: Urinary Incontinence [PDF]
4. Mens’ Pelvic Health: Fecal Incontinence [PDF]]
5. Mens’ Pelvic Health: Prostate Cancer [PDF]
6. Pelvic Floor Exercises: Kegels for Men [PDF]
7. Physical Therapy for men managing sexual dysfunction [PDF]

Pregnancy tips

1. Back Pain in Women [PDF]
2. Back Pain in pregnancy [PDF]
3. 7 tips to avoid back pain in pregnancy [PDF]
4. Pregnancy back stretches [PDF]
5. Back Care with baby [PDF]

Accidents, Injuries, Surgery & Infections

Headaches

1. Headaches Newsletter [DPF]
2. Tension Headache [PDF]
3. Cervicogenic Headache [PDF]
4. Cluster Headache [PDF]

Hip Replacement Happy!

1. Total Hip Replacement Fundamentals [PDF]
2. Preparing for surgery [PDF]
3. Before and After [PDF}
4. Speedy Recovery [PDF]
5. Dos and Don’ts [PDF]
6. Rehab climbing stairs [PDF]
7. Rehabilitation [PDF]
8. Rehab Phase 1 [PDF]
9. Rehab Phase 2 [PDF]
10. Rehab Phase 3 [PDF]
11. Rehab Phase 4 [PDF]
12. Rehab Phase 5 [PDF]
13. Activity Progression Journal [PDF]

Therapies

1. Some Complementary & Alternative Therapies and benefits claimed [PDF]

Building Activity into your daily life!

1. Build Activity into everyday life [PDF]
2. Build Activity into everyday life advice leaflet [PDF]

Yoga, Breathing Exercises & Mindfulness

1. The many health benefits of yoga [PDF]
2. How yoga can prepare you for a good nights sleep [PDF]
3. Breathing Exercises to De-stress [PDF]
4. Meaningful mindfulness [PDF]

Sleep as Therapy

1. Sleep Better Live Better [PDF]
2. How yoga can prepare you for a good nights sleep [PDF]
3. Wake up and shake up [PDF]

Radial Shockwave Therapy

1. Radial Shockwave Therapy [PDF]