The Labs.
Focused workshops on the parts of you that modern living punishes most. Hips, necks and shoulders, backs.
A Lab takes one part of you and spends the whole session there. Not a general class that touches everything for four minutes each. Ninety minutes on hips, or on necks and shoulders, or on backs, with enough time to test what you've got, work on it, and test it again before you leave.
You'll be given the reason behind every drill. If something's contested, you'll be told that too. The aim is that you walk out able to run the work without us, which is why the testing sits at both ends.
How we work
Strength first, as tightness usually needs support. Then mobility, which is the part that feels like relief. Then control, to understand your body and respond to what it will need.
The strength-first order is the part most people find surprising, so here's the reasoning. Stiffness isn't always short tissue. Often the range is physically available and the body has no strength to control it at the far end, so it limits how far you're willing to go. Build strength near the end of the range and the limit tends to move. Stretch alone and you're asking for range without giving the body a reason to trust it.
What happens in the room
Test. A short set of measurements you take on yourself: how far, in which direction, with how much control. Written down, so it's not a memory of how you felt.
Understand. Ten minutes on what that region does, what sitting does to it, and which of the things you've read about it hold up.
Strengthen. Loaded work at the end of your available range. This is the part that does the lasting work and the part that's hardest.
Release. Mobility work, now that there's something holding the new position.
Retest. The same measurements as the start. You compare.
Take home. Three or four drills, with sets and frequency, written down for you.
What you leave with
Your own before and after numbers for that region.
A short home practice with the dose written down, so you know what to do and how often.
The reasoning behind each drill, so you can adapt it when your week changes.
Who this is wrong for
If you're in acute pain, recently injured, or waiting on a scan or a diagnosis, a group workshop is the wrong room. See a physio or a GP first. Tell us afterwards and we'll work alongside what they've given you.
If you want ninety minutes of being stretched by somebody else, this isn't that. You do the work and you leave knowing how to repeat it.
The honest limit
Ninety minutes changes what you can do that day and teaches you why. It doesn't rebuild a hip. Range from a single session moves around from day to day, and repetition is what holds it. What you're actually buying is the understanding and the home practice. The session is where you learn to run them.
Pick the part of you that's been complaining longest and start there.
Upcoming.
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime for anything else.
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No. The testing is against your own starting point, so there's nothing to keep up with. People arrive from every level and several arrive having never done anything like it.
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Clothes you can move in and a mat if you own one. Spares are available. Bring water and something to write with if you wish.
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Tell us before you book and we'll give you a straight answer. Some things are fine with modifications, some need clearing with whoever's treating you, and some mean this isn't the right room yet.
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No, and anybody promising that is selling something. One session gives you measurable change on the day, the reasoning, and the practice that produces the change over weeks.
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Yes, and people do. The regions connect. You can never know too much about how your own body works.
If you still have any questions, or not sure where to start