Strength Coach for Arsenal - Dominic May

In this episode, Rob and Dave are talking about back pain and strength with Dominic May, a strength and conditioning coach who has worked with sportspeople around the world and is currently best known as the Arsenal Academy’s strength and conditioning coach. Dominic explains exactly why it’s vital to have balance in the body and how strength underpins every movement, enabling the individual to effectively hold a core position and complete all other actions and movements. Dominic provides a fascinating insight into his work with athletes and shares his wealth of knowledge about how you can improve your strength and condition at home.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Strength underpins all athletic movement and athletic skills it allows you to hold a core position and then pivot, move and complete an action such as kicking The body works as a connected system what happens in the back impacts elsewhere. If there is an issue in a particular joint or muscle the body will compensate elsewhere. If a bone has too much load it can result in a stress injury so load management is crucial. We break down an athletes movement pattern into dicentric and concentric qualities. What is the force they can absorb and tolerate and what is the force they can produce? If you have a role that involves you working in an asymmetric way it’s important for long term health to undertake exercise to bring balance across the body. Core training should include; -Moderate force endurance training designed to stabilise the spine -High force static training -High force transference training It’s all about multi-plane exercise – front, back and sides and anyone can use these principles to improve their strength.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Players are getting stronger and fitter every year’ We typically want asymmetric symmetry to be less than 10% ‘It’s vital to have balance in the body’   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Back Pain PodcastFree Sciatica guide: www.thebackpainpodcast.com  Dominic May LinkedIn   ABOUT THE HOSTS Dave ElliotDave is the owner of Advanced Chiropractic, a chain of Chiropractic and massage therapy clinics in Essex, UK. Dave still sees patients during the week but has been working hard to talk to as many experts in the field of back pain as possible to help distil all the information and bring it to you in this awesome podcast. You can find Dave on any of the Advanced Chiropractic social media platforms, or you can contact him @ [email protected] if you have any questions for him.-Instagram   Rob BeavenRob owns and runs a multidisciplinary clinic, The Dyer St Clinic in Cirencester Gloucestershire. His team of Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Doctors and podiatrists all collaborate on thousands of back pain patients every year. Alongside Dave, he has worked hard to bring to the table experts across all industries to give you the low down on back pain, with steps you can implement today to start feeling better.-Instagram -Twitter CONTACT METHOD Instagram Twitter Facebook [email protected]  Support the show: https://thebackpainpodcast.com