Do we need all this therapy?

Bret Contreras pointed to an interesting post by Nick Tuminello.  Nick is questioning the way in which so much of the current training wisdom seems to be watered down rehab / physiotherapy.  He points out that most of the things that are to be addressed by physical training are actually  straightforward.

For most people things are pretty simple:

If we can all agree that:

• People don’t move enough (possibly because they’re plain lazy)
• They don’t get enough variety in movement (from always performing the same work or sporting movement pattern)
• They sit too much
• They’re overweight
• They’ve got Poor Postural habits
• They lack of a well balanced training program (from maybe performing too much chest strength work w/o much high-quality mid-back strength work, etc:)

Then we can also agree that these are simple problems, which have these simple solutions:

• Move more
• Sit less
• Loose that gut!
• Get a more balanced workout
• Get more variety of movement
• Enjoy moving so it becomes a regular part of your life

Wise words.  It is all really pretty simple.