Rob Ryles

Golf. What It Really Takes.

Until you have actually tried to play golf, you are unlikely to really understand its appeal. I mean all you need to do is hit a little white ball down a stretch of grass known as a fairway and putt it into a hole. What is so difficult about that? Wel... Read >

Love Cycling

The inspiring story of Lance Armstrong's determined struggle against cancer and his triumphant return to professional cycling has touched hundreds of thousands of people across the world. His seven straight wins in the world's greatest cycling race, the T... Read >

Love Running

So what is it about running that attracts so many, compels so many obsessions and becomes such a drug? Is it the sheer agony of it all? The shortness of breath in the hot,gasping lung, the debilitating muscle cramps and joint aches or the intense fear of ... Read >

Better Badminton

The sport of badminton is one that has roots heavily planted in history, as an early form of the game existed with the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. During fifth century China, a variation of the sport involved the kicking of a shuttle, until the 1600s sa... Read >

Improve Your Archery

The bow and arrow make an appearance in history as far back as the Paleolithic era when man utilized the equipment as an early weapon. This makes archery one of the oldest sports still practised within modern society. With many evolutionary changes since,... Read >

BMX TO THE MAX

BMX riding requires high speed skills and nerve. This exciting sport is as popular as ever and is to be included in the 2008 Olympic Games. Bicycle moto-cross to give it its correct term uses off road tracks or specially designed courses to test the skil... Read >

How Biomechanics Can Help You

Biomechanics in human terms is all about the study of movement and how it relates to the structures of the body. It is an enormous area of study involving the professions of medicine, physical-therapy, podiatry and orthotics. In relation to humans it ... Read >

Help Understanding Fibromyalgia

One of the growing areas of medicine over recent years has been the interest in diseases such as fibromyalgia, sometimes known as polymyalgia-rheumatica. It is characterised by diffuse and variable pain symptoms felt in the muscles and joints of primar... Read >

Hip Replacement Surgery

Hip surgery is not new. It has been going on for the best part of fifty years. Here we summarise the whole process. We will discuss here what the reasons are behind having a hip replacement, what to expect at the time of the operation and how to get yo... Read >

Having a Knee Replacement

Knee replacement surgery is a commonly performed orthopedic operation today. Over the past two decades the operation has become increasingly popular as a successful if not radical way of dealing with the effects of severe degeneration in a knee. Knee r... Read >

Yes or No to Massage?

The origins of massage go back centuries. The laying on of hands has been around debatably for longer than history has been recorded. I am certain that the natural physiological effect of pain relief and the very inbuilt, natural desire to rub, touch or ... Read >

Why More Is Not Necessarily Better

I admit I have been dying to write an article like this for ages. The reason being that in the course of my working life I still come across many instances of purely and simply over training. The strange thing about this article is that the push to write ... Read >

The Universe and Us

Copyright 2006 Robert Ryles It seems as if my main focus of attention, or more to the point writing at the moment is on inspirational books I have read. Well here goes again, I am not afraid to say. I have just spent virtually every spare minute of t... Read >

Can You Do Slow?

Copyright 2006 Robert Ryles May be I should call this article part two of A Lesson From Rooney, an article I wrote a couple of months ago. I toyed with not writing about this particular subject that seems to have dominated my consciousness for the ... Read >

To Rest Or Not To Rest

Copyright 2006 Robert Ryles I thought it was about time I threw some light on to a particular aspect of back pain. This particular aspect is the one regarding the prescription of rest. We will begin with a delve back into history, not too long ago m... Read >