18/07/2023
📢 CLIENT TESTIMONIAL 📢
We are super proud of Alex, one of our valued Moko Physiotherapy clients. He has given his consent to share his story.
Alex came to us following recommendation from Fin , in February 2023 with right knee pain, following a twisting injury the previous year that had never fully resolved by itself. It had settled with rest but when Alex returned to increasing his weights in the gym, he gained knee pain and was always a little cautious of overloading it.
Alex’s goal was to enter his first powerlifting competition, which when we first met, he was unsure if he would be able to enter as squatting aggravated his symptoms.
Alex was training 4 times a week, guided by Fin, with good technique and was doing a very sensible graded loading programme, with a great balance of exercises.
We checked his ligaments and meniscus due to the previous twisting injury and these were negative on testing.
The key findings were that Alex had weaker glutes strength and reduced single leg control on the right side significantly more than the left.
We incorporated more single leg work, as previously he was doing a lot of double leg work and gradually loaded his right hip with specific rehab exercises, progressively overloading.
Over the course of 4 months, with consistency and compliance to his plan, Alex built his single leg control, power and glute strength with graded targeted rehab.
Alex is now completely pain free.
On the 25th June Alex competed in his first powerlifting competition and with absolutely no pain, full confidence in his knee, he squatted his PB of 187.5kg!!! Absolutely smashing his first ever competition, with relative ease! 🏋️♂️
Of course, Alex has entered his second competition and gradually building on his previous success.
The secret… consistency and graded loading.
Great work Alex 💪🏻🙌🏻
A pleasure to help,
Team Moko
If you’ve been struggling with an old injury that just isn’t getting better with time, get in touch - we would love to help you smash your goals, just like Alex
