Dr Claire Minshull
@claireminshull.bsky.social
Research-led education & training for healthcare professionals in Strength & Conditioning. Passionate about OA.
🏋️♂️Director of Get Back To Sport
🎓Visiting Prof Leeds Beckett
🦵🏼 Co-Founder Joint Approach
https://jointapproach.co.uk
🏋️♂️Director of Get Back To Sport
🎓Visiting Prof Leeds Beckett
🦵🏼 Co-Founder Joint Approach
https://jointapproach.co.uk
Great paper by Bettariga et al on periodisation & how we might use this concept to best design exercise strategies alongside cancer treatments 👌🏼
Strength & Conditioning principles are helpful for all types of populations, not just athletes
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
Strength & Conditioning principles are helpful for all types of populations, not just athletes
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Great paper by Bettariga et al on periodisation & how we might use this concept to best design exercise strategies alongside cancer treatments 👌🏼
Strength & Conditioning principles are helpful for all types of populations, not just athletes
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
Strength & Conditioning principles are helpful for all types of populations, not just athletes
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
Hot off the press!
EDITION 2 of the HHD Comparison Tool is now available👇🏼
Interested in dynamometry & assessing strength?
Get your copy
💥Unbiased side-by-side comparisons of 12 HHDs
💥Plus updates to the specifications of previously listed tools
getbacktosport.com
EDITION 2 of the HHD Comparison Tool is now available👇🏼
Interested in dynamometry & assessing strength?
Get your copy
💥Unbiased side-by-side comparisons of 12 HHDs
💥Plus updates to the specifications of previously listed tools
getbacktosport.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hot off the press!
EDITION 2 of the HHD Comparison Tool is now available👇🏼
Interested in dynamometry & assessing strength?
Get your copy
💥Unbiased side-by-side comparisons of 12 HHDs
💥Plus updates to the specifications of previously listed tools
getbacktosport.com
EDITION 2 of the HHD Comparison Tool is now available👇🏼
Interested in dynamometry & assessing strength?
Get your copy
💥Unbiased side-by-side comparisons of 12 HHDs
💥Plus updates to the specifications of previously listed tools
getbacktosport.com
Thanks for your comment 😊 Yep, can be a little difficult to get your head around, especially if you don’t have visuals of the force-time curve
February 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Thanks for your comment 😊 Yep, can be a little difficult to get your head around, especially if you don’t have visuals of the force-time curve
RFD vs Strength
I thought it was time to revisit this topic after yesterday’s publication.
👉🏼What these performance qualities are
👉🏼How they differ
👉🏼How to think about focussing rehab/training
getbacktosport.com/strength-and...
I thought it was time to revisit this topic after yesterday’s publication.
👉🏼What these performance qualities are
👉🏼How they differ
👉🏼How to think about focussing rehab/training
getbacktosport.com/strength-and...
February 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
RFD vs Strength
I thought it was time to revisit this topic after yesterday’s publication.
👉🏼What these performance qualities are
👉🏼How they differ
👉🏼How to think about focussing rehab/training
getbacktosport.com/strength-and...
I thought it was time to revisit this topic after yesterday’s publication.
👉🏼What these performance qualities are
👉🏼How they differ
👉🏼How to think about focussing rehab/training
getbacktosport.com/strength-and...
The paper is concerned with the review of RFD / RTD (rate of force development / rate of torque development), which describes the gradient of the force-time curve i.e. how quickly muscle force can be produced, NOT the max for produces, which is muscle strength.
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February 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The paper is concerned with the review of RFD / RTD (rate of force development / rate of torque development), which describes the gradient of the force-time curve i.e. how quickly muscle force can be produced, NOT the max for produces, which is muscle strength.
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This is disappointing 🤨
RFD / RTD is not muscle strength. They are separate qualities of muscle performance
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RFD / RTD is not muscle strength. They are separate qualities of muscle performance
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February 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is disappointing 🤨
RFD / RTD is not muscle strength. They are separate qualities of muscle performance
1/
RFD / RTD is not muscle strength. They are separate qualities of muscle performance
1/
February 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Had an absolute blast of a day with these awesome physios filming hip strength testing using #dynamometry, exploring what’s possible, repeatable & can be standardised in clinic just using a plinth.
Some tension & compression dynamometer options.
All videos feature in my course
Some tension & compression dynamometer options.
All videos feature in my course
February 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Had an absolute blast of a day with these awesome physios filming hip strength testing using #dynamometry, exploring what’s possible, repeatable & can be standardised in clinic just using a plinth.
Some tension & compression dynamometer options.
All videos feature in my course
Some tension & compression dynamometer options.
All videos feature in my course
Delighted to contribute to this webinar series on dynamometry
Registration is free
linktr.ee/activforceig
Registration is free
linktr.ee/activforceig
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Delighted to contribute to this webinar series on dynamometry
Registration is free
linktr.ee/activforceig
Registration is free
linktr.ee/activforceig
Another set of dynamometers to test 👌🏼
Book sampling frequency: 200 Hz
(200 samples per second)
Book sampling frequency: 200 Hz
(200 samples per second)
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Another set of dynamometers to test 👌🏼
Book sampling frequency: 200 Hz
(200 samples per second)
Book sampling frequency: 200 Hz
(200 samples per second)
In-Person teaching calendar for 2025 is now full
Looking forward to another year of travel, meeting brilliant practitioners, and hopefully a bit more balance 😂
Stay strong 💪🏻
Looking forward to another year of travel, meeting brilliant practitioners, and hopefully a bit more balance 😂
Stay strong 💪🏻
December 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
In-Person teaching calendar for 2025 is now full
Looking forward to another year of travel, meeting brilliant practitioners, and hopefully a bit more balance 😂
Stay strong 💪🏻
Looking forward to another year of travel, meeting brilliant practitioners, and hopefully a bit more balance 😂
Stay strong 💪🏻
Bone on bone … 😱
Not any more for some surgeons following an excellent Keynote by Serena Simmons @serenapsychologist.bsky.social at the Munich ICRS CartilageRepair conference
YES 👊🏻
Not any more for some surgeons following an excellent Keynote by Serena Simmons @serenapsychologist.bsky.social at the Munich ICRS CartilageRepair conference
YES 👊🏻
December 14, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Bone on bone … 😱
Not any more for some surgeons following an excellent Keynote by Serena Simmons @serenapsychologist.bsky.social at the Munich ICRS CartilageRepair conference
YES 👊🏻
Not any more for some surgeons following an excellent Keynote by Serena Simmons @serenapsychologist.bsky.social at the Munich ICRS CartilageRepair conference
YES 👊🏻
I’m often asked which dynamometer to buy & about testing in rehab.
1st response -what data do you want to obtain?
2nd- why do you want it?
Do you want to use data in decision making, or as a motivational aid?
Answer this THEN we can consider which tool 👍🏻
1st response -what data do you want to obtain?
2nd- why do you want it?
Do you want to use data in decision making, or as a motivational aid?
Answer this THEN we can consider which tool 👍🏻
December 12, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I’m often asked which dynamometer to buy & about testing in rehab.
1st response -what data do you want to obtain?
2nd- why do you want it?
Do you want to use data in decision making, or as a motivational aid?
Answer this THEN we can consider which tool 👍🏻
1st response -what data do you want to obtain?
2nd- why do you want it?
Do you want to use data in decision making, or as a motivational aid?
Answer this THEN we can consider which tool 👍🏻
A muscle’s contractile history influences its subsequent performance.
Doesn’t always have to be negative. We can use potentiating mechanisms in clinical practice to overcome inhibition, or augment RFD & Power-based rehab👍🏻
Doesn’t always have to be negative. We can use potentiating mechanisms in clinical practice to overcome inhibition, or augment RFD & Power-based rehab👍🏻
December 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
A muscle’s contractile history influences its subsequent performance.
Doesn’t always have to be negative. We can use potentiating mechanisms in clinical practice to overcome inhibition, or augment RFD & Power-based rehab👍🏻
Doesn’t always have to be negative. We can use potentiating mechanisms in clinical practice to overcome inhibition, or augment RFD & Power-based rehab👍🏻
Fab first day teaching S&C to a brilliant group of physios today
at Plymouth hospital
Day 1 - strength 💪🏻
at Plymouth hospital
Day 1 - strength 💪🏻
December 7, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Fab first day teaching S&C to a brilliant group of physios today
at Plymouth hospital
Day 1 - strength 💪🏻
at Plymouth hospital
Day 1 - strength 💪🏻
‼️20% discount to this course ends on FRIDAY
Come and join the international cohort of therapists already signed up & raise your dynamometry game.
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
Come and join the international cohort of therapists already signed up & raise your dynamometry game.
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
December 2, 2024 at 5:34 PM
‼️20% discount to this course ends on FRIDAY
Come and join the international cohort of therapists already signed up & raise your dynamometry game.
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
Come and join the international cohort of therapists already signed up & raise your dynamometry game.
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
These types of statements, in published papers really really annoy me 😡
Reader led to believe that break tests are associated with ⬆️ risks of injuries & these papers evidence it
They don’t !
‘Throw away’ statements like this can have a profound impact. Authors & reviewers please do better
Reader led to believe that break tests are associated with ⬆️ risks of injuries & these papers evidence it
They don’t !
‘Throw away’ statements like this can have a profound impact. Authors & reviewers please do better
November 30, 2024 at 11:37 AM
These types of statements, in published papers really really annoy me 😡
Reader led to believe that break tests are associated with ⬆️ risks of injuries & these papers evidence it
They don’t !
‘Throw away’ statements like this can have a profound impact. Authors & reviewers please do better
Reader led to believe that break tests are associated with ⬆️ risks of injuries & these papers evidence it
They don’t !
‘Throw away’ statements like this can have a profound impact. Authors & reviewers please do better
Here another
Physio Kinvent Pull dynamometer. What’s the sampling frequency?
1️⃣ 40 Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000 Hz
Physio Kinvent Pull dynamometer. What’s the sampling frequency?
1️⃣ 40 Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000 Hz
November 29, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Here another
Physio Kinvent Pull dynamometer. What’s the sampling frequency?
1️⃣ 40 Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000 Hz
Physio Kinvent Pull dynamometer. What’s the sampling frequency?
1️⃣ 40 Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000 Hz
November 28, 2024 at 10:22 AM
I made a few guides to guide thoughts & DM, if useful👇🏼
November 28, 2024 at 10:20 AM
I made a few guides to guide thoughts & DM, if useful👇🏼
Question for you…
What’s the sampling frequency of the Lafayette HHD - used in many research papers ?
Sampling frequency = number of data points obtained obtained per second
1️⃣ 40Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000Hz
(See if you can avoid looking it up 😉)
What’s the sampling frequency of the Lafayette HHD - used in many research papers ?
Sampling frequency = number of data points obtained obtained per second
1️⃣ 40Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000Hz
(See if you can avoid looking it up 😉)
November 28, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Question for you…
What’s the sampling frequency of the Lafayette HHD - used in many research papers ?
Sampling frequency = number of data points obtained obtained per second
1️⃣ 40Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000Hz
(See if you can avoid looking it up 😉)
What’s the sampling frequency of the Lafayette HHD - used in many research papers ?
Sampling frequency = number of data points obtained obtained per second
1️⃣ 40Hz
2️⃣ 125 Hz
3️⃣ 1000Hz
(See if you can avoid looking it up 😉)
With so many dynamometers on the market to choose from, which do you pick? 🤔
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
November 27, 2024 at 10:04 AM
With so many dynamometers on the market to choose from, which do you pick? 🤔
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
Fantastic day teaching a brilliant team of physios strength & conditioning… & how to incorporate into rehab 🤔
#physio #physiotherapy
#physio #physiotherapy
November 25, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Fantastic day teaching a brilliant team of physios strength & conditioning… & how to incorporate into rehab 🤔
#physio #physiotherapy
#physio #physiotherapy
Fantastic response to this course!
Still just over a week to take advantage of 20% discount.
Get on the list & grab your free Dynamometer Comparison Tool 👌🏼
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
Still just over a week to take advantage of 20% discount.
Get on the list & grab your free Dynamometer Comparison Tool 👌🏼
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
November 25, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Fantastic response to this course!
Still just over a week to take advantage of 20% discount.
Get on the list & grab your free Dynamometer Comparison Tool 👌🏼
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...
Still just over a week to take advantage of 20% discount.
Get on the list & grab your free Dynamometer Comparison Tool 👌🏼
getbacktosport.com/how-to-use-d...