Unity Health & Performance

Rehab should prepare you for your actual life.
For Katherine, that life includes professional dance.

She came to Unity with an adductor injury, and return to sport was not simply about being
able to walk, squat or move through daily tasks without pain.

As a dancer, her body needs to access positions that many people never have to think
about.

Deep hip range.
Turnout.
Control at end range.
Repeated transitions.
Force production in lengthened positions.
Confidence moving at speed.
The ability to trust her body again during performance.

That is why adductor rehab cannot just be “rest until it feels better” or a few generic groin
stretches.

The adductors play an important role in hip control, pelvic position, lower limb force transfer
and athletic movement. They need to be progressively reloaded in a way that reflects the
demands of the person in front of us.

At Unity, we often say:
You are only prepared for what you prepare for.
For some patients, that means preparing for running.
For others, it means returning to padel, lifting, gardening, parenting, work, travel or simply
getting through life with more confidence.
For Katherine, it means preparing her body for dance.
Because when your body is required for your life, it really matters when you cannot access
the positions, movements or strength that your life demands.
Rehab should not stop at “less pain”

It should build the capacity, confidence and control to return to what matters.

Your hips were built to do more than sit.
The hip is a powerful joint designed to move, load and transfer force between the lower limb,
pelvis and trunk.

It needs to flex, extend, rotate, abduct, adduct, absorb force and produce force.
But for many people, daily life only asks the hips to work through a small portion of their
available capacity.

Sitting.
Walking.
Standing.
Driving.

Then when life asks for more — squatting, lunging, running, lifting, climbing stairs, playing
sport or changing direction — the hip can feel tight, weak, restricted or painful.
The answer is not always more stretching.
Sometimes the hip needs better strength.
Sometimes it needs more control.
Sometimes it needs improved rotation.
Sometimes it needs more tolerance to load.
Sometimes the issue is not just the hip, but how it integrates with the pelvis, trunk, knee and
foot.

At Unity, we look at the hip as part of a whole-body force transfer system.
Because strong hips are not just flexible hips.
They are hips that can move well, control position, produce force and tolerate the demands
of your life.
You are only prepared for what you prepare for.

Can you do this? 👀

The Sitting-Rising Test (SRT) challenges your strength, balance, mobility and coordination by asking you to sit on the floor and stand back up with as little support as possible.

Research has shown that performance on the SRT is associated with long-term health outcomes in middle-aged and older adults, making it a simple way to assess aspects of functional fitness.

Tell us in the comments if you are able to do this!

References:
• Brito, L.B.B. et al. (2014) Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 21(7), pp. 892–898.
• Araújo, C.G.S. et al. (2025) Sitting-rising test scores predict natural and cardiovascular causes of deaths in middle-aged and older men and women. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

The human body is naturally designed to move in 6 foundational patterns.

This being squat, hip hinge, lunge, push, pull and carry. Your movement system is incomplete without training all 6.

Open day !

Today was full of celebration, nozeco, discounts and support from the Warren. We got to meet so many lovely people and we can’t wait to see all our new patients who came in and grabbed a discount on consultations, sports massage and acupuncture ✨

You still have until 24th May to grab a discount to get in touch or share with someone who needs to see us!

Here til 9pm tonight 🥳