🏋️ Fitness & Wellness May 14, 2026 · Matt Myers

The diagnostic I use to help prevent unnecessary injuries

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The diagnostic I use to help prevent unnecessary injuries
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When someone comes to me with an injury (or one of those nagging aches that’s been hanging around for weeks and they can’t figure out why) I run the same diagnostic almost every time.
It’s simple. You can run it on yourself. And it’ll teach you what to look for to dodge future issues.
The 3-part diagnostic
I’m looking for a recent spike in any of these three:

Volume – how much of the thing you’re doing
Intensity – how hard the thing is
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