Load Vs. Capacity-What Is It?

Every injury you’ve ever had boils down to one thing: load vs capacity.

A guiding principle of working with clients, we use this to better understand the cause of pain and injury and what we can immediately start to address to correct the problem and bounce back.

How much “stress” you’re putting on your body versus how much it can handle.

Stress itself can come in many forms (physical, mental, emotional, etc.) and when this stress exceeds our ability to heal and recover then that’s when bad things tend to happen.

The magic is in the balancing act.

Stress + recovery = adaptation.

We need stress to grow stronger and more resilient.

But we also need to recover and ensure we’re not filling up our cup to start “spilling and overflowing.”

You may think of injuries as something that happens in the moment.

It’s true, they do, but it’s the events, stresses, and training leading up to that injury that tend to be the primary cause.

If you injure your back on a Saturday morning, we can’t neglect...

...the lack of sleep you’ve had all week.

...the heavy deadlifts you did Friday morning.

...the fact that your kids have been sick and home from school.

...the late evening fast food you’ve been eating cause you’re too tired to cook as a result.

These factors pile on one another before BAM, all of sudden your low back is in a spasm and you're being told it’s “out of alignment.”

Nah.

There’s much more to the equation here and we wanna make sure we’re leaving no stone unturned.

Load vs capacity.

An important concept to understand and consider.

Claim Your Pain and Ignite Your Potential,

Coach Nic