Optimise Your Movement

Optimise Your Movement

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From the day you are born you start developing movement patterns to allow yourself to do the things you want to do. One of your biggest movement achievements of your life is to go from crawling to walking. You probably can’t remember but this doesn’t...
Kinesiology Taping for the Achilles Tendon

Kinesiology Taping for the Achilles Tendon

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Like any injury, Achilles tendon pain is frustrating and can really affect your enjoyment of running and walking. Are you hobbling down the stairs first thing in the morning, and every time you stand up you start walking like you’ve aged 20 years! Don’t...
The Hip – A Balancing Act

The Hip – A Balancing Act

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In this blog we’re going to look at why hip stability and mobility are so important and their relationship to injury prevention. Let’s start with a quick overview of the hip joint…… The hip joint consists of the acetabulum of the pelvis which...
Sports Massage for Marathon Training

Sports Massage for Marathon Training

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Running a marathon is a massive undertaking that takes a lot of time and dedication, but it’s often the training rather than the race itself that’s the most challenging part. As you start notching up the miles your body can start feeling tired and...
Injury Proof your Running Body

Injury Proof your Running Body

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You’ve trained hard through the dark cold winter months, now you’re in the shape of your life ready for the big day. Then disaster… you pick up an injury and miss the final weeks of preparation or, even worse, race day! If this sounds familiar to you...
Brace yourself for this… The Core!

Brace yourself for this… The Core!

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Core training is something we’ve all heard people talking about, but what do they really mean by the term ‘core training’? Why is it so important? How do we activate our core so that it works in everyday life? We’ll start by giving you a definition of the...