Health and Wellness Blog- Marathon Training – Can less be more
- Should I consume caffeine before my workout?
- Who said triathletes were obsessive?
- Fizzy drinks? Think again!
- To stretch or not to stretch, that is the question…
- So what is it with achilles tendonopathy?
- Stuffed olives may hold key to beating heartburn misery
- Fed up with your job? You can make the leap but take a good look first
- A step too far?
- Barefoot Running
Category Archives: Sports Massage Therapy
Marathon Training – Can less be more
Check out this guest piece of blogging from one of my clients – Katherine Davis. Katherine decided to take on the challenge of the 2012 London Marathon and this piece explains how she got here and gives a great insight … Continue reading
To stretch or not to stretch, that is the question…
I was talking to a client the other day and when he told me how often he was stretching I couldn’t quite believe it. In fact if he was stretching as frequently and for as long as he said he … Continue reading
So what is it with achilles tendonopathy?
You may well have also heard it called achilles tendonitis or tendonosis but who cares what it’s called right? Technically speaking it’s a right old pain in the backside. First of all you want to know exactly what it is. … Continue reading
Fed up with your job? You can make the leap but take a good look first
Sorry guys this one is just a bit of shameless self promotion here and an old article that I managed to get published in the Independent last year (with a little help from my friends!). Lee Paines always dreamt of … Continue reading
I don’t play any sport so can sports massage help me?
In a word YES! Even the pioneer of Sports & Remedial Massage in the UK and author of “Sports & Remedial Massage Therapy” – Mel Cash admitted that he’d got it wrong and has openly said with the benefit of … Continue reading
MCL Proprioception Exercises
Check out these later rehabilitation stage MCL proprioception exercises on this video, you will see ex-footballer Dean Ashton really being put through his paces by West Ham United Physiotherapist John Green back in 2007. Unfortunately as we all know Dean … Continue reading
Knee pain but is the knee the problem?
As a long term sufferer of knee pain myself I have developed a somewhat unhealthy fascination of this joint and how I approach treatment and training of it. In my own experience both privately and clinically it appears that an … Continue reading
New private personal training studio in Swindon
Hi everyone, Exciting news – I have just opened a new sports massage and personal training studio at Unit 81, Basepoint Business Centre, Rivermead Drive, West Swindon – just behind the old renault building for those of you that know … Continue reading