Setting Up Your Bike Correctly For The Gym Or The Road
Be it on the road or in the gym, cycling is fun, great for your health and anyone can do it. However, knowing the fine art of how to set up your bike can be the difference between an efficient workout and a wasted one. If you can get your positioning and pedal stroke just right, you will work your legs, glutes and core evenly and you’ll reap all the benefits from your workout.
10 Tips To Help You Run Faster
Chasing down the clock on race day is the ultimate motivation for many runners. Every runner aspires to shatter their personal best and be able to effortlessly run faster and harder for longer.
Is Your Pain Caused By Stress, Anxiety Or Worry?
Were you taught that pain is just a symptom of damage to some part of your body? Most people were and it certainly can be the case in the early stages of injury, like when we sprain an ankle. But what about pain that carries on longer than we expect and doesn’t get any easier, perhaps even sometimes getting worse as time goes on?
What Happens During A Muscle Spasm?
A muscle spasm is often described as a painful involuntary muscle contraction that can suddenly occur and interrupt exercise. This is known as “exercise associated muscle cramping” and it can occur either during or after exercise has finished. As most people have experienced, muscle spasms occur more frequently in the calf muscle than others so our examples in this blog are based on that.
Keeping Active For Older Adults
You may well find yourself or a loved one cocooning for a period of time. It’s a shock to the system for a lot of people and their families, but it’s important to try and keep as active as possible.
Everything You Need To Know About Chronic Low Back Pain
Chronic low back pain is defined as low back pain persisting for at least 12 weeks, which is much different from an acute flare up.
How To Stick To Your Physio Rehab Plan
Rehab can be a daunting task. Everybody enjoys reaching the end goal, but it’s the journey to the goal that is the most difficult part. Rehab varies from person to person; some people progress quicker than others. It is important to remain patient! Frustration can be your biggest enemy during a rehab plan. It is important to fight this frustration and not to give up. Below are a few tips on how to stick to your prescribed rehab plan.
How To Get Going With Exercise
It is important to complete the appropriate type of exercise for your specific goal. If your aim is to lose weight and improve your fitness then you should be taking part in aerobic exercise. Looking to get strong and build muscle? Then resistance training is the type of exercise for you. But try and incorporate a variety of exercise into your weekly lifestyle.
Running Injuries: Common Training Errors
You know you’re a runner when you’re more mad that an injury keeps you from running than that it damaged your body…
Exercises For Tight Trapezius Muscles
Physio Shane is here to help the tight muscles between your neck and shoulders. He’s got some exercises to help you ease up that tension and feel better. Try them out and let us know how you get on!
Is Running Bad For My Knees?
We often hear that running is bad for your knees and will end up giving you arthritis. Physio Neil investigates the latest research.
6 Tips For Relieving QL Pain
It is estimated that 60-70% of people will experience lower back pain at some stage in their lifetime. One of the most common causes of lower back pain is pain coming from the “QL” muscle.
How Can I Improve My Posture Working From Home?
We’ve all faced challenges whilst working from home, not least where to set up our workstation and ensuring it suits our bodies. Creaky necks and achy lower backs are common in our clinics these days and, as always, prevention is better than cure.
Everything You Wanted To Know About Bursitis
Bursitis is the term used to describe a painful condition where a bursa has become swelled and irritated. A bursa (or bursae) is a small sac of synovial fluid that lies between bone and tendons or soft tissue, which prevents friction between the bone and soft tissue by acting as a cushion.
Is Foam Rolling Worth The Pain?
Myofascial release focuses on reducing and easing the tension in trigger points located in muscle. Foam rolling is a myofascial release technique you can do yourself, which can help relieve muscle tightness, soreness and improve range of motion.
Managing Acute Soft Tissue Injuries With PEACE & LOVE
The rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries can be complex, to say the least. Over the years there has been much debate in determining best practice in the acute management of soft tissue injuries.
8 Ways To Improve Your Golf Swing And Reduce Your Handicap
Have you recently started playing golf? Are you an experienced player tired of taking longer than your golf friends to get around the course? Everyone is competitive, it’s in our nature. No matter what task is at hand, we always strive to do our best. It’s no different when it comes to playing golf.
Stretches To Do At Your Desk
Working from home can take its toll and it’s important to change position every 30-minutes or so. You might find that your shoulders, back or neck aches from hours sitting awkwardly?