Jan 20, 2020 | Arm, Body Area, Climbing, Finger
A climber with a finger injury…. This blog is inspired by a client who had attended the clinic with a finger injury. As part of his assessment we noticed how poor his finger flexibility was particularly on the injured hand. If you take a look at the photo below...
Jul 5, 2019 | Achilles, Body Area, Running, Sport
Plantar fasciitis can also be referred to as heel pain or heel spurs. In this blog I’m going to take a deep look at plantar fasciitis so you can understand why you have heel pain and what you need to do to help resolve it. Plantar Fasciitis is described as pain...
Jan 16, 2019 | Achilles, Running, Sport
In this post I take a look at Achilles injury. Achilles injuries are common and up to 57% of runners will experience it at some stage. It is most commonly experienced as pain in the middle of the Achilles tendon during or after sport. This is called mid portion...
Jan 3, 2018 | Cycling, Knee, Running
Common symptoms Pain over the kneecap is termed patellofemoral pain (PFP). The most common symptom is pain over or under the kneecap which can be hard to get your fingers on. People often experience pain using the stairs, going from a sitting to standing position,...
Dec 13, 2017 | Body Area, Cycling, Knee, Running, Sport
This blog focuses on pain under or around the kneecap. It’s a detailed blog about all the factors that cause the is pain and need to be addressed to get rid of the knee pain. .If you prefer a quicker read, check out my quick read post on the same topic. It can...
Sep 25, 2017 | Cycling, Neck, Running, Shoulder
Foam rolling and self massage is the second of our two part series on sports massage. The first part looked at the science behind the benefits and some techniques of sports massage. Check it out here. According to research, self-massage can help improve flexibility...