Don’t forget to stretch – you don’t want to pull a muscle….
Ok, so this week I was looking about my local gym and looked through to one of their fitness studios. In big, black, bold writing was the statement above, ‘Don’t forget to stretch, you...
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What are flat feet? Feet have a natural arch which runs along the inside border of the foot, lifting the inner edge of the foot clear from the floor. When your child stands up, if the inside arch can’t be seen and instead the foot runs flat on the...
Watch a toddler bend over to pick something up – they curl down and uncurl coming up – exactly what adults should do but usually don’t.
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If this happens often it can be a sign of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). Feeling like the room is spinning around you is described as vertigo. Up to 42% of the time this vertigo can be explained by a treatable condition called BPPV.
You’ve put in the hard hours of training, you’ve tapered before your race, you planned your race day to perfection, so what do you need to think about now?
RECOVERY!
It can be a neglected part of racing because often the focus is on doing the...
THE WALL
That horrible moment when you hit ‘The wall’.
Your breathing quickly gets harder; your legs seem like lead. Every ounce of your body now screams “YOU CAN’T DO THIS” and self-doubt creeps in. You’ve hit ‘THE WALL’.
What you’re actually...
How to Taper ready for the big day Tapering can be the most enjoyable phase of any training cycle or the most stressful, it is a surreal but wholly necessary period leading up to an event where you rest and recover from the relentless pursuit GPS...
Last week we looked at the importance of ankle dorsi-flexion to running and the potential risk of injury. This week we are using video to show you a simple test that we can use to see if indeed you do have a restriction in your ankles. We also give...
With millions of acupuncture treatments being carried out each year, acupuncture is one of the most popular complementary therapies practised in the UK today. Yet many people only discover acupuncture as a last resort, despite its widely recognised...
