Train smart this year
It’s the same at the start of every year: more runners and cyclists on the road, a crammed gym and a dying need to burn off the Christmas calories. But by doing too much (volume), too hard (intensity) and too often...
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...
Physiotherapy Job Opportunities
Synergy Physiotherapy is a leading provider of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation based in Woking, Surrey. We have a passion for ensuring that all of our clients, whether young/old, sporty/less active, receive...
But I run? I don’t have to be strong, do I? Running is obviously a vastly popular activity that many of us like to enjoy! At Synergy, we see runners on a daily basis who want to either improve their running performance, tackle an injury that is...
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...
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.
We do a lot of things in every day life that puts greater strain on our low back, maybe creating a...
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...
