We all already know that eating five fruit and vegetables a day is important for our bodies. If you’re training for a marathon, or doing any sort of regular exercise, are you aware of what you should be eating to give your body the best chance of sustaining you? What you eat will help your body to recover efficiently. Training…
With just a few weeks to go until 40,000 people line up for the London Marathon, you’ll be well into your training by now, and running up to 18-20 miles. But sometimes those long training runs can feel, well, just so long. They take up the best part of a day, and when you wake up under your warm duvet…
You’ve got your training plan all mapped out. You know how far your runs should be in the build up to the marathon. You know that with a month to go you should be running up to 22 miles. Building up the hours in your legs is crucial to completing, and enjoying, the marathon, but what else can you add…
You’ve heard of a sports massage, but what is it? What does it involve? Why should I have one? What is a sports massage?The Sports Massage Association defines sports massage as “the application of soft tissue techniques with the aim of managing, manipulating and rehabilitating muscles, tendons and ligaments” A sports massage targets tight muscles, helps inactive muscles and improves the condition…
80% of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. For some people it is chronic long term pain, which feels like it will never go away, for others it’s a short term inconvenience. Fortunately most back pain is temporary and is most often in the lower back, usually caused by doing an activity that places strain…
Did you know there are different types of pain? And it’s not related to how much it hurts? It’s measured in the length of time it takes for the pain to go. How long you experience pain determines whether it’s “acute” or “chronic” pain. Acute painAcute pain is when the pain last for under three months. This can include a…
If you’re running this year’s London Marathon on 24th April, you’ll have already started your training for it. As the training increases in its intensity and the runs get longer, the risk of injury can increase too, especially if you’re not a seasoned runner. Regular runners know that it can be unusual to be running without any sort of niggle. …
What is osteopathy? Osteopathy works on the basis that each person’s bones, muscles, ligaments and connective tissue must work smoothly together to achieve wellbeing. An osteopath uses their hands to treat patients by moving, manipulating, stretching and massaging their muscles, limbs and joints. This helps to bring balance to the body by improving the function of joints, increasing the blood…
Are you off on a skiing holiday this winter, but feeling slightly nervous about your fitness prior to hitting the slopes? If yes, you could benefit from taking some prehab sessions before you depart for the airport. What’s prehab?Prehab is the opposite of rehab, in that you do it before you start training, or going on an acitivity holiday, like…
