Are You A Runner, or Track or Field Athlete? Have you recently experienced an injury or looking to prevent injury? Are you looking for some expert guidance on how to continue, restart, or adapt your training to accommodate following your injury? Or are you hoping to improve your performance? A new 6-week 'Runners' Rehab/Prehab Class'… Continue reading Attention Runners: New Rehab/Prehab Classes at Movement Therapy Clinics (Tuesdays at 20:00 at Newman University, Birmingham, UK)
Kinesiology or kinesio tape is an adhesive taping method applied with the aim of reducing pain, increasing range of movement, and/or enhancing quality of movement in response to muskuloskeletal injury. Although originally arising in the 1970s, kinesio taping has rocketed in popularity in recent years, with celebrity endorsements and increasing popularity for both professional and recreational athletes.
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL Have you ever struggled to find time to complete the exercises recommended to you by your therapist? Perhaps it was a daily movement practice to help soothe muscle soreness? A resistance exercise for resolving a tendinopathy? Or perhaps strength training to address a joint pain or weakness? To be honest, the cause and the means don't really matter - sometimes it's hard do the things that ultimately help us...
One of the most common issues that I see in the clinic is shoulder pain. I think it can really help to know the anatomy of the shoulder - in particular, the muscles of the rotator cuff...
Delayed knee replacement surgery? Don't panic - evidence suggests that it's a blessing in disguise...
