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MOVE>>> Natural Movement London>>>

June 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments

MOVE is the brainchild of some of London’s most dynamic movers and shakers in the field of Natural Movement.  MOVE is a two hour mixed movement session, born from the desire have a regular Natural Movement group in the heart of the city. MOVE will not only push you physically but mentally as the highly fertile minds of [...]

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Tags: adventure · Balance · bodyweight · classes · fitness · freestyle · general information · joint health · joint mobility · performance · personal training · power · preparation · recreational athlete · running performance · strength and conditioning

The Lissom Technique at Balance Performance Physiotherapy

March 4th, 2011 · 4 Comments

The Lissom Technique is the truly innovative creation of two exceptionally gifted specialists in human movment and part of the Balance strength and conditioning team Julien Diaz & Jason Prog. Lissom is a free flowing movement technique that encompasses a combination of simple but challenging moves and stretches to build core strength, flexibility, balance and endurance.  The movmements used [...]

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Tags: back pain · Balance · bodyweight · classes · education · elite performance · fitness · freestyle · general information · home training · imbalances · joint discomfort · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · performance · pilates · rehabilitation · strength and conditioning · thai boxing

“War Machine” Pulley Suspension Training workshop

February 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Introducing the WarMachine for the ultimate in “3D bodyweight training.” Jonathan Lewis, Cj Swaby and Ricardo Abreu will be sharing their expert knowledge and experience of how to get the most from this exciting piece of kit. They will go through basics of press, pull, legs, trunk and combined, compound movements  before “pulling the pin” and [...]

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Tags: Balance · bodyweight · elite performance · extreme · fitness · freestyle · home training · performance · personal training · Physiotherapy · power · preparation · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · strength and conditioning · swimming · thai boxing · workshops

Balance Blogging

February 7th, 2011 · No Comments

There is so much going on at the moment at Balance Performance that i could be blogging daily, the reality is that its so busy the blogging activities are at a low! Stewart Laing is one of the UKs most respected Sports Physiologists, has worked with some of the worlds elite athletes but is able [...]

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Tags: anaerobic · back pain · Balance · beginners · bodyweight · classes · education · elite performance · extreme · fitness · freestyle · general information · home training · injury prevention · interval training · kettlebells · metabolic · metabolic testing · MMA · performance · personal training · pilates · power · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · running performance · speed · sports injury · strength and conditioning · technique

Graham at 2010 Commonwealth Games – Delhi

September 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Director and Sports Injury team physiotherapist Graham Anderson is now installed in Delhi for a month for the whole of the event and currently setting up the medical clinic for the welsh team. graham is no stranger to event sports injury management with 4 Commonwealth and 3 Olympics games to his name. Fortunately Balance has [...]

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Tags: elite performance · extreme · football · freestyle · marathon · physio shop · Physiotherapy · power · thai boxing · treatment · triathlon

Flow – what is it? Look at this video for one awesome demonstration of flow!

May 13th, 2010 · No Comments

On May 29th Jonathan Lewis and Keith Openshaw (Mad Dog Functional Training Systems) are teaching the a workshop in Edinburgh which will be the first of a series “Flow Restoration”. The Edinburgh workshop is “Flow Restoration – Kettlebells for Injury Rehabilitation”. If you are a physiotherapist/personal trainer/strength and conditioning coach or any other professional wanting [...]

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Tags: bodyweight · CKT · education · elite performance · fitness · freestyle · injury prevention · interval training · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · kettlebells · performance · power · preparation · recovery · rehabilitation · speed · sports injury · strength and conditioning · technique · Uncategorized · workshops

Chamonix Ski and Orthopaedic Conference

January 29th, 2010 · No Comments

Updated news piece on main site:  http://bit.ly/cxTTQj

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Tags: Balance · education · extreme · freestyle · general information · orthotics · performance · Physiotherapy · podiatry · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · skiing · sports injury · surgery and operations · winter sports

Full Throttle Fitness Class

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Cj (Cj’s Fitness) and Sabina Skala (Gym Jones protege) are back in action at Balance every Saturday for this conditioning circuit style class (Londons Best!). Saturday, 12.15-13.15pm “Kettlebells, sandbags, medicine balls, free weights, the works! Get fit (or die trying!) Its here at Balance, London SW4 6LE (60 seconds from Clapham North Tube Station, 60 [...]

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Tags: Balance · bodyweight · classes · extreme · fitness · freestyle · general information · interval training · joint mobility · kettlebells · metabolic · MMA · performance · personal training · power · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · speed · strength and conditioning · technique · telephone number · Uncategorized · weight loss

Asics running shoes video

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Although Asics are not the only running shoes we recommend we do stock a range of Asics running shoes for men and women because they are a company that puts design before fashion and we tend to find that a large percentage of our client’s biomechanics suit Asics trainers. Mick Habgood the running specialist podiatrist [...]

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Tags: elite performance · fitness · freestyle · injury prevention · joint health · joint stress · marathon · nike · performance · Physiotherapy · podiatry · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · retail · sports injury · strength and conditioning · ultradistance

Urban Freeflow Partners

April 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Excellent news…Balance Performance Physiotherapy is now working with the world class athletes of the Urban Freeflow team. We will be taking care of the pro team’s injuries, guiding rehabilitation, and providing our strategies for recovery and minimising the effects of impact and joint stress. “I think working with the pro athletes of Urban Freeflow will [...]

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Tags: bodyweight · elite performance · extreme · freestyle · general information · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · kettlebells · performance · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · speed · sports injury · strength and conditioning · technique · Uncategorized