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Computrainer at Balance Performance

January 9th, 2012 · No Comments

  Balance is delighted to announce that we now have a Computrainer. Bring your bike down to Balance hook it up to the trainer and ride up the Alpe d’Huez! The Ford Ironman World Championships in Hawaii provided fantastic results for CompuTrainer pro riders. For the second year in a row 8 of computrainer trained [...]

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Tags: elite performance · general information · performance · power · preparation · recreational athlete · strength and conditioning · Uncategorized

Ski Injury Physiotherapy

December 1st, 2011 · No Comments

The team at Balance are exceptionally experienced at treating ski and winter sports injuries. Not only do several members of the team ski but all are experienced in treating Orthopaedic injuries. So if you have hurt your knee and ruptured your ACL or torn your mensicus then we can help. Or you may simply want [...]

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Tags: general information · joint discomfort · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · rehabilitation · skiing · sports injury · surgery · winter sports

Pilates Sanctuary Clapham is 5 this November

November 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Balance Performance has worked alongside Pilates Sanctuary for 5 years now, its been a great relationship as they fully understand our concept of movement, function, performance and recovery. They guide the clients we refer to their equipment and mat studio within our site in Clapham to adopt improved active lifestyles based on a strong foundation [...]

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Tags: fitness · general information · home training · joint health · joint mobility · pilates

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

Ultimate Six+ Trigger Point Therapy Workshop Friday the 17th June

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

This fascinating course is aimed at anyone who wants to use Trigger Point Therapy in their professional capacity. You might be a Physiotherapist, Osteopath, Chiropractor, Sports Therapist, Massage Therapist, Personal Trainer, Sports Coach or even an Athlete. If you work with people who want to perform better, recover faster and prevent injuries from occuring then this [...]

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POSE® Method – a system for teaching movement

May 13th, 2011 · No Comments

POSE Running workshop on Sunday May 22 at Balance. Balance Performance Physiotherapy is delighted to announce that Naeem Akram the “Running Engineer” is going to be back at Balance next Sunday to host another of his exceptional POSE running workshops. POSE is the only method in the world scientifically proven to reduce knee impact by [...]

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Tags: education · elite performance · fitness · general information · injury prevention · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · performance · preparation · running performance · sports injury

The Cycle Diaries World Adventure

April 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Matt Mcdonald and his friend Andy approached us at Balance as they are currently training for a very ambitious cycle expedition to ride from London to Sidney to raise awareness and money for the charity War Child. They are both local and Matt had previously been to Balance as a client and so was very keen [...]

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Tags: adventure · extreme · fitness · general information · injury prevention · joint health · joint mobility · preparation · recovery · ultradistance

Join the Balance physiotherapy team

March 16th, 2011 · No Comments

We are looking to recruit two very dynamic and committed sports physiotherapists on a full-time and part-time basis. The candidates will have at least five years’ experience and significant experience in the musculoskeletal field. The ideal candidates will have or be working towards a master’s degree,  a strong background in sports physiotherapy and be actively [...]

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Tags: education · general information · Physiotherapy

500 DAYS TO GO TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES

March 15th, 2011 · No Comments

Dear Balance Perforamance community, If you’re hoping to get your hands on tickets for London 2012, the best piece of advice we can give you is to sign up now! Don’t miss out on tickets for the greatest show on earth, just because you haven’t signed up. Here’s the link you need: http://www.tickets.london2012.com Remember to [...]

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Tags: general information · Olympics

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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