Sports injury and orthopaedic rehab at Balance Performance Physiotherapy If you’re unfortunate enough to suffer an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) rupture as Lucas Leiva did last week – the Brazil international will miss the rest of the season having injured his left knee during Tuesday’s Carling Cup quarter-final victory at Chelsea – as a professional [...]
Entries Tagged as 'injury prevention'
Foootball, sports injury and orthopaedic rehab
December 6th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: elite performance · fitness · injury prevention · joint health · orthopaedic · performance · rehabilitation · sports injury · strength and conditioning · surgery · surgery and operations
Balance team at the 2011 Virgin London Triathlon
August 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
The Balance team of Martina, Keith and Scott were at it again at this weekends Virgin London Triathlon working closely with KT Tape Europe to help the athletes with advice and taping any problems that they may have. The Balance team are becoming old hands having helped athletes at the 2011 Virgin London Marathon and [...]
Tags: advice · education · fitness · injury prevention · joint discomfort · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · KT Tape · performance · physio shop · preparation · recovery · running performance · shop · sports injury · taping · treatment · Uncategorized
Trigger Point Performance is not just for triathletes and runners
July 31st, 2011 · No Comments
Much focus has been placed on the recovery needs of triathletes, cyclists and marathon/ultradistance athletes when it comes to TP therapy but the reality is that EVERYONE can benefit from increased confidence in their movement capabilities and an effective approach to recover and offset the stresses (physical, mental and emotional) we all experience. From sedentary [...]
Tags: injury prevention · 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 [...]
Tags: education · elite performance · fitness · general information · injury prevention · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · performance · preparation · running performance · sports injury
Trigger Point Performance UK workshop success.
May 9th, 2011 · No Comments
Yesterday at Balance. Jonathan taught the second “Ultimate 6″ 4.5 hour workshop in the UK for Trigger Point Performance. After the success of Edinburgh a few weeks ago another small group of quality professionals learnt not just the highly effective techniques that provide maximum returns when using the TP tools (TP massage ball, TP footballer [...]
Tags: fitness · injury prevention · performance · preparation · sports injury · strength and conditioning · Uncategorized
versatility of the CrossCore180: WarMachine pulley suspension trainer
April 25th, 2011 · No Comments
I risk going on a bit too much about the WarMachine or Crosscore 180. But it represents so much of what Balance Performance is about. Practicing movement to achieve functional movement that is fluid, flowing, accurate, precise, full of intent and purpose. Functional movement is dynamic, rotational, variable in speed and intensity: we recommend use [...]
Tags: elite performance · fitness · injury prevention · performance · preparation · rehabilitation · sports injury · strength and conditioning · Uncategorized
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 [...]
Tags: adventure · extreme · fitness · general information · injury prevention · joint health · joint mobility · preparation · recovery · ultradistance
Pose Running & Barefoot Running Workshop
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
Just want to make you all aware of a very exciting course coming up at Balance Performance Physiotherapy and presented by CJS Fitness on Sunday the 13th of March 10am – 5pm. The course will be presented by Naeem Akram the “Running Engineer”, click on the link below to read more and book online. There [...]
Tags: education · fitness · injury prevention · marathon · pain free marathon training · performance · personal training · Physiotherapy · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · running performance · triathlon · ultradistance · workshops
Hybrid Bodyweight Training Equipment. The Total Package?
February 16th, 2011 · No Comments
This article was written by J.P. Brice. Co-inventor of the War Machine Suspended Pulley Trainer by CrossCore, Inc. Bodyweight training. It’s been around forever. But as the sports of bodybuilding and powerlifting really started to evolve in the 50’s and 60’s, we became fascinated with big, shiny, “muscle specific” machines and training with massive amounts [...]
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