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Run Britain article by Dr Lucy Goldby on the Alter-G Anti-Gravity Treadmill

February 16th, 2012 · No Comments

Dr Lucy Goldby has written a fantastic article on the Alter G treadmill (G-Trainer) that has appeared on Run Britain’s website. Run Britain is the largest online group for road running in the UK. Balance has now had their Alter-G for over three years and firmly believe that a tool is only as good as [...]

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Tags: Alter-G · back pain · education · elite performance · fitness · g-trainer · injury prevention · interval training · joint discomfort · joint health · joint stress · marathon · pain free marathon training · Physiotherapy · rehabilitation · running performance · sports injury · triathlon

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

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 [...]

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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

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 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

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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Tags: anaerobic · back pain · bodyweight · elite performance · extreme · fitness · general information · home training · imbalances · injury prevention · interval training · joint stress · kettlebells · metabolic · MMA · pain free marathon training · performance · personal training · physio shop · Physiotherapy · power · preparation · rehabilitation · retail · running performance · shop · speed · sports injury · store · strength and conditioning · swimming · thai boxing · triathlon · Uncategorized · weakness · weight loss · workshops

Sports physio equipment and kit, from London to Rotterdam

February 8th, 2011 · No Comments

Text and pic from Graham at the AVB AMRO World Tennis Tournament: The physiotherapy table in Rotterdam. Trigger point therapy products advised to the players – ideal for them to put in their kit bag and travel the world with them. The worlds elite tennis players are waking up to Trigger Point Performance tools thanks [...]

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Tags: elite performance · injury prevention · joint mobility · joint stress · performance · Physiotherapy · preparation · rehabilitation · retail · sports injury · store

Graham Anderson at AVB AMRO world tennis tournament

February 8th, 2011 · No Comments

News from Graham in Rotterdam: The 38th AVB AMRO world tennis tournament in Rotterdam may not sound the most glamourous event on the ATP Callander but with Soderling, Murray, Ferrer, Berdych, Melzer, and Tsonga, it is a strong field following on from the Australian Open. I’m the sole ATP physiotherapy representative to look after the [...]

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Tags: back pain · education · elite performance · fitness · injury prevention · joint discomfort · joint stress · performance · Physiotherapy · preparation · recovery · rehabilitation · sports injury

Steve Cotter Masterclass at Balance Performance on Friday October 8th

September 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Balance Performance is once again extremely proud that Steve Cotter, world class teacher of kettlebells, athletic movement and all aspects of strength, conditioning, movement and wellbeing, will be teaching a 3 hour Masterclass at our London facility. Friday, October 8th, 6pm – 9.15pm Balance Performance 113 Gauden Road London SW4 6LE call 020-7627-2308 to book [...]

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