the blog of balance performance physiotherapy

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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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 [...]

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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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Not only does the team at Balance deliver trigger point therapy but we also educate our clients about TrP therapy and how they can do it themselves using Trigger Point Performance kits and individual products. The more we do it the better the results our clients can achieve for themselves and gain independence with the [...]

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Balance Performance #Running Clinic info: http://bit.ly/cp1Oe5 our expertise goes beyond high quality rehab and the Alter-G, we do PBs too! We have long catered for runners – from novice marathoners to elite and professional runners – but we have refocussed some of our existing services and changed the structure some to better cater for a [...]

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BBC Science Reporter Victoria Gill’s article is linked to below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8483401.stm It describes research that came to the obvious conclusion that if you give a human the chance to take the path of least resistance they will take it, even if the consequences are a down turn in long term efficiency. Well thats my interpretation, [...]

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Just found a website called Urban Path looking at which London gyms and fitness centres had managed to get themselves in to their listing. Some of the “top” gyms in Notting Hill, Fitzrovia, Knightsbridge, Covent Garden, Marylebone, Battersea, Fulham and Soho are listed with reviews invited. The comments  are insightful and should give us, the [...]

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The G-trainer challenges everyone in different ways, whether: elite Olympic runner (3 of the Worlds Best Runners have run on our treadmill), professional sports men (2 of the UKs best Rugby Clubs use Balance’s G-trainer week in week out) top or recreational IronMan and Woman triathletes (including Pro-VO2 tri club athletes and Pro Tristan Shipsides) [...]

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Saturday 21st November – 10am and 2pm The World Record Club is looking for members to run their fastest miles on the G-trainer treadmill. There are several categories to challenge yourself within: Mens 85% bodyweight Womens 85% bodyweight Mens 75% bodyweight Womens 85% plus Mens and Womens Masters Categories If you havent run on this [...]

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This a video I found on the Running Competitor website posted by a company promoting the G-trainer for weight loss and elite running performance. Forze like to say “Get Lean, Run Faster!”. Well produced piece of video and a nice explanation of how the G-trainer treadmill works. Enjoy…

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