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Winston Gordon hopes for last laugh!

April 20th, 2012 · No Comments

  Winston Gordon the current GB Judo number one in the middleweight division and one of Balance’s Olympic Ambassadors has just been featured in the Telegraph! The Balance team have now worked with Winston for over ten years and have helped him return from several potentially career ending injuries. We are still working very closely [...]

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Tags: elite performance · general information · media · Olympics · Physiotherapy · preparation · rehabilitation · sports injury · strength and conditioning · treatment

Winston Gordon Team GB No.1 Middleweight Judo talks to ITV news about how Balance have kept him in peak condition and at the top of his sport for over ten years

February 24th, 2012 · No Comments

Winston Gordon Team GB Judo and current UK number one middleweight was interviewed in the dojo at Ernest Bevan School in Tooting by ITV news this week about his preparation for London 2012 and how the team at Balance Performance Physiotherapy have not only helped him overcome several potentially career ending injuries but also improve [...]

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Tags: Balance · fitness · injury prevention · media · Physiotherapy · rehabilitation · sports event · sports injury · treatment

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

elite athletes suffer many of the same sports injury problems

February 8th, 2011 · No Comments

Tight hip flexors and imbalances, weak gluteals – does this sound familiar? It happens to elite ATP pro tennis players as well as the recreational athletes we see from Clapham, Stockwell and Brixton.

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Tags: Alter-G · back pain · education · elite performance · g-trainer · injury prevention · joint discomfort · joint health · joint mobility · KT Tape · performance · physio shop · Physiotherapy · preparation · recovery · rehabilitation · retail · soleus · sports injury · strength and conditioning · taping · treatment

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

Trigger point therapy results continue to impress and TPT products continue to get great reviews

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

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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Tags: back pain · Balance · bodyweight · education · elite performance · general information · injury prevention · marathon · pain free marathon training · performance · physio shop · podiatry · recovery · rehabilitation · retail · running performance · shop · speed · sports injury · store · surgery and operations · treatment · triathlon · ultradistance · Uncategorized

Shoes may have changed how we run – piece from BBC Science journo

February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: advice · Balance · education · elite performance · fitness · g-trainer · general information · injury prevention · joint health · marathon · nike · orthotics · pain free marathon training · performance · personal training · physio shop · Physiotherapy · podiatry · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · running performance · sports injury · treatment · triathlon · ultradistance

New York Times article on self-massage products

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Just read a well balanced article from the New York Times on self-massage products. The journalist has consulted a number of sources including sports massage consumers, foam roller users, a triathlon coach, an Ironman triathlete and chiropractor, author of “Self-Massage for Athletes” Rich Poley, and the founder and creator of Trigger Point Performance Therapy products [...]

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Tags: advice · Balance · fitness · general information · home training · injury prevention · pain free marathon training · performance · physio shop · Physiotherapy · podiatry · preparation · recovery · rehabilitation · retail · running performance · shop · sports injury · treatment · ultradistance

Steve Cotter Guide to Kettlebell Lifting now available here at Balance

September 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Its been a busy day here at Balance taking pictures to upload onto our soon to launch (at long last)online shop. We will be making available to the wider world many of the things that clients have had the opportunity of benefiting from here for many years – kettlebells, rehabilitation and fitness bands (from LifeLine [...]

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Tags: beginners · general information · kettlebells · physio shop · rehabilitation · retail · strength and conditioning · technique · treatment

Frustration of injuries and podiatry

June 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I read this blog yesterday whilst searching to see who else was talking about the G-trainer and marathon training. I came across this Addicted to Running Blog: One pointless podiatrist appointment then another more fruitful one! If you’ve been reading this blog for some time you’ll know that I’ve been wearing custom made orthotics for [...]

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Tags: elite performance · fitness · general information · injury prevention · joint discomfort · joint health · joint stress · marathon · orthotics · pain free marathon training · performance · Physiotherapy · podiatry · recreational athlete · running performance · speed · sports injury · treatment · ultradistance · Uncategorized