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Reduce Your Injury Risk During Lockdown

Alex Smith - Physiotherapist

May 12, 2020
3 min

Reduce Your Injury Risk During Lockdown

With the current social distancing and lockdown status amid the Covid-19 pandemic, exercise and fitness is key to maintaining both physical and mental wellbeing. However, with more free time on our hands it’s difficult not to turn to exercise to steer ourselves away from boredom. If you’re used to exercising regularly then this shouldn’t be a shock to the system, but for those who don’t exercise regularly a sudden increase in physical exercise could lead to an injury. For yea

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How to Add 3 Years To Your Life

Alex Smith - Physiotherapist

Feb 25, 2018
1 min

How to Add 3 Years To Your Life

After crazily signing up to run the Rutland Half-Marathon, I’ve been pounding the streets of Rutland trying to get myself in shape for the looming challenge on Sunday April 8th. As part of the training regime, I’ve set myself one long run every Sunday. For ease of training that’s been around Oakham and the picturesque hills of Rutland. Whilst dragging my feet along and grumbling under my breath I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how many couples, families and individuals that

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Movember - A Man's World

Alex Smith - Physiotherapist

Dec 22, 2017
2 min

Movember - A Man's World

Throughout the month of November, I attempted to complete a daily exercise challenge in aid of raising awareness for Men’s Health. Most people know November as ‘Movember’ where males grow moustaches to promote testicular cancer as well as other illnesses that can affect males. Deciding to do something slightly different, I set about completing a form of exercise every day throughout November whilst researching into the benefits that exercise can have on the body, especially i

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Recover Like An Olympian

Alex Smith - Physiotherapist

Nov 12, 2017
2 min

Recover Like An Olympian

On Thursday Alex spent the day at the Manchester Institute of Health and Performance, a phenomenal purpose built centre striving to achieve optimum levels of health and performance in professional competitors prior to Tokyo 2020, as well as members of the local community. Alongside physiotherapists from some of the UK’s most elite professional sports clubs, Alex attended the IPRS Mediquipe Biodex Users workshop. Listening to speakers from the English Institute of Sport, Premi

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Run for Rainbows

Alex Smith - Physiotherapist

Sep 16, 2017
3 min

Run for Rainbows

With the Rutland Marathon just over the hill, the past 6 weeks has seen Alex, Murray, Ross and Vicky hit the roads in preparation for the Rutland Team Marathon. On Sunday 17th September the quartet will each be undergoing just over 10km each to complete the illustrious race that has become famous around the county of Rutland. Whilst each runner will be taking in the amazing scenery that is Rutland Water, there will also be another thought driving each of them on; Rainbows Chi

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How much cushioning do we need in our shoes?

Simon Miles - Podiatrist

Sep 14, 2017
3 min

How much cushioning do we need in our shoes?

Running shoe trends are constantly changing and recently the trend is moving away from the barefoot / ultra-minimalist styles. This is possibly due to inappropriate shoes combined with poor technique and inadequate strength resulting in increased injury. This coincides with Vibram Five Finger barefoot shoes recently being found guilty in the United States of misleading marketing, allowing anyone who has brought the shoes to claim a refund!! With the trend moving back to more

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Plantar Fasciitis - The Truth Behind The Pain

Excellence Physio

Jul 6, 2017
3 min

Plantar Fasciitis - The Truth Behind The Pain

As the summer descends upon and the levels of exercise increase, so do the number of people complaining of a nuisance pain in the sole of their feet. More often than not, this is a result of the condition most commonly known as Plantar fasciitis. Interestingly, in the past week I have witnessed 6 people hobbling around with the condition. Over 80% of whom weren’t aware of the benefits physiotherapy could have on the pain. So this blog aims to help advise you on the condition

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Foam Rolling - Worth the hype?

Alex Smith - Physiotherapist

Jun 22, 2017
5 min

Foam Rolling - Worth the hype?

Many people have heard about the dreaded foam roller and how painful it can be, often being put off by the thought of it as soon it’s mentioned. However, It’s fastly becoming one of the most used self-myofascial release techniques and becoming very popular amongst both elite and amateur athletes. But how painful and beneficial can it actually be? Over the past month I set out to find out the real benefits and just how much of an impact it can have on your performance. Muscle

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Heat or ICE?

Alex Smith - Physiotherapist

May 24, 2017
2 min

Heat or ICE?

The question we get asked so frequently is ‘Do I apply ICE or Heat to my injury?’ Well here’s a little bit more information to help you decide …. ICE Ice is usually used for the more acute injuries, such as Sprained ligaments, muscles tears or bruises. Especially if the affected area is beginning to swell. Ice is excellent at reducing swelling as it vaso-constricts (narrows) the blood vessels, limiting the internal bleeding / inflammation occurring at the injury site. It is b

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