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Facebook Live 24 March 2020

Facebook Live 25 February 2020 Vicious cycle of heel pain Very often in the clinic we see patients with heel pain who are also wanting to lose weight. Many of these patients struggle to be able to do both of these at the same time. If they are unable to exercise they...

Facebook Live 18 February 2020 Recovering is an underrated component to progressing further in your training. When we train or exercise, we are depleting our bodies of its energy reserves and creating micro-traumas within the tissue so ultimately, we'll be emerging...

Facebook Live 13 February 2020 The Brooks Glycerin is a neutral running shoe which uses a variety of features to enhance the feeling underfoot when walking and/ or running. Firstly what is a neutral shoe? A neutral shoe, has one single density material which means it...

Facebook Live 6 February 2020The FS6 Sock has been having a few mixed reviews at our clinic but we can all agree that it sometimes is the missing link to getting your heel pain issues fixed. Usually most heel pain cases are prevented with supportive footwear and some...

Facebook Live 30th January 2020 Why is heel pain more common in your 40's and 50's? Heel pain can affect all age groups and isn't reserved for a particular bracket. The main factor taken into account is the level of activity. In the young adult age bracket of 20-34,...

Facebook Live 23rd January 2020 One common cause of heel pain in children is known as "severs" or calcaneal apophysitis. This injury is caused by an inflammation of the growth plate that sits at the back of the heel bone. In children this is largely caused by their...

Facebook Live 16th January 2020 It is that time of year again when its back to school. Its crucial to get your kids fitted into the correct shoes that they will be wearing everyday. Here a a few tips to remember 1- Get the shoes fitted correctly. Our guide is make...

Facebook Live 7th January 2020 This time of the year people try to take control of their life and do something they’ve wanted to do for a while with their exercises; get fit, start to exercise more, get on top of their diet. We also find that after a couple of weeks,...

Facebook Live 17th December 2019 Our tip for today is run quieter and lighter. Some of you may recall Newton's 3rd law of motion: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. If we apply this to running for example, the harder we hit the ground, the more vertical...