Tips for recovery after a running event. Recovering is a vital part of reducing injury and improving performance – recovering not just from big events, but from every run. Here are a few tips for immediately post running to ensure you’re recovering optimally; Warm down – finish your run/event with some gentle jogging and […]
William (Will) is offering sports massage at Bevan Wilson. Here he introduces himself. As a multi-faceted therapist, I have worked successfully in treating a wide range of clients to relieve pain and restore ease in movement. Historically, my client base includes athletes, physical and desk bound workers in treating a wide range of […]
Bevan Wilson’s very experienced physiotherapist Marie Byrne shares her experience of running, avoiding injury, and practical tips. Classical running goals may include: achieving personal best times (PBs or PRs), running a certain event (e.g. the debut marathon), qualifying for an event (e.g. a World Major Marathon), or beginning to run for fitness, […]
Managing Injury Injuries come in all shapes and sizes, and if you’re training or taking part in sport regularly, they are to a certain extent inevitable – all sports have an intrinsic risk! Reducing injury risk is very important, and something we can discuss at another time (prevention is better than cure!). It is […]
Cycling is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK and is enjoyed by athletes of all ages, genders and abilities. Unfortunately, as with any sport, there is an associated risk of injury seen with cycling. There’s nothing more frustrating than injury preventing you from performing your sport – either performing pain free […]
Tennis is a highly popular year-round sport which can be played by all, requires a small amount of equipment and embraces many attributes, such as agility, athleticism, tactical awareness, resilience and hand-eye coordination. Tennis has been ranked the 5th most popular sport in the world, by participation. During a tennis session, a player may hit […]
At Bevan Wilson Physiotherapy Clinics, we are about to launch a new service, Clinical Pilates. This will consist of small groups, or one to one sessions becoming available to book. To enlighten you as to the value of Clinical Pilates, this blog gives some insight into the evidence base for the exercises, and how it […]
Jack has worked with professional and amateur football players, over the course of his career. In this blog, he gives some tips for those thinking about playing in the new football season, and wanting to avoid pre-season injury. July tends to mark the beginning of pre-season for football teams ahead of the new season; most […]
At Bevan Wilson, we have parents refer their children to us, reporting: Often getting pain and stiffness in the joints and muscles – particularly towards the end of the day and after physical activity Keep getting sprains and strains Keep dislocating your joints (clicking joints, or “pop out”) Having poor balance or co-ordination Night pains […]
We are seeing increasing number of tennis injuries as the weather changes for the better. We’ve put together a basic 5 point plan to prevent you sustaining a tennis injury this summer; 1) Don’t jump straight in – if you haven’t played since last summer – don’t go out and play 5 […]