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Have you gone mental yet? 

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This is the question that has been asked of me (Tim) a week after getting achillies tendonitis following a couple of back-to-back long runs, loaded with a rucksack. The implication being that if I don’t run then I’m basically going to go out of my head. Interesting. And to be fair, something that a lot of runners seem to think will happen, it’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy. You get injured, you announce to the world you can’t run, and wonder how long you’re going to cope before you drive yourself crazy because you can’t run. How odd. It’s been a week … Continue reading →

Acupuncture in Physiotherapy

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Recently I had the opportunity to go on a Continual Professional Development course for Acupuncture in Physiotherapy. It was the first of a two weekend course run by the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists as a foundation into the principles of both Western and Eastern acupuncture, and how they can be integrated into general practice. It may seem odd that I went on this course, despite offering dry needling as a therapy for the past couple of years. Although I went on a dry needling course three years ago, and I was quite happy with my technique and results, when I trained, … Continue reading →

Compliance: Physiotherapy

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As a physiotherapist I see my job as getting people who are injured back to fitness, getting those who are in pain, back to normality, or as close as possible. The main way in which we do this is through physical interventions. Or, in more common place language – exercise. It is no secret that when we as humans learn to do something, practice makes perfect. If you tried to learn the 6 times table by doing it once, you probably wouldn’t remember it. Equally, if you try to throw a javelin once, you probably wouldn’t be as good at … Continue reading →

Caffeine: Friend or Foe?

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There’s plenty of information available on the positive and negative effects of caffeine so we won’t be giving you a list of those here. What we are going to explore a little is why we discuss caffeine intake with our Personal Training clients and indeed why we may recommend a period of abstinence. Caffeine has been classed as a drug, not on the same scale as illegal and highly addictive substances, but a drug non-the-less, and it’s the habitual aspect of getting a daily fix we like to explore. How would you feel if you were asked to stop drinking coffee, tea and … Continue reading →

Graduation Day for Tim

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In April 2011 we moved to Glossop with a new life ahead of us. The exact path wasn’t entirely mapped out, we just knew that being in a beautiful part of the world and doing work we loved were the top two things on the list. Our applications to be massage therapists at the 2012 Olympic were still outstanding at that time. We did in fact receive the Olympic offers soon after moving; fast-forward to July/August 2012 and we were on a train to London for the unforgettable whirlwind adventure working with the athletic stars of the world. Little did … Continue reading →

Qualified Physiotherapist

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Well. That is it. Final exams have come been and gone. The last two were only a week or so after my final placement, so my time in the outpatient department in a local hospital was spent not just seeing patients and ensuring all my paperwork was in order, but also researching and writing presentations about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis. The final exams were viva based – so a presentation followed by questioning from the examiners – exam nerves always seem to get the better of me in that kind of situation and my easy-going easy question answering nature just seems to desert me as … Continue reading →