My brush with Hypothermia
Looking out at the snow today and thinking about freezing at the side of a rugby pitch later, I was reminded of my own brush with hypothermia while cycling in the USA.
Category: News Blog
This category aims to deliver a news blog about the service. It contains some useful articles to help you understand what we do, and how you can help yourself with some simple exercises.
You will also find any updates to clinics and staff that we feel are useful to you.
Shin splints or stress fracture?
How do know if you have shin splints or a stress fracture? Both cause pain in the shin bone at the front of the leg, and may be described as overuse injuries. What is the difference? Shin splints, medically known as Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS), are one of the most common complaints of ru...
National Stress Awareness Day: Exercise can help
National Stress Awareness Day is today and it aims to make people more aware of the impact stress can have on your everyday life. It also aims to help people identify ways to deal with this stress and find a way to reduce it. Research has shown that increased stress levels can lead to an increase...
Strength and Conditioning for Runners
Most runners love running, but avoid strength and conditioning type of exercises. To avoid injury you need to have a basic level of strength, and this becomes increasingly important as you age. Alongside running (obviously) it’s great for runners to have a good mix of activities as part of thei...
Lower Limb Tendon Pain – what shouldn’t you be doing?
We love a good infographic, and recently came across this great one from @YLMSportsScience – 10 Things NOT To Do If You Have Lower Limb Tendon Pain. Tendon pain in the lower limb, and tendinopathies are one of the most common type of injuries we see in our clinics. The most common are Achilles ...
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Do you have patellofemoral pain syndrome? Does your knee get sore while you are walking or running? Does it hurt when you go to stand up after sitting for extended periods of time or walking downstairs? Is it hard to pin-point where the pain is coming from? It is in the knee or behind the […]
A few changes to booking
From the 1st of September we have made a few changes to our booking and paying system. We hope that for many of you this will result in reduced payments for your appointments. We have made these changes to booking to minimise the additional admin costs of responding to phone calls and other forms...
Acupuncture for menopausal symptoms
Have you considered acupuncture for menopausal symptoms? A brief course of acupuncture may help to ease troublesome menopausal symptoms, suggests a small study published in the online journal BMJ Open. Menopause symptoms Menopausal symptoms are common and can have a major impact on quality of li...
Heart Rate Variability as a Measure of Health
Heart rate variability (HRV) and its role in monitoring your health seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. I remember learning as a medical student that it is normal for our heart rate to vary when we breath. However, as with all medical research we are learning more about how important for...
Sports Therapy, Sports Rehab or Sports Massage?
At SB Sports and Pain Clinics we provide sports therapy, sports rehab and sports massage. All our staff are trained to degree level. They are experienced in diagnosing and selecting the right treatment for you. Sports therapy and sports rehabilitation are relatively new professions compared with ...