For our older clients and especially those who normally go to the gym what do you do now they have had to close their doors🤔 Now my gyms shut what can I do for exercise? Well, on the surface it seems not too difficult. There is a lot of generic advice about how you grab a few cans and do some exercise. Whilst that's better than nothing, we really need to factor in the reality of being stuck indoors, possibly having no garden and limited opportunities to walk, either social

It's that time of year when we are heading into the 10k and half / full marathon season. Most of us are starting to increase our mileage and in particular, follow set training programmes. But it's also that time of year when the clinic goes crazy with running based injuries. So if it's not going well 😧 what do you do 🤔 I have a race in few weeks but am injured! This is an awful and all too common scenario. What should you do? Is the issue consistent for more than a week? If

In our previous blog we looked at some tips on avoiding trips and falls.This generated several questions about how do you get back up? The answer to this question depends on a variety of factors, the most important being whether you were injured in the fall. When in doubt, it’s always safest to call for help or 999 if you are obviously injured. In this blog we take a look at the extremely tricky subject of getting back up following a fall. We will take a look at the normal s

Well the skiing season is upon us again. I know this because Ski Sunday is back on T.V and very welcome it is too. If I cant go skiing then I am quite happy to watch somebody else do it and immeasurably better than myself. But soon the clinic will begin to fill with injured skiers, So what can we do to limit the chances of picking up a skiing injury: How should I prepare for skiing? The trick here is to make your ski training as close to possible as to what you are actually a

It's been a strange winter so far. Days veer wildly from unseasonably warm, to full coatings of ice with no warning. So the other day when Gina reminded me to put the Christmas tree out for recycling, I casually stepped out of the back door, straight onto ice and found myself on my back, staring up at the 6am sky, wondering if all my limbs would still function. Is there a good way to fall if I slip on ice? Well, yes there is. 😀Most slips on ice result in a backwards fall as

"You are not 5' 7" I informed my client. "Really" said the client! I used to be 5' 9" but I am definitely 5' 7" these days. This is a conversation I have had for years and with hundreds of clients. We do shrink a little with the passage of time due to the continual compressive forces that act through the spine and the natural dehydration that occurs in the intervertebral discs, in fact this happens throughout a short a time period as a day 😱 So, here's a little fun: Measure

This is the time of year when we see those Ice Rinks appear and how inviting they are! So what Top Tips can we give if you fancy having a go and stepping out onto the ice? Wear Thick Socks!! No Really. 😉 This isn't because the ice rink is cold, because actually most people feel really hot when they go skating. It is because it is really important to make sure those boots are done up tightly. Several years ago I did First Aid on an ice rink for the winter season. Let's just s

My goodness me!! The talk we delivered about gait analysis at @RunFesttheseries, and that I blogged on last week, has gone down even better than I thought! We have been absolutely snowed under with bookings for gait analysis by those who attended the evening! However, I cant really bring myself to do another blog about gait, because something is much, much more pressing...... The question of 'what on earth is wrong with me🤨 ?!' I mean the idea to do the Dart 10k swim was

One of the most frequent things we blog about here at The Reinge Clinic is posture; but let's put some bones (no pun intended) on that. This week I had an extremely common occurrence whilst treating a client with all manner of neck pain, back pain, and headaches. I could see how far her posture was out so took a photo of it so she could see it too. Her immediate response, as an ex gymnast and a dancer was that it actually looked pretty good to her. Now, this is where I want

Neck and shoulder pain are seen almost daily at The Reinge Clinic. Why oh Why do we get so much shoulder and neck pain? 🤔 I wrote a blog about back pain recently and how we have to keep our bodies aligned to stop us getting pain. Well this is the same for the shoulder, but even more so, as the shoulder is has so much movement available, it is easy to get out of alignment. Those desks are again the biggest culprit. 👿 As we lean over the desk our shoulders begin to round. I

One of the most common things we see at The Reinge Clinic is back pain. This is also one of the main reasons people have time off work, so it is worth avoiding! If you are self employed, with a physical job, it is even more important to avoid back pain that may stop you being able to work. So why do so many people get back pain? 🤔 Well simply put it is all about posture. Posture is a buzz word these days, but what exactly does it mean and why is it so important. Our bodies

In our previous blog we looked at when to seek help with injury and pain. In this blog we consider the concept of prevention rather than cure 🤗. After several decades of treating injuries, very few of which are as the direct result of an accident, I find it incredibly frustrating 😤 when somebody presents with an issue it is, on nearly every occasion, the result of something that started out as a small niggle, months or even years ago. But, what if we could avoid all these n

This week I found myself explaining to a client how, what had started out as an easy to clear up injury, had become a lengthy and difficult nightmare of compensation on top of compensation on top of compensation. "Layers of an onion" as we often phrase it. In particular, I explained that had it been treated much earlier those layers would never have built up. This is a conversation we have at The Reinge Clinic far too often. So, how do you know when you need to seek help with

As any one following us will know we moved into new premises this week and Sid the Skeleton despite concerns during the move about limb loss, dust and road safety, is really rather happy with his new home.......... and so was I 😁 Of course, you would expect me to be happy, I mean we now have air con, but I have another reason to be particularly happy.........I have done three cycling analysis' this week and I have discovered I can fit a bike on the Turbo Trainer and film the