Let's face it, there is nothing fun about Plantar Fasciitis, but if you have it, how do you fix it? Let's take a look at the options without resorting to orthotics or living with it! Calming things down Ice is your friend... "Itis" at the end of a word means inflammation. So Plantar Fasciitis is so named because the fascia on the plantar (base) of the foot is inflamed. Inflammation is painful, so here are a few ways to calm that inflammation. Grab your washing up bowl and som

Back problems are experienced by almost everyone at some point in their life, whether you have a sedentary job, or a physical job, solving back problems doesn’t need to be complicated. Here are our 5 tip tips to avoid those back problems. #1 – Strengthen your core Now to do this you don’t need to visit a gym, the best way to strengthen your core is to sit on an unstable object. Your core muscles are designed to hold your pelvis in a straight position relative to your spine. W

Running, it’s the simplest thing on earth? So why do so many runners end up with niggles, injuries and sometimes, outright pain? There is nothing more likely to ruin running development than not being able to run at all! So what can we do to avoid getting those injuries in the first place? #1 - Avoid over striding. Over striding is easy to spot. If your foot lands in front of your body when you run, you have an over stride. Perhaps get a running friend to watch you while you

Exercise challenge.😀 It is exercise challenge time again and hopefully the weather will be ok for this one... heading out into the fresh air is not only good for your physical health but also for your mental health. It is well documented that the look, see and touch of the natural environment has a calming effect on anxiety 😀 and can help with depression and other mental health concerns. So the challenge this week is to head out into the woods. 😀 Ideally try to get mudd

10, 000 steps is the number of steps everyone is supposed to achieve in a day. But how easy is this to do? During lockdown actually 10,000 steps wasn't too hard, the daily walk took about 20mins, the sun was shining and it gave a desperately needed break from the house. But now, with the challenges of working, a child to look after and the weather turning! It is much harder... so what tips can we give you. 🚶‍♂️ Well firstly, it is fairly amazing how many steps are done by ju

Hello everybody, as you may well have noticed, we often blog about back pain and that’s because its such a common issue and in most cases, actually very easy to improve. So, here we go once again, but looking at things in a slightly different way to some of our previous blogs. 😀 In the past we have talked about poor strength and poor activation of the spinal and pelvis stablisers, we have identified exercises and approaches that can help with these so you can always complime

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

"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

Five secret tips to get you to and through a Marathon 👍 Well with the London Marathon rapidly approaching, here at The Reinge Clinic we will rapidly be filling up with last minute injuries, we always do. So in this blog we are going to highlight some of the common questions and injuries we see at this stage of the approach that lead to either confusion 😕 or injury 😞. 1) This is not the time to change your shoes! One of the most common queries we get at this time is, "Are

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