North Devon Physical Therapy

11/07/2018

Croyde Triathlon: not a bad spot to set up the massage table for the day! Congrats to everyone who competed & hope all the massages we provided helped...

04/06/2018

I'm giving a talk at the England Athletics Conference, Oct 27th!

My piece is on Hamstring injuries, but specifically on when what feels to the athlete like a hamstring strain, actually is something else entirely & why the 'usual' rehab programme would make it worse!

Have a click on the link below for details - there are lots of other speakers & it really is one of the best value for money conferences you can attend. Plus, it's in Devon...

In this world of ever advancing tech, do we make the most of what is available to us? This conference aims to explore available technology in; health, nutrition, physical preparation, biomechanics, injury, planning, and performance prediction.

22/11/2017

Skaters & Mountain Bikers; I've just attended a lecture on 'hand & wrist injuries in sport.' Be seeing you soon..!!

29/10/2017

Triathlon: the Brownlee Brothers Coach, amazingly successful team & a great Speaker too.

28/10/2017

England Athletics, excellent conference today...

20/08/2017

England Athletics Conference coming to Exeter...

07/08/2017

Amazing evening at World Championships last night.

05/02/2017

I had an interesting meeting with Tom Waldron from Kendra Pilates this week - discussing research on anatomy, physiology & visualisation & how we can apply all of these in our rehab programmes. Tom; here's a link to the running gait re-training programme... http://www.running-physio.com/effective-cueing/

Running gait retraining research is gathering pace and one of the leaders of the pack is Dr Richard W***y, Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. Richard’s research has found mirror…

12/01/2017

Another research paper telling us not to rush to get a scan at the first sign of back pain!

Spine J. 2016 Nov 17. pii: S1529-9430(16)31093-2. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.11.009. [Epub ahead of print]

28/12/2016

Not a bad location to sit on a "Watt Bike" or a run on the "Woodway Curve" treadmill.

28/12/2016

New Olympic Rings added to "The Gym" at Woolacombe Bay Holiday Village. Just trying some Push Ups, so hard! Extra respect to those Gymnasts..!

22/11/2016

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154693455978064&id=754808063

Strength Training for Runners Far too many ‘endurance athletes’ (including cyclists & swimmers) avoid the gym or any sort of heavy lifting programme. If