Age Is Just A Number
At the weekend I taught at the Oxford School of Sports Massage. I was teaching a keen and engaged group of students, working towards their Level 5 Diploma in Soft Tissue Therapy. The students were early on in their course and preparing for their first of 3...
John’s Marathon Dream
I'm so excited to share this motivational post with you today! Runner John talks about his experience of the London Marathon and why he went on to do another marathon just a week later. John's years of running experience show in his blog and he shares some of his...
Using The FITT Principle To Program Your Training
Zero To Hero Injuries!During my last clinic in Deddington I had 3 clients with injuries stemming from the same cause - overuse. Each year we see a spike in new and returning clients in spring, shortly after the first sun of the year.Over the winter many...
Bex’s Back Pain
This is our first post written by Bex, one of our wonderful Banbury based therapists. Bex pursued a career in soft tissue therapy after experiencing low back pain. In this post Bex shares how her injury came about, and her path to recovery. Low Back PainThe fitness...
Melanoma And Skin Cancer Early Detection
Earlier this month I completed my Melanoma And Skin Cancer Early Detection (MASCED) certificate. This accreditation program was designed by Skcin, an awareness and prevention charity. This post relates what the course covered and why I chose to complete it. I will...
Introducing….
Hello and welcome to the new section of my blog 'For Therapists'. I'm really excited to introduce this new part of the website! Here I will be talking all things soft tissue therapy and small business. As the title suggests the blog is written BY therapists FOR...
Exercise In The Past, Present, and Future
This is my beautiful Granna! Granna is my mum's mum and you wouldn't believe that she's 92! When I first told Granna that I had started instructing Pilates classes she said "like keep fit?" She wasn't familiar with Pilates, which was known as Contrology...
A Perspective on Obesity
Many of my clients enjoy having a conversation during their sports massage treatments, and often we talk about a variety of health influences. Diet and nutrition is an area that commonly comes up. This post aims to discuss an interesting perspective on human...
The Great North Swim!
Whilst I was working with a client in my Banbury clinic, she told me all about her experience of the Great North Swim. After she finished talking she said "I would recommend it to anybody, you could do it!" Her comment simmered on my mind for a day or two and I...
Why Prescription Orthotics?
I have recently begun working in partnership with Foothealth UK to provide bespoke orthotics. This post aims to describe why a bespoke orthotic is a better choice than standard "off the shelf" versions. Every Body Is Unique Every now and again during a sports...
What Is The Reset Digestive Health Massage?
Now more than ever, people in Western society suffer from symptoms of poor digestive health. Conditions range from food intolerances through stomach ulcers, to irritable bowel syndrome. Even those in full health have likely encountered symptoms of poor digestive...
It’s All In Your Head
"It's all in your head"... Every therapist knows never to say this because it sounds kind of insensitive and dismissive. But hear me out! An understanding of the role of your brain in pain can be really helpful in becoming pain free... A friend with chronic pain...