The food you eat and fluid you consume throughout the day has a huge impact on your brain's capacity to function throughout the day. Have you experienced the 3pm slump when it feels like all your energy has just been drained away? Do you have a mega-productive hour in the morning and then get less ...read more →
Physiotherapists play a key role in sports injury rehabilitation within sport and a strong athlete-physiotherapist relationship is necessary for effective treatment and shaping of the athlete’s expectations of injury rehabilitation. To help build this relationship a physiotherapist must have good communication skills, be approachable, have a high level of competency and understand the emotional and ...read more →
Pain that has persisted for longer than 6 months is termed ‘chronic pain’. At this stage, pain has usually persisted beyond the point of tissue healing and therefore more complex. Therefore, a multi-factored approach is often needed to manage your pain and improve your quality of life. 1.Medical Options It is important that thorough investigations ...read more →
What really makes the difference between success and failure? The pursuit of goals, aims and aspirations we feel important to us is a prominent part of everyday life. We see, and often feel, this intent focus on goal achievement and attainment across sport, business, and our own personal endeavours. Certainly in sport, we see when athletes and teams achieve their goals, we see the impact this ...read more →
Finding meaning, connecting, and embracing the twists and turns of the last 12 months. Transitioning through critical life moments, whether that be entering a new year, progressing into a new job, or moving into a new house, often provides us with the feelings of a fresh start, a time to clear out less helpful habits and an ...read more →
Nutrition to Support Immune Function Reducing the risk of upper respiratory infection (URI) Many studies over the last 35 years report an increase in upper respiratory infection (URI) symptoms in athletes during periods of heavy training and competition. Many challenges athletes face such as heavy exercise and life stress can influence immune function leading to ...read more →
Well-being: Finding Your Way of Well-being With so much out of our own hands at the moment, every day is throwing a test of some sort. Whether that be juggling home-schooling with a working day, training without any clear competition focuses, or just getting on with the day knowing the four walls of your house ...read more →
A New Way to Approach Organisational Wellbeing It is quite possible that over the next 12 to 24 months there is likely to be a seismic shift in how we view our approach to well-being and the importance of our belief of how our working environment should be, both as an employee but also as ...read more →
Recovery is a key focus for all athletes and nutrition often plays an essential role in optimising recovery. After training and competition, your body can suffer from fuel depletion, muscle damage and dehydration. Therefore, the goal of post-training nutrition is to refuel, repair and rehydrate the body to ensure it recovers optimally to support your ...read more →
Finding meaning, connecting, and embracing the twists and turns of the last 12 months. Transitioning through critical life moments, whether that be entering a new year, progressing into a new job, or moving into a new house, often provides us with the feelings of a fresh start, a time to clear out less helpful habits and an ...read more →