Karga a new approach to core and flexibility training
Founders Peter Gallagher and Sid Ahamed MCSP explain how a new dynamic approach to core exercise ‘Karga’ differs from traditional core and Pilates programs – https://physioclinicsco.uk/Karga/
We are opening up after lockdown
Limited service from June 1st 2020 for urgent patients NHS England and the CSP, HCPC and HSE advise it is now safe to open up our service for more urgent patients. The advice remains that non-urgent patients should be seen on a virtual-only basis i.e. via WhatsApp, Facetime etc or by telephone triage. We have…
Christie Manchester to Blackpool Ride
We gathered early under a grey Manchester sky Young and old ready to fly Through country lanes manned by volunteers To generate funds for our less fortunate peers Cyclysts hustled in Lycra on carbon frame Charity riders seeming even more game A day in the saddle raising pounds, shillings and pence Join us next year,…
Do you want to go for a ride?
Sid and Paul have entered the Epic West Coast Classic Sportive on Sunday 18th June. The event is 97 miles of cycling but we expect they will make up the additional 3 miles to take it into triple figures! If you are interested in running or cycling and would like to enter an event with…
Meet Sam
Sam is our lead Sports Therapist. He graduated with a degree in sports therapy from Edge Hill University, and began his career working in semi-professional football and quickly developed his service into other sports. He combined his sports work with private practice providing services and supporting local Physiotherapy and Chiropractic clinics. Sam is heavily involved with…
Laura Muir – A new Heroine
Congratulations to Laura Muir a new sporting great – Double European Indoor 1500m & 3000m champion who is a very classy athlete and a credit to her sport & well done for completing your well deserved lap of honour against the odds !
Flexibility Study – Can you help our research project ?
We are in conjunction with Peter Gallagher of DMT Ltd undertaking a flexibility study and need volunteers to take some simple measurements and e mail the results to us at prestwich@physioclinics.co.uk. We simply need an inside leg measurement ( groin to floor at the heel ) and the height achieved on the test described below…
New Service – Our pre match tape job
Struggling to tape your own joints or to apply kinesiology tape correctly ? We can help. One of our expert physiotherapists or sports therapists can see you in our Saturday morning clinic and apply your tape. It’s a fifteen minute job at most which gets you on the way to your match and the…
New – Our Weekend Pre-participation Sports Massage
Our specialist sports masseur Sam Gittins BSc has started a new service for all you weekend warriors. Treat yourself like a pro with a pre-event sports massage to really loosen up those muscles and tight tissues and to enhance your performance. Sam offer this service on a Saturday morning – first come first served. Simply…
Kids – A good way to check your flexibility
If you are a budding sports star read this. As kids grow, particularly in the growth spurt when the bones get longer the soft tissues and muscles don’t grow as quickly and become tight. One week you can be flexible and the next you have tightened up. Tight muscles are injured more easily and slow…