Find out how to treat your injuries and conditions with hot and cold therapies. Learn how and when to use cold compresses and heat packs here. Just about everyone knows that both heat and cold can help treat sports injuries, but a lot of people don’t know specifically when it’s appropriate to use a cold … Read more
Five Items to Enhance your Yoga Experience One of the best selling-points for doing Yoga is that you don’t need an awful lot of equipment to do it. But another aspect of yoga is its dynamism, the way even slight adjustments to a tricky pose or position can change what muscles it effects and how. … Read more
Anyone looking to meet their fitness goals should always have resistance products as part of their workout routine. Resistance bands, loops and tubes have numerous applications that are suitable for training for a number of sports. Resistance training has over the years become part of, or has been incorporated in to any modern workout … Read more
The 2017 World Road Race Championships got under way on Saturday to kick off a week’s worth of cycling action that will feature the likes of Tour de France winner Chris Froome and world road race champion Peter Sagan. The competition runs from September 17-24 and is the 90th edition of the yearly event, which … Read more
Ah the foam roller. How has something which is so little understood, is pretty uncomfortable to use and looks like a misplaced pool toy come to be the staple of any athlete’s rehab and recovery kit? Well simply, foam rollers work. You may have seen them in your gym and either not known what they … Read more
The World Athletics Championships got under way on Friday, and with them comes the last chance to ever see Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt and distance running great Mo Farah in action at the elite level. Both look set to retire at the end of this season, closing the curtain on an era in athletics … Read more
It’s the 85th minute, your team is 1-0 down when the ball is headed from your area and falls in to your path. There’s green grass ahead of you, the counter is there, this is it, your chance at glory, equalise and become a hero. But just as you get in to your stride, that … Read more
Knee Braces – A Brief History Knee braces and supports are one of the most vital aspects of knee injury treatment and rehabilitation. Being able to run, turn, stop and start again is absolutely crucial to being successful in your chosen sport. That’s why braces and supports can make all the difference when it comes … Read more
Hot and Cold therapy are great ways of treating injuries, be it on the track, field, at home or even the office. Whenever we pick up an injury, there’s always that initial impulsion to ice it down. While this might be the correct method with some injuries, it’s not always the way forward, or … Read more
Today at PhysioRoom we’re going to be taking a look at Plantar Fasciitis and how you can help alleviate some of the problems this pesky condition brings with it using products like supports and insoles. First of all, let’s have a quick recap of what Plantar Fasciitis actually is shall we… What is Plantar Fasciitis? … Read more