Pelvic floor muscle exercises in the post natal period – Jo Fordyce Am I doing my pelvic floor exercises in the right way? How many should I be doing? There are some days I don’t have time to do any, am I okay after having my baby? These questions are frequently asked by new Mums […]
Diastasis Recti During Pregnancy Why does my stomach ‘dome’ when I sit up now I’m pregnant? Will it go back to normal? Have you noticed now you are pregnant your stomach can push up into more of a point when you sit up from lying or maybe getting out of the bath? The official term […]
What is the best postnatal exercise??? Well, firstly it needs to be something that doesn’t take too long. Those 2-hour visits to the gym won’t find a slot in your diary now! It needs to be low impact. There’s a good chance you have already pushed that pelvic floor to its’ limits simply being pregnant […]
New Mums! Does your back ache standing cuddling your newborn? Do you get pain lifting them out of their cot? Sound familiar? Read on… So you’re the other side of childbirth and if you are like me you assumed the aches and pains of pregnancy are well behind you and you can slip back into […]
New mums! 9 things your Women’s health physio wants you to know by Sally Murray 1. It’s taken you 9 months to stretch into your pregnancy shape, you’ll need AT LEAST 9 months to feel things are going back in the right direction. Expectations are everything. 2. Don’t compare yourself to anyone else. Ever. No […]
by Graham Anderson Wow its been a tough tennis injury summer for Balance Performance Physiotherapys Director and Physiotherapist Graham Anderson (ATP World tour physiotherapist and Lead Championship Physiotherapist to the AELTC) Geneva, Queens, Wimbledon, Bastad and Hamburg– all in 3 months! Geneva was a tournament for the first time on the ATP tour and the […]
Graham Anderson Balance Director Physiotherapist of lower limb disorders a with a 24 year history of clinical interest in knees.(He is also Physiotherapist to athletes at the last 4 Olympi and 5 Commonwealth Games.) speaks about the importance of improving impact as you reover form knee injury. On of our main aims of gait and running […]
Have you ever wanted to run effortlessly without the hard pounding? The Alter G is now even more affordable at Balance to save your joints. Balance Performance Physiotherapy were the first to introduce this great bit of kit to outside of the USA. We knew its benefits would be far beyond performance enhancement of running. […]