This week is my first experience of the Diamond League circuit, which is the 14-stop global tour of the elite professional athletics circuit. Tomorrow night, we will be at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich for the event, which seems to be the favourite of all the dates accord...

When I returned from Switzerland in 2008 to plan & develop the new business ideas I had been bouncing around in my head & discussing with my now business partner, Stephen "Mutchy" Mutch, I kept my clinical skills up to speed by doing consultancy work. My flexibility ensured...

Whilst I am taking a hard earned break over a long weekend in Bruges, Belgium, I thought I would address the details of a discussion I had with a physiotherapy colleague earlier in the week. The discussion had centred around the basics of exercise prescription & the reasoning...

The topic of exercise associated muscle cramp returns once more in today's blog & yet again my friend John Geist, from University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, has come up with the goods. Now, I told you that if John were to have taken part in Mastermind, his specialist topic...

Since spending several of my working weeks in London, the biggest change I notice between here & home (Edinburgh) is the pollution. The air is so thick that you can almost drink it in as opposed to breathing. This was an immediate concern of mine, particularly as I had fully...

The IAAF World Championships 2011 continued apace in Daegu this morning/afternoon, with further mixed results for Team GB. A poor javelin round of the heptathlon meant that pre-champs favourite, Jess Ennis left herself a mountain to climb going into the 800m & unfortunately...

Well, what a perfect weekend for a bank holiday - no plans & a smorgasbord of international sport to be absorbed televisually. I did have plans to hot foot it to Old Trafford for the Manchester United vs Arsenal game but I gave my tickets to a worthy cause & given my next few...

Following on from a discussion I had with my friend, Cedric (Unholz) in response to the blog postings on occlusion training, Cedric has forwarded me a really interesting paper today that may provide some more solid reasoning as to why occlusion training may enhance muscular...

So given my weekend back home in Edinburgh, I have to admit that despite the time of year, I actually never made it to anything in the Festival. Now that is bordering on a crime, especially given some of the talent on show again this year. So to avoid completely missing out...

This weekend, I have decided to stay in Edinburgh for an extra day before heading back down to London. It had always looked like being a busy weekend with my friend Bex' (Becky Walker) leaving do, the Scotland vs Italy rugby match, a Hi-Innovation business meeting & a catch up..