After a good day catching up with friends, going to the Scotland vs Italy rugby match & then meeting up with old friends in the Scotland team later in the evening, this morning I went back up to the Scotland team hotel to meet with Mutchy & Mossy (Chris Patterson). Whilst most..

Not so long ago, I was speaking to my friend from Kinesis & the Anatomy Trains group, James Earls, regarding some research projects that would be interesting to address with regards the fascial concepts that are out there. Coincidentally around the same time, two of my...

As I was flicking through my usual websites to catch up on all my global internet news earlier, I came across what threatens to be a storm brewing in the NFL. I know what you're thinking..."not another one!". & yes, once again, veteran players are involved once more, taking...

One of the most commonly experienced musculoskeletal problems is exercise-induced muscle cramps. In fact it is estimated that over 95% of people will experience at least one bout of cramp in their lifetime. That suggests a massive population no matter how you interpret the...

Now that a large number of the athletes that consider Lee Valley as their regular training base have hopped on the plane to South Korea & several others have decided to shut down for the season with a view to starting winter training with a renewed vigour, there is somewhat of...

For 67 athletes from Great Britain & Northern Ireland, the hard work has been done, the pressure of trials or making standards has been met & injuries over come – the holding camp in Busan is the next stop on the way to the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. The...

The waiting is over! For football fans up & down the UK, today is the day that the summer has been building towards. The English Premier League is back under way this afternoon after 6 weeks of pre-season training. To mark the occasion, today's blog looks at what the pre-season..

Following yesterday's blog discussing the incorporation of occlusion training into rehabilitation & recovery programmes, Raph (Brandon), the EIS Head of Strength & Conditioning, answers questions on the theory, practice & need for further research of occlusion training.

Today, back in Lee Valley, I managed to catch up with Raph Brandon after a few weeks of me being away & Raph being busy at other sites. Raph is the Strength & Conditioning Lead for EIS & attends to UK Athletics’ needs twice a week. Raph has been looking at occlusion training..

Who would have thought that a trip to your local Indian restaurant, might just be what the doctor ordered if you are struggling with an achilles tendinopathy? But research recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry suggests that curcurmin extract may be able to...