After another quick turnaround after the Birmingham Diamond League, I arrived into Zurich yesterday afternoon for the first of the two Diamond League finals, which takes place tonight. Given the large number of athletic events, the meets (roughly) alternate which ones they...
Working as a sports physiotherapist, I often interact with the athletes whilst they are cramming snacks, meals & supplements into their mouths as they pass through the treatment areas on their way to or from their other sessions of the day, whether that be out on the track or...
Who said the Olympics signalled the end of the athletics action for the season? Right now I am in the middle of a globe-trotting track & field fest, currently repacking my bags after yesterday's Diamond League action in Lausanne, Switzerland, in preparation for travel to...
Well, after all the excitement of the Olympics, normal service had to resume sooner or later & the Diamond League road show gets back on track tonight in Stockholm, Sweden. Yesterday, 6 athletes put Team GB duties behind them & hopped on the plane to Scandinavia, amongst them...
You know that feeling you have on boxing day? That feeling that hits you the day after you get back from your holiday? That feeling when you started back to school after the best summer holidays or after the season has reached its climax.... Well, the post-Olympic blues are...
It's now official - London 2012 has seen the most successful Olympic Games in the modern era for Team GB with regards gold medals & total medals attained! That really does reflect a great deal of investment, hard work & application but the results haven't been uniformly...
So it appears that the Team GB & Team Sky cyclists are crushing the majority of opponents that dare challenge them on the road or on the track this year. Unparalleled success in this year's Tour de France saw targets exceeded ahead of schedule, whilst at the London 2012...
& then there was one! On arrival in Monte Gordo for the pre-Olympic Games holding camp, over 60 athletes from Team GB were working through the last days of their preparatory training under the Portuguese sun. However, since July 31st, each day has seen a group of athletes...
After the years, months, days & hours of waiting, last night finally heralded the start of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Whilst London partied, the athletes & athletics support staff of Team GB had our own “opening night” in our holding camp in Monte Gordo, Portugal...
Monaco is the last stop for 6 GB athletes on their journey to the Olympic games & as well as a good opportunity to evaluate where they are in relation to their competition two weeks out, this is also proving to be a great escape from both the rainy British weather, as well as...
I am a dynamic, innovative & experienced Chartered Physiotherapist, having worked in elite sport since 1998. I have additional qualifications in exercise physiology, strength & conditioning & sports massage.