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How to avoid common sports injuries whilst keeping your New Year’s fitness resolutions

3rd January 2023

So here we are at the beginning of a new year, and probably, like most people including myself, you have set yourself ambitious and challenging health and fitness resolutions for 2023. Perhaps you are a beginner and determined to start running, or maybe you are wanting to take the next step in your fitness journey which means you will need to increase your intensity and volume. Either way, as soon as we change our activity levels, we risk injury, so…

Indoor Cycling – How to avoid injury

Since the last lockdown, there has been a huge increase in home exercising and in particular indoor cycling. Generally, this is fabulous as indoor cycling is a great way to get an exhilarating, low impact, cardio heavy workout without leaving your front room. BUT, if you are not careful, it can you leave with number of overuse injuries, aches and pains. Post lockdown, I have seen a huge number of clients, complaining of neck, shoulder , lower back and knee…