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Contents
-Articles By Colin Brazier, Paola Bassanese, Huu Nguyen
-Latest News
-Welcome to New Therapist
-This Issue's Special Offer
- Health Quote of the Month
Welcome to the first quarterly edition of A.L.O Clinic Newsletter for 2009.
With London Marathon fast approaching, this newsletter brings you some fantastic tips to the runners. ALO Clinic wishes all London Marathon runners a successful and injury-free marathon.
This issue also brings special offer discount and current happenings at ALO.
More information on the therapies offered can be found online at www.aloclinic.com
TIPS FOR MARATHON RUNNERS
Tips for marathon runners
by Paola Bassanese, Massage Practitioner at www.aloclinic.com
Every year in April London hosts the London Marathon.
Thousands of people start training in January (which makes for a very good new year's resolution) and of those, some follow a training programme with a professional, some others download a programme from the internet, others run together with friends in local running groups and, unfortunately, some don't even follow specific guidelines and hope for the best on the day.
Marathon running is gruelling and requires a lot of preparation. It is common to develop injuries due to running on concrete or because of ill-fitting shoes. Positioning the foot badly on the ground, either tilting it inwards or outwards, can cause postural and muscular problems. Some women for example, who are used to wearing high heeled shoes, may find it more natural to run on the ball of their feet instead of the heel and middle of the feet. This can cause issues to the shins, lower back and tendonitis.
As we get closer to Marathon day, here's a few tips to ensure you have an injury-free (if not pain-free) run:
However, DIY-stretching can be harmful if done incorrectly: always check with a physiotherapist or sports professional that you are doing the exercises correctly.
As the date of the London Marathon is approaching fast and the length of training runs are getting longer, runners are more at risk of injury as work commitments, fatigue and general aches and pains can have a negative influence on performance.
PHYSIOTHERAPIST'S ADVICE (Huu Nguyen)
Make sure you get your niggles and pain looked at. We are having a lot of runners come in with foot, calf and knee pains. As you increase the intensity of your training, there is risk that your body is not adjusting to it quick enough. Be sure to warm up before stretching and a cool down after. This will help the body recover. Goodluck everybody!
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Welcome to Our New Therapist, Carolyn Bailey: Clinical Pilates Instructor
Carolyn has 11 years experience as a physiotherapist, and came across Pilates when she was School Physio for the Central School of Ballet in London. She then combined her Pilates training with her physio experience to create a holistic approach to rehabilitation. Carolyn's expertise is tracing the source of pain and injury and correcting movement dysfunction, joining forces with her client in an active treatment plan.
Clinical Pilates infuses pilates exercises with physiotherapy concepts. It is a rehabilitation tool for injury and performance enhancement. Carolyn is available on Mondays at ALO Clinic. Please call 02076368845 to book an appointment.
Counselling & Psychotherapy for peak performance and the best in holistic health.
Did you know that therapy can be effective for people wanting to improve their performance - in work, sport, creative arts etc. - as well as help improve relationships, whether family, personal or professional?
Therapy can help you feel more alive, in control and dynamic, in addition to resolving emotional or psychological issues.
Some newer treatments, like for example 'eye movement therapy', or EMDR*, can work surprisingly quickly and is highly effective with a range of problems. It is completely safe and is recommended by NICE (the body that validates treatments for the NHS).
EMDR is particularly effective treatment for phobias and where someone has been upset or traumatized by a recent or historic negative event, and is still troubled by it.
Gestalt Therapy is holistic and a powerful therapy that can help a very wide range of issues and can help a person feel more alive and in touch with who they really are, to accept, to grow and make the most of life.
Colin Brazier MSc is a Gestalt Psychotherapist registered with the UKCP and a Europe Approved EMDR Practitioner. As well as providing therapy in at ALO and North London he also supervises and trains other therapists and is a lecturer at the London Metropolitan University.
*Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
Health Quote of This Issue:
"Of all the knowledge, that most worth having is knowledge about health!
The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person."
~ Herbert Spencer
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