Musculo-SkeletalMarathon Injury prevention 
Marathon Injury prevention
A number of the major city mass participation marathons take place in April. For those taking part training should be well underway by now. As the weekly distance covered and some longer runs take place some may experience some niggles and discomfort. Don’t ignore early warning signs. There is nothing...
Musculo-SkeletalRichard Puxty
Richard Puxty
Richard Puxty is a massage practitioner at The Springbank Clinic. He is an integrated part of the team of practitioners that combine to provide the best possible care and management for patients whether the symptoms are stress related, sports injuries or from other specific causes. He studied at the London...
Musculo-SkeletalSarah Parnaby
Sarah Parnaby
Sarah graduated from Newcastle University and lived in Amsterdam for many years before moving back to the UK to work in the finance industry in central London. She has always had an interest in sport, swimming competitively whilst at school and later becoming a very keen rower, squash and then...
Musculo-SkeletalMike Balcombe
Mike Balcombe
Mike graduated from the Chelsea School of Human Movement (Brighton Polytechnic) with a BSc (Hons) Sports Science degree in 1992 then worked in private health and fitness before embarking on a career as a Metropolitan Police Officer for 30 years in ranging investigative roles, recently retiring as a Senior Detective....
Musculo-SkeletalSports & Therapeutic Massage
Sports & Therapeutic Massage
The benefits of massage have been recognised for many thousands of years. The earliest records date to China in 2700BC and massage was practised by many other ancient cultures including Indian, Egyptian, Greek & Roman. How does it work? In the 18th and 19th centuries massage became popular in Europe...
UncategorisedPsycho-neuroimmunology (PNI)
Psycho-neuroimmunology (PNI)
Our Physiotherapist Angel Lopez is trained in Sports Physiotherapy and Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology (cPNI) He uses both scientific pathways to treat patients. What does PNI actually mean? Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is a holistic approach to treating patients. PNI looks at the patients’ diet, physical exercise, psychology, anatomy, etc. with the aim of boosting the...
Musculo-SkeletalJames West GB athlete interview
James West GB athlete interview
James West is a local athlete who has been selected for Great Britain last summer. He is a 1500m / 3000m runner who is on the cusp of making the Olympic team, he is one for who the years delay may well be beneficial. After attending Loughborough Uni, he has...