

Power in Performance
As a Sports Massage Therapist working in all areas of sport including treating International Athletes, attention to performance is paramount. The noticeable difference between professionally paid athletes and the general gym attendee is the recognition of performance and recovery. I attended the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on a training day and I remember seeing the attention to detail in all areas from warm up to cool down - it is their job so they have time to f


The Stress Response: Why breathing patterns matter
Stress has become an increasingly discussed topic due to the consistently rising number of people who are experiencing the detrimental impacts of chronic stress. Stress is subjective, meaning what one perceives as a stressful stimuli and how they react will differ between individuals. It could be strongly argued that such concern for the impacts of stress correlates with the recent surge in technological developments which have enabled us to understand more about the function