All Around approach to Health and Wellbeing – specialising in Biomechanics Coaching, Sports Psychology and Physical Training in Hampshire
This is a great post and shows how similar athlete training is for both humans and animals. After big competitions or in periods of downtime one has to let the fitness down gently but keep the muscles ticking over. Many horses around the world have had a layoff during the covid-19 lockdown. Equine biomechanics researcher …
This period of lockdown has fast-tracked online training, to become the new normal, something that would have taken years to do in the previous world of health and wellness training. This has been a fantastic option to offer clients during a time of financial uncertainty for some and isolation. This has created a regular, affordable …
Women, men, girls and boys walk up and down the high street, admiring clothes as they look in the windows of the shops displaying the latest fashion. We learn how to do things and what is right and wrong from the environment that surrounds us. We copy and recreate images and actions that we see. …
How exciting to run a workshop specifically for riders by riders. Using the latest “Gravity ” machines to illustrate how the body compromises when under the pressure of being on an unstable platform. This is open to all riders of all age and ability. The outcome will be to give you an understanding of where …
The most efficient way to cycle is to use the full stroke of the pedal: all the way down, around the bottom and up. If you do not have your feet clipped into the petals you are not able to pull up – if you only push down there is a huge load going onto …
Cycling is a simple act of turning pedals with your legs, which turn a chain, which turn the wheel, which move you forwards on the road. If when you push your foot down on the pedal you are arching your back or moving your shoulders you are losing the energy expended into your body and …
This joint is very mobile with almost 3D movement, having 3 bones offered up to each other, no direct secure bone fixing in a ball and socket type fixing – they are held in place by muscles, rather than a solid joint of bone fitting into bone like the hip joint. Aside from an impact …
The knee joint is a very vulnerable joint – relying on the stability of the foot and the hip. The knee is a joint that is designed to bend and straighten, it is not designed to hyperextend nor to rotate. It’s stability depends on the foot functioning correctly, and the ankle having full mobility. This …
Alignment is key to prevent injury reduce pain and improve performance. If one builds a house on unstable foundations then the walls will move and cracks will appear. It is the same if one trains on a crooked platform, you will compensate and cause certain muscles to pull and be challenged which will potentially cause …
Running like all actions should not come from power but from stretch and recoil if you slam the door and the hinges on the wall are lose the floor will wobble around and hit the floor. If you slam the door and the hinges on the wall are tight and firm the whole energy of …