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Nourishing the Athlete: Understanding Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)

What is RED-S? Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) is a condition that has been gaining attention and awareness in recent years across elite and recreational sporting populations. RED-S was previously described as the ‘female athlete triad’ because it is characterised by low energy availability, absence of periods and low bone density which are also

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Diastasis Recti

Introduction: What is Diastasis Recti? Diastasis recti is a condition that occurs when the rectus abdominis muscles separate due to the stretching of the connective tissue, leaving a gap in the abdominal wall. This can occur in men and women due to various factors but the most common reason is post-pregnancy and this will be

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Winter Wellness

It’s that time of year! We are all familiar with the new challenges winter brings to our wellness journey. The nights draw in and the temperature drops, making it tempting to hibernate and bunker up for the winter. On top of this, there are the stresses of frantic Christmas shopping, increased cost of living and

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Physiotherapy
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Knee Surgery… A patient’s perspective

How It Started …Three years ago I started to get knee pain. I went to a sports and exercise doctor who I had been seeing for a glute med problem and, as the knee was not improving after about 8 months, hobbled off for an MRI. Advanced patellofemoral arthritis in the knee, apparently – first

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Physiotherapy
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Stress Fractures

It is that time of year, there has been an increase of activity over the past few months with the pre- season training for university sports, the start of the rugby and hockey season and the end of Oxford half marathon. As a result, we have seen a few clients with stress fractures in clinic

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What prehab means?

What is Prehab?In the world of healthcare, the terms ‘prehabilitation’ and ‘prehab’ are becoming more prominent.What do they mean, and why are they important? Well, Prehabilitation or prehab refers to proactive approach to preparing the body for an upcoming event, medical procedure and/or justgeneral well-being and injury prevention. It involves the identification of any altered

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