What is cupping? We’ve all seen it, whether it’s athletes online, on the TV, or at your local gym or swimming pool people covered with perfect circular bruises along their back, arms and legs; leaving us wondering exactly what is it that they’ve been doing? Cupping uses glass or silicon rubber cups to apply a […]

How time flies At Swissphysio in Tynemouth we celebrate health and well-being and this April we are also celebrating 20 years in business! Our physiotherapy and sports injury clinic holistic health centre in the beautiful Victorian metro station in the heart of Tynemouth was established on the 3rd April 2003 and Angela’s vision for helping

James Curtis – Sports Therapist James, our most recent addition to the team of practitioners has been studying away learning new skills to bring to the table. Since joining SWISSPHYSIO, he has completed 2 courses to diversify and improve the quality his treatment can offer. Therapeutic massage (Swedish) Relaxing the body and mind is an

You don’t need much equipment to exercise. But there are a few points that beginners should definitely pay attention to when it comes to basic equipment. Whether in your own four walls or in the fresh air, some items of clothing absolutely have to fit. Here some tips from Pia Wertheimer. Is your resolution to be more active

Pain is reducing even though the tightness in my calf is still noticeable. I want to build up on recruiting more healthy muscle fibers while letting the overstretched ones regenerate. But fist I have to make sure that core and gluts are kicking in properly. Even though the damage is at the end of the

This strange sense of achievement, when foam rolling isn’t as painful anymore….so what are the next tips? Happy to replicate the routine as yesterday and stretch out with some foam rolling. Thankfully this is getting less painful, good sign. I can even start to work on the base of the injured calf . Testing the water…

Started the day with a morning routine as Day 1 after a good night sleep. I just swapped the isometric exercise against the wall with a plank. Why? Because it didn’t hurt and I wanted to keep my abdominals and core working the extra bit. Walking downstairs wasn’t too painful so I started to introduce

Not much of a diary keeping, am I? Or maybe not much of a blog writer. But, like you, even if limping around a bit, I still have to work. So, like you, I had to fit my rehab exercises into my busy daily schedule. Also I would like you to keep in mind that

Become proactive In Part 1 I explained my wish of sharing with you some tips on how to treat yourself by minor sprains and strains like a “pulled” calf muscle based on my recent injury. Being proactive can promotes a better healing than just “wait and see”. 1              Try to understand what happened. My calf