Health & Fitness

Muscle Stimulators & Bodybuilding When Peter Dewhurst first stepped out on to the stage during the latest iteration of the Mr.Pennine Bodybulding competition, he could be forgiven for being a little nervous. After all, this was the first time he’d ever set foot on one; bronze clad, lights shining down, eyes fixed on his every […]

  As the nights start to draw in and earth cruelly starts to take away the glorious sunlight we’ve been blessed with most of the summer, going out for a fun can seem like a chore. It’s dark, it’s wet, is it really worth the hassle? Well, yes, it is dear reader. Fitness and well-being […]

Look around a typical Premier League pre-season training camp and you’ll see ever familiar sights. Plastic cones, bleep tests, freshly tanned players re-bonding like a year ten school trip. But this particular pre-amble to the big show raised the question, is there too much football? Can one ever have too much? And we’re not just […]

With World Cup fever at it’s height, PhysioRoom thought it was a good time to remind you of some of the most common injuries that have been, or might be sustained by the players out in Russia. Getting injured during such a vital time can be heartbreaking, just ask James Rodriguez how he felt watching […]

The beauty of running is in the simplicity. You just move your legs, you don’t really need much else, at least to begin with. But as you progress, running injuries may start to become a problem and you may want to protect yourself from harm. Running is one of the most popular forms of sporting […]

It’s back! Cricket’s County Championship is set to enthral us once again with its latest chapter as all 18 teams across both Divisions One and Two gear up to fight for domestic cricket’s biggest prize. It gets under way on Friday the 13th (April), an apt date given strange things tend to happen in this […]

What is Posture? Do you remember that time in school when your teacher insisted that you ‘sit up straight!’? Sure, it’s likely more of an obedience and respect thing, but it was also some great advice for your posture, did you take it? If not, these days you might find yourself with random aches and […]

The Commonwealth Games got under way on Wednesday, and while the 71 nations come together to joyously celebrate Britain’s colonial past, we thought it would be a good time to remind you of some common track and field, cycling and general injuries. It was the beloved Prince Charles who kicked off the pomp and ceremony […]

In today's PhysioRoom Blog, we're going to look at some exercises you can use to improve or rebuild your proprioception after injury, or even to help prevent it in the first place. What is Proprioception? Proprioception allows humans to control their limbs without having to look directly at them, it's that overall sense of body [...]

Back when famous philosopher Aristotle first proposed to humanity the five senses, it was meant to give us a clear idea of how we interact with the external world around us. Well, as it turns out, Aristotle was wrong. That’s because human beings possess far more than the rudimentary five we’ve been lead to believe […]