Wondering if it's OK to talk, fidget, snore or ask for a break during your massage? Here's what our TAP therapists say is genuinely fine - so you can relax properly.

If your knee complains on the way down the stairs but behaves itself on the way up, you're not imagining it — and you're definitely not alone. It's one of the most common things we hear in clinic at TAP, usually said with a slightly baffled expression: "Surely going up should be harder?" Here's the short answer: going downstairs loads your kneecap far more than going up. When you lower yourself down a step, your quads have to work like a brake, controlling your whole bodyweig

Shoulder pain has a talent for being vague. It aches when you sleep on it, bites when you reach for the seatbelt, and makes putting a coat on feel like a stunt. And when you search your symptoms, two names keep coming up: frozen shoulder and rotator cuff injury. They get confused constantly — including, honestly, by professionals — and the difference matters, because they need genuinely different treatment. Here's how we tell them apart in clinic at TAP. The one-question test

If you've got plantar fasciitis, you already know the routine: those first steps out of bed feel like walking on glass, it eases once you get going, then it bites again after you've been sat down or on your feet all day. And the question you really want answered is simple — how long is this going to last? Here's the honest answer, the one we give in clinic: with the right loading programme, most people feel meaningful improvement in 4–6 weeks, and are largely back to normal w

What is a good running cadence? Learn how steps per minute affect injury risk, how to measure yours in 60 seconds, and how to improve it the safe way.

Eat 2 to 3 hours before your long run, and make it high in carbohydrate, low in fibre, low in fat, and easy to digest. That's the short answer. Get those four things right and you'll turn up with more energy, better quality training, and a much lower risk of hitting the wall. Here's exactly how to do it. What should I eat before a long run? Keep it simple. A few reliable, tested options: White toast, banana, and a spoon or two of honey Plain bagels with honey or jam A bagel,

You won't fit everything in, every week, for the 12 to 20 weeks of a marathon block, and that's not a planning failure. The runners who finish strong, and still have a social life at the end of it, aren't the ones who protect the most sessions. They're the ones who cut in the right order, on purpose, instead of losing whatever gets cancelled first out of convenience. Here's how to actually do that. What should I prioritise when marathon training clashes with my social life? W

Your bodyweight in kilograms is roughly your carbs in grams, per hour. A 70kg runner needs about 70g of carbohydrate an hour on the run, taken as a gel every 30 minutes from the 30-minute mark onwards. That's the golden rule behind every long run and marathon fuelling plan, here's how to apply it properly. How many carbs per hour do I need on a long run? Your bodyweight in kilograms, in grams of carbohydrate, per hour. If you weigh under 60kg, 60g an hour is still your minimu

If you're training hard but your physique still isn't changing, protein is where to look first. It does two jobs nothing else does: it repairs the muscle you break down every time you train, and it protects muscle when you're in a calorie deficit. Without enough of it, the scale can move while you don't look or feel any different. How do I know if I'm getting enough protein? Stop trying to track every calorie, and just track your protein for a few days instead. Once you see w

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Physiotherapy and sports therapy for athletes in the UK — assessment, treatment and return-to-sport rehab at Therapy and Performance Clinic, Warwick & Stratford-upon-Avon.

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YOU'RE IN!! Congratulations, you are going to run the London Marathon 😍 Take a second to let that sink in. Most people who entered that ballot didn't get what you just got. You will remember that day for the REST of your life. How exciting is that! But here's what I need you to know first, as someone who has coached marathon runners for 12 years and spent 10 years as a Sports Therapist treating the ones who got it wrong: the marathon doesn't injure people in April. It injure

Pre & post-operative Manual Lymphatic Drainage is now available at TAP Clinics. Here's what it does, when to book, and why your surgeon is right to recommend it. You've done the research. You've had the consultations. The surgery date is booked. But if you stop there, you're only doing half the work. Whether you're preparing for a C-section, general surgery, liposuction, or a cosmetic procedure, one of the most common recommendations you'll receive from your consultant is Man

Training Through Perimenopause: Why Your Body Needs A Different Approach The training that worked at 30 won't work at 45. Here's what changes in perimenopause and how to train and recover smarter through the shift. Here's something we hear at least three times a week: "I'm doing everything I've always done. Same training, same eating, same routine. But my body isn't responding the same way it used to. What's going on?" If you're a woman in your 40s and that resonates, you're

Why Your Lower Back Hurts At 3pm Every Day (And What Actually Helps) You sit down at 9. You feel fine. You crack on with the day, drink too much coffee, eat at your desk, and then around 2:30 or 3pm something starts to go wrong in your lower back. By 4pm it's properly nagging. By the time you stand up at 5:30, you're moving like someone fifteen years older than you actually are. It feels like the chair is to blame. It mostly isn't. If this is your daily pattern and it is for