Exercise Program Squats and Lunges 1 Stabilization Lunge Instructions Stand with your feet apart (one forward, one backward) Lower your body by bending the knees to 90 degrees without touching the floor with you back knee. Return to initial position and repeat with your feet placed the opposite way. NOTE: Keep…
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About Sam Crompton
Rachel Underwood
Welcome Rachel Underwood This week we welcomed our NEW Physiotherapist Rachel Underwood to the practice. Rachel graduated as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 2005 from Leeds University. After working at Sheffield teaching hospital and Leeds NHS she specialised in musculoskeletal outpatients. Rachel’s career took her to Australia where she worked in rugby union for five years….
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10 REASONS TO DO…..PILATES
10 Reasons to do Pilates…… 1. BOOST BONE DENSITY Developed in the 20th Century by Pilates, the strength-building programme was initially invented to help people recover from injury. But it’s not just muscles that benefit – Turkish scientists recently found that it boosts bone density too. This is important for woman who have been through the…
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Wishing you a very happy Christmas!!!
Christmas thanks to all and our festive opening hours…. Everyone at Altrincham Physiotherapy would like to say a huge THANKS for all the gorgeous cards and beautiful gifts that have been flooding into the practise for the last few weeks. We hope you all enjoy the well-deserved festive break and we all wish you an…
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Home Program To Calm and Energise
Diaphragmatic breathing Home program calm energise… In sitting, rest your hands on the base of your rib cage. Take a deep breath in expanding ribs into your hands. As you breath out visualise bringing your tummy button through to your spine, engaging Transverse abdominus (TA). Repeat 3-5 time. Roll up Sitting tall through your sitting…
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CAFT charity fire walk Altrincham physiotherapy
CAFT Charity Fire Walk Altrincham Physiotherapy supporting CAFT Many thanks to all of our lovely clients, friends and family who sponsored us to do the CAFT charity fire walk on Friday the 29th of September 2017. It was a great pleasure to support CAFT. We raised over £400.00 for CAFT and lived to tell the tale….
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