The Sport & Cryotherapy Clinic

24/08/2024

If you are prepping for a big endurance event or just want some regular body maintenance, our package deals run until the end of September, and you save💰💰

You're welcome. 😊

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01/08/2024

Word. 👇🏻 So much uninformed guff floating about on the interweb about this. This is the most rational and balanced view I've seen to date.

Khelif was born a female but with XY DSD meaning she has te**es. She has been producing testosterone in male ranges all her life giving her body the advantages of far more muscle mass and strength than XX females. This does matter in athletic ability especially in combat sports.

31/07/2024

✨️Summer Specials ✨️

Call or DM to book.

18/07/2024

Me. Me. Me. Hopefully! 🤞🏻🤞🏻😂

Waiting for you when you cross that IRONMAN Wales finish line in Tenby...🏅 Who is collecting this bit of bling on Sunday 22nd September?😎

18/07/2024

If you exercise this matters. If you don't exercise, this matters. 💤👌

🔹️The older I get, the more I realize how important recovery is to the process of building strength/sp*ed/just improving generally, just adulting in general!

🔹️My sport is my hobby, but it's also my lifestyle now. If I don't get enough sleep, I can't do it, and I can't function. I'm training almost 17 hours this week, working, and getting ready to move house, and constantly being in Mum mode. It's bloody exhausting. It means I've got to prioritise my sleep hygiene routine above everything. In bed between 9 - 9.30 up for 6.00 am, earlier on a Saturday for a long bike/run session.

🔹️If you think you can continue to train hard & think drinking 2-3 protein shakes a day or spending a few minutes foam rolling sore spots is enough to optimally recover, you're in trouble!

🔹️I think a lot about sleep, I've read and researched a lot about sleep. I've been at the extreme end of sleep deprivation and never want to go back there. Even if you're getting SOME sleep, the quality of it matters more than the number of hours.

🔹️Sleep and relaxation time are the foundations of recovering and training well. How you fuel and hydrate your body are next. Without getting these things right, no amount of massage, needle sticking, foam rolling, or anything else will make a difference. These are your NON NEGOTIABLES and within your control.

🔹️BONUS POINTS for all the rest, which feels good: active recovery, stretching, ice baths you can manage yourself. Massage, compression garments, cryotherapy, acupuncture, and other short-term pain relief treatments you can seek out professional services for.

✨️ Sleep well to live well ✨️

16/07/2024

We have been using localised cryotherapy in the clinic for just over three years now. It has become a really effective way to help clients manage pain, inflammation, and support in injury rehabilitation. It's an adjunct treatment in that it's rarely used on its own except for some instances of pain management. Combined with a strengthening programme and / or some soft tissue work, it's given our clients some great results:

🔹️Plantar Facsitis
🔹️Tennis Elbow
🔹️Golfers Elbow
🔹️Frozen Shoulder
🔹️Knee/hip osteoarthritis
🔹️Bursitis - knee/hip
🔹️Ligament and tendon injuries

Call or message to see how we might be able to support you.

15/07/2024

✨️ If you're looking for manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) to help with lymphodema or fluid retention or maybe just to improve your general health, we can help.

✨️ The cryolipolysis (fat freezing) treatments we offer include MLD sessions to help the body eliminate dead fat cells.

✨️ If you have lipedema and struggle with the pain and tightness that comes with your condition, we can help you with that, too.

Call or message for more information and to book. 😊

29/06/2024

Ladies in particular...if you're in or heading towards peri/menopause, it's NEVER too late to start getting stronger. Resistance training is particularly effective for hormone balance because it focuses on building muscle mass and strength, which directly influences the production and regulation of key hormones like testosterone, human growth hormone (hGH), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1).

While aerobic exercises improve overall health and can help manage weight, resistance training provides the balance our bodies need:

*Stimulates the production of anabolic hormones that support muscle growth and repair
* Helps maintain bone density
* Reduces the impact of catabolic hormones that can lead to muscle and bone loss

As we get older, we need this type of exercise because it's also crucial for mitigating age-related hormonal declines, especially those affecting our s*x hormones and muscle mass.

I'll share more over the coming months, but I will be offering 1-2-1 strength and conditioning sessions later in the year, once I've finished with triathlon season and moved house! 💪🏼

24/06/2024

It's going to be warm out today, maybe even the start of a 5 day Scottish summer 😂
Make sure you stay hydrated!

More than half your body weight comes from water. So if your levels are off and you're only mildly hydrated, you can feel the effects pretty quickly. Also look out for:

💧 Fatigue
💧 Headaches
💧 Changes in mental focus
💧 Mood and memory

If you're training outside or pushing yourself hard at the gym, all that sweating actually lowers how much blood you have for a bit. That's when you lose more water than you take in. That makes it harder for your body to do some basic jobs, like keep your temperature steady and clear out waste. You lose water in your sweat, tears, and every time you go to p*e. Even breathing takes a little out of you. Usually, you make it up with what you drink and eat. But hot weather, exercise, and sickness can knock you off balance. Enjoy the sunshine, and drink lots! 🌞💧

23/06/2024

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23/06/2024

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