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Leisha Mulvey Physio

I’m a Physiotherapist, bringing a holistic approach to rehab by combining clinical skills with a strong nutrition and personal training background.

Building on years of experience working with clients to improve performance, recovery, and long-term health

17/11/2025

Achilles Tendon Rehab Part 2

Once I was able to complete 25-30 single-leg calf raises on my injured side and walk 60 minutes pain-free, I moved onto the next phase of rehab:
 Energy Storage and Release Work.
This stage focuses on teaching the tendon to handle speed again, absorbing load, releasing it, and producing force quickly.

Energy storage and release exercises: 👉🏻 Double-leg pogo jumps on the spot - 3x30-60s 👉🏻 Double-leg pogo jumps side to side - 3x30-60s 👉🏻 Double-leg pogo jumps forwards and backwards - 3x30-60s 
→ Progress to single-leg variations

👉🏻 Double-leg vertical jumps – 3x10–12 👉🏻 Box step-off landings – 3x10

I alternate days between these plyometric-style exercises and the strengthening work from Part 1, where I’m still gradually increasing load to build isolated strength.

Next: Progress energy storage and release exercises into more single-leg work, then begin a graded return-to-run programme.

I would also like to mention, this ‘specific’ Achilles rehab goes along side a decent strength programme that targets glutes, hamstrings, hip flexors, adductors, core stability,

⚠️ These exercises may not be suitable for you. Always get assessed first and follow a plan tailored to your stage of rehab.

15/11/2025

Struggling to stay motivated with your running now that it's dark, cold, and wet?

Caffeine and Kilometres is a women’s social run club in Northampton.

No set paces, no pressure, no specific training sessions. Just running for fun and finishing at a local coffee shop.

📍 Every Sunday at 9am
🏞️ Different locations around Northampton & Milton Keynes to keep things interesting
✨ Completely free
🏃🏼‍♀️ Just turn up and run

Join us: https://mailchi.mp/042c566696f4/join-the-run-club

Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/caffeine_kilometres/

If you can share this so we can reach all the Northampton & MK girls who’d love a social run space, it would mean the world. 💕

25/10/2025

Took my mum to HYROX… and she absolutely smashed it!

Scroll through to see how many times she fell over 😅 (she’s fine, promise).

My mum is 61, she runs, strength trains, does her mobility, walks every day, eats well (still loves a Magnum and a glass of wine of course)

She’s got some age-related changes in her meniscus (hence the knee support), but she looks after her body, and it showed at HYROX.

Be like Maggie. Move your body.
 It doesn’t have to be as extreme as HYROX, but if you start now, you’ll feel the benefits before 2026 even starts.

Feeling so grateful to have shared this with her. One of my all-time favourite memories. ❤️

19/10/2025

Taking you through my own mid-stage Achilles rehab

Some of you might’ve seen my ‘Silly September’ four races in five weeks.
 The result? An irritated Achilles and a grumpy glute.

I’ve now moved past the initial isometric and pain-control phase and into isotonic loading, so rebuilding strength and control through full movement.

Goal: To rehab an Achilles, you need to deload it first (Stop doing the thing that’s annoying it), then progressively reload it, restoring strength through range and retraining the tendon to produce force quickly and efficiently (so I can run)

My current exercises:
Single leg calf raise on flat ground - 3x15 Single leg eccentric calf raise on a step - 3x10 Seated deficit knee-bent heel raise - 3x15 Calf stretch into heel raise - 3x15 Double leg calf raise on leg press machine - 3x15

I’m doing 2-3 exercises per day, focusing on slow, controlled reps to maximise tendon adaptation. I will progressively make these harder and add load (weight)

Next, I’ll move to energy storage and release work, adding jumping, landing, and plyometrics to train the tendon to handle faster loading rates (essential to get back running).

**These exercises may not be suitable for you. I always recommend having an assessment first and getting personalised rehab for the stage you’re at.

09/10/2025

📍 Baška, Croatia

28/09/2025

The Boughton Backyard Ultra ✔️
6.7km every hour, on the hour
For 12 hours straight
Total: 82.25km
Pace: 6:57/km

Me + Danielle smashed 7 laps together before I carried on solo into the dark

Hadn’t even recovered from my first trail marathon 2 weeks ago… by Lap 5 my sciatic nerve was kicking off hard

Massive shoutout to Josh for staying the whole 12 hours + putting up with my mood swings 🙃
Nicole, Sarah B, Sarah T, Carole + Sophie - thank you for the cheers 🙌 Special shoutout to Sophie who literally stripped her jeans off in the middle of the field, borrowed trainers + shorts, and ran the last lap with me when I was broken.

Big love to my sis + Duane for the endurance advice, mum for the running genes, dad for the classic “it’s character building” line every time things suck. The Bro for the “well, it’s just one foot in front of the other”.

This one tested EVERYTHING, mental strength, pain tolerance, fueling, and the art of just getting sh*t done.

Also… forests at night? Very dark and scary.

I’m super proud of this one. Resting from “silly runs” for a while now.

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15/09/2025

2025 Goal Complete ✔️
Scroll to the end for the full results 👀

First marathon in the bag. New Forest, a mix of trail and road, with wild horses and donkeys running alongside.

The last 12km were a pure mental battle. Pain crept in hard, but as my sister said: “the race doesn’t really start until 30km.” She wasn’t wrong.

Still can’t wrap my head around how my mum ran a 3hr marathon… absolutely wild.

On to the next challenge (spoiler: it won’t be another marathon anytime soon).

Big thank you to for running it with me, the tun club for always having my back, Lauren for being head cheerleader, and my family for the endless running wisdom. 💕

11/09/2025

When Lauren & Leisha went to Budapest and… casually squeezed in a cheeky half marathon with my mum ✨

Second time here and still obsessed - if you’re heading to Budapest, here are my must-dos:

Places to see
🏰 Buda Castle
🎣 Fisherman’s Bastion
🏛 Hungarian Parliament Building
⛪️ St Stephen’s Basilica
💦 Palatinus Baths on Margaret Island
🚤 River cruise at night (magical all lit up)
🌳 City Park + the beautiful gate house tower
🧘‍♀️ Pilates Space - the dreamiest reformer studio

Places to eat
🍴 KARAVÁN Street Food
🍹 High Note Sky Bar
🥞 Cookie Beacon (get the pancakes!)
☕️ Double Shot - for brunch & coffee
🥑 Dezka - brunch heaven

Budapest, you’ve done it again ❤️

10/08/2025

Wholesome Dorset Weekend Recap 🏃🏼‍♀️🌊🌾🍹

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