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React Physiotherapy Limited

React Physiotherapy is a physiotherapy and sports injury clinic in the heart of Sutton Coldfield Call 07595 564 477.

React Physiotherapy Sutton Coldfield is a private physiotherapy clinic based at Minworth Trade Park in Sutton Coldfield (opposite Asda). React Physiotherapy is run by Chris Wilson, a fully qualified and experienced chartered physiotherapist who has worked in the elite sports physiotherapy environment for over ten years. Chris previously headed up the academy sports science and medicine department

at Aston Villa Football Club. He has a broad appreciation and in-depth understanding of sports physiotherapy, as well as many years experience of managing a wide range of everyday musculoskeletal conditions in both NHS and private settings. Chris is also a part time clinical tutor in the sports therapy department at the University College Birmingham and teaches sports massage therapy at the Birmingham Metropolitan College (Sutton Coldfield Campus). Alongside his skill set and experience, Chris also has passion, and lots of it. Passion for injury assessment, passion for rehabilitation and passion for enabling our clients to experience physical change. Whether you have a sports injury, are recovering from an operation or are experiencing pain without an identifiable cause, React Physiotherapy will provide you with a personalised rehabilitation programme that is tailored to your specific needs. Our core services are:

- Injury assessment and rehabilitation
- Sports specific injury rehabilitation
- Athletic performance enhancement
- Running gait analysis / running injury clinic
- Sports massage

Get in touch to discuss your concerns and to book an initial assessment with Chris. You can find out more here:

About us - http://www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk/about/

Our services -
http://www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk/services/

Frequently asked questions -
http://www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk/faqs/

Contact us -
http://www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk/contact/

Pricing & testimonials -
http://www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk/pricing/

25/06/2025

Running and sports injury specialist in
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Why are we the most sought after running and sports injury clinic?

▫️Over 20 years working in elite sport
▫️Head of Sports Science Medicine at Aston Villa FC
▫️Invited to work on PGA European tour
▫️Athletic development netball Super League
▫️Physio to a variety of national athletes

Do you want to return to sport? Is your current treatment not working? Do you want to see experts in sports injury rehab and performance?

☎️0121 249 4498
💻www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk
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18/06/2025

🏋🏻Strength training for runners 🏃‍♀️
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⚠️ MYTH BUSTING ⚠️
Running myth: Strength training will increase my bulk and make me slower! 👎🏻
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It takes a significant amount of structured weight training to increase mass / bulk. Ask any of your friends that are regular gym goers and they will probably tell you that their training of 2-3 sessions per week is not making a huge change to their muscle mass. You may even see it yourself, that some of your friends may be going to the gym regularly and they haven’t changed much in shape or size! 🤔
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If you are a runner then most of your training is going to be “running”. The thing with regular running / endurance exercise is that it inhibits the pathway that produces muscle growth. Therefore you can get strong without increasing mass! 🤩
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10/06/2025

🏋🏻Strength training for runners 🏃‍♀️
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Strength training myth: high reps / low weight for running strength 🤔
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I am asked a lot about how runners should do their strength. I hear so many quote the high rep and low weight ranges. A couple of reasons why people think they should do this are:
I need to build endurance 👎🏻
I don’t want to bulk up 👎🏻
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Runners obviously need endurance to run and progress running. The best way to build up strength endurance for running is “running”🏃‍♀️
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Strength training 🏋🏻‍♂️should provide a different stimulus. When you run you need to absorb a large amount of force, therefore when strength training you should use loads that can increase the tolerance of the tissues and also provide stimulus to generate forces applied to the ground💥
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I am not saying that if you are new to strength that you should go heavy immediately. I always recommend beginning with a weight that you can complete 3 x 12 reps (but feel like you need a rest by the end of the 3rd set). As you become more experienced you can then manipulate the weight and rep ranges to target more of a strength / power. 💪
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02/06/2025

👋 Our clinic is led by Chris Wilson, a chartered physiotherapist with over 20 years experience working in elite sport and injury rehabilitation!
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Chris has a special interest in running and sports injury. He uses his knowledge and expertise gained from many years working in elite sport to “help people with pain and injury achieve their goals”. 🎯
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If pain or injury is preventing you from managing every day tasks or maintaining your exercise! We have the knowledge, skills and tools to achieve your goals!
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☎️ 0121 249 4498 💻www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk
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01/06/2025

Always a great event 🏃🏼‍♂️
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A tough route which seems to be getting harder the older I get! 👴🏻
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Need to get back under the hour for 2026!!
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Great to see so many friends and patients taking part. Well done all 👏🏻👏🏻

02/04/2025

⚠️ MTSS - Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
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AKA: Shin Splints
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MTSS is a common injury seen in runners 🏃‍♀️. It is defined as exercise induced pain felt along the medial shin. 🦵
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The main cause of MTSS is an increase in load exposure to the medial shin. This can be as a result of increase bone load from peak forces applied during stance phase of running or an increase of internal load on the shin from muscle force applied during running. 🏃‍♂️
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Check out the info graphic above for a more detailed explanation of MTSS. ⬅️ Swipe left to read.
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28/03/2025

A common theme we see in both new & experienced runners🏃‍♀️is training error!
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⚠️Too much / too quickly / too soon!
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TRAINING LOAD / TRAINING ERROR 📈
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According to research it is thought that approximately 60 - 70% of running injuries are due to training errors! 😳
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Rapid changes in running load are associated with running injury 📈
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Load is referred to as the repeated stress exposed to tissues as a result of running.
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In essence people do too much too quickly! They may increase too many variables at once such as; speed, distance and terrain (hills).
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Think about how you progress your running. Gradually increase load exposure, think about taking occasional deload weeks to allow tissue adaptation.🏃‍♀️🏃
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26/03/2025

11/02/2025

🦶Plantar fasciitis
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We have seen a lot of plantar fascia pain in clinic recently!
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Plantar fasciitis is an irritation of tissue on the sole of the foot. Commonly towards the heel. Causes are usually due to an increase in weight bearing load / activity.
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Check out the info graphic for a summary of plantar fasciitis! 🦶
Swipe ⬅️ to see the full graphic.
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05/02/2025

🏃‍♀️Why do we discuss ‘running cadence’ in clinic? 🤔
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Running cadence is the number of steps taken per minute. If you monitor your cadence it is usually presented as the average steps per minute. Why is this important? 👀
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We used to look at the ideal number of steps per minute as being around 180spm. We no longer have an ideal as there is so much individuality with regards to what works for one and another. 🤯
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Cadence can play a role in the presentation of injury!…Would cadence be the main driver?…..Probably not!
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But if someone does have a fairly low cadence, for example 155spm. This may be indicative of an over stride pattern. Over stride can apply increase forces to the body during running and therefore place added stress on tissues. Increasing your cadence by 5-10% could reduce the tissue stress and assist with injury recovery. But, remember that changing the cadence may result in placing load on other tissues that are not accustomed to it. This approach needs to be followed with caution. ⚠️
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Does having a low cadence or an over stride pattern mean you will get injured? No, there are many people who continue to run successfully with low cadence and with an over stride pattern to their gait. Therefore if you are one of those who are running well with no injury or irritation then there is no need to change your cadence / gait! If it’s not broken don’t fix it! 👍🏻
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Address

Sutton Coldfield

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 5pm
Saturday	8am - 12pm

Website

http://www.reactphysiotherapy.co.uk/

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