Back pain, physiotherapy and the two week ‘critical’ window…..

The conclusion of a new piece of research into back pain management and physiotherapy has found that patients should receive physiotherapy within two weeks of onset to optimise their clinical benefits. The study published in 2012 in the medical journal, Spine, was conducted by physiotherapist, Julie Fritz at the University of Utah. A major review […]

Hanging out with Team GB at the Freestyle World Championships

Our TASS physiotherapist, George Labor, shares his experience of working with Team GB at the Half-pipe competition of the Freestyle World Championships in Oslo, Norway. It had been a long time since I was this excited opening a parcel! Within it was my first bit of National team kit. Inside was a bright red jacket […]

Challenge Barcelona 2013 (part 2)

Nicki Combarro’s second installment in her blog series on training for an endurance triathlon. She is participating in a study at the University of Hertfordshire investigating the effects of training for an ironman distance triathlon. So the weeks are ticking by and I am almost half way through my challenge of a lifetime! Over the […]

Challenge Barcelona 2013 (part 1)

Nicki Combarro has signed up to take part in a research project to investigate the effects of training for an endurance triathlon. Here is the first installment of her experience. Challenge Barcelona 2013 The count down has begun….. With 7 days left before I start the biggest challenge of my life, I am beginning to […]

A bobsleigh sprint training camp… IN TEXAS?

Kessie Soper shares her experience of travelling with the British Bobsleigh team to their sprint training camp at the Michael Johnson Performance Centre in Texas. As part of my role working with TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme), I accompanied the British Bobsleigh development squad on a training camp to the Michael Johnson Performance Centre in […]