In the podiatry corner of the NK Active September newsletter, one of our Podiatrist’s Charlotte spoke about meniscus injuries; one of the most common kinds of knee injuries. The meniscus is a C-shaped cartilage that is located between your thigh bone and shinbone; they are tough and rubbery and provide cushioning to the joint which […]
Help! I think I have an ingrown toenail.
Since launching our new core podiatry service, we have had a fair number of patients in clinic suffering with ingrown toenails. In this blog, Dr Charlotte talks you through what is an ingrown toenail and why it happens! What is it? Ingrown toenails, also known as onychocryptosis, is a painful condition of the toe. It […]
Cycling and the benefits of strength training.
Since the beginning of lockdown and after certain restrictions have been lifted, a lot of us have increased our activity levels and taken up new sports. NK Active’s Exercise and Rehabilitation Instructor, Natalie Green tells us that one sport that has skyrocketed over the last few months has been cycling. This is great as cycling […]
COVID–19: Charlotte’s advice on returning to exercise safely.
Lockdown might be over for the majority for us, but with the school summer holidays for some and working from home still a reality for many; pre-lockdown levels of activity are not our reality just yet. Over the last 4-6 weeks we have seen many patients in clinic and via video consultation with injury’s or […]
Diary: “my injury journey” by Natalie Green, Triathlete.
NK Active’s Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (and uber triathlete), Natalie Green shared her injury journey with our newsletter subscribers in the July edition; and we thought it would be a good read for anyone who is training, in recovery, going for injury rehabilitation or on an injury journey themselves! My injury journey by Natalie Green. “After […]
A busy clinic, podiatry care and the Active Ageing service.
It’s coming up for almost two months since we re-opened the NK Active after lockdown and to say it’s been pretty busy is an understatement! We haven’t run the numbers for July yet, but June-in-numbers looked something like this:- 106 appointments 24 new patients 12 3D gait analysis sessions 7 bespoke rehab plans 2 nail […]
Clinic reopens and the Get Active Again package
Big news from the NK Active team is that from Tuesday 09 June we are able to move to the second stage of reopening the clinic! This means that appointments in the clinic will now be possible for anyone and can include 3D gait analysis, strength testing and gym-based rehab sessions. For the month […]
Video consultations, challenging our definition of ‘normal’
By Nick Knight – Sports / MSK Podiatrist & Director Telehealth is a bit of a buzzword at the moment. Firstly I’m not a massive fan of the term telehealth, I prefer video consultation, it sounds more personal. I believe video consultations were something that was coming in the not-too-distant future and GPs were already […]
This might be a silly question about running but …
The idea of going for a run can be a daunting process for some. Although there are blogs, apps and advice forums, sometimes the simplest questions aren’t asked. Charlie is about to start the Zero2Forty so she had Natalie has had a chat around common questions asked. Before we get started, for those who have not downloaded the free […]
How much is too much? Have i done too much too soon?
Natalie Green, Exercise rehabilitation instructor Have I done too much too soon? Here at NK Active, we see a lot of patients who develop their training volume too quickly which can be linked to injury, creating big setbacks from themselves. It is understood that by maximizing performance higher workloads are required and with that comes higher injury rates. […]