At NK Active we see patients all the time with aches and pains triggered by exercise that prevent them from being active and these injuries are often as a result of their own gait. Your gait is simply how you walk and run – the biomechanical movement of your body. If you have abnormal biomechanics, […]
Meet the new NK Active team member.
Big NK Active news as we welcome our newest member of the team; David Rigg! David will be joining us from Tuesday 02nd March as our new Sports Rehabilitator and his appointment means that we can offer injury and rehabilitation services to those with upper limb issues too. Meet David Having trained with Special Forces, […]
Episode 8
Virtual healthcare, from a patient’s view point.
Watch Nick chat’s with Dr Liddy Mawer, who was a patient at NK Active, that was treated 100% over video appointment. This leads on nicely from our previous virtual appointment blog Liddy, had an Achilles tendon injury and using just video appointments Nick helped Liddy get back to running and help to run her first […]
NK Active is open.
COVID Lockdown 3.0 update… apologies as this is likely the 100000th COVID update and blog you have read, however we think it’s pretty important to make you all feel safe and to offer some reassurance as to how clinic operates at the moment. Plus, we have loads of online resources for you too! NK Active […]
What is metatarsalgia?
In our last enewsletter, NK Active Podiatrist, Charlotte (Charlie) and our Exercise and Rehabilitation Instructor, Natalie wrote about metatarsalgia; what it is, some possible reasons for why this pain has developed in the forefoot are; as well some strengthening exercises used in the rehabilitation process. What is metatarsalgia? Metatarsalgia is an umbrella term used to […]
A meniscus injury, what is it and how can you manage it?
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 […]
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 […]