You may remember one of my previous blogs explaining why your muscles become knotted, tight and sore. But it's not just massage therapy that'll help with these issues. Stretching, if completed correctly, can mimic similar benefits. Here's the link if you didn't see my previous article: http://betterbodygroup.co.uk/massage-and-the-benefits/ Yes, I'm the first to admit that the [...]

VMO is short for vastus medialis oblique and makes up one of the four components of the quadriceps. Its fibres are more obliquley aligned in comparison to the other fibres of vastus medialis, and are arguably the most important to stabilise the knee actively and dynamically. Due to its attachment point via the patella tendon [...]

Muscular tightness and trigger points (muscular knots) can develop through training, a lack of stretching, injury and postural misalignments. In these cases the muscle groups will be overworked or worked in the incorrect way leading to a build up of lactic acid and toxins. This concoction will cause specific points of pain (trigger points/knot) and [...]

Do you suffer from "The text neck" ? When looking around your office, family home or even down the street, you've probably noticed at least someone with a typical hunched postural position, (it may even just take a glance in the mirror!) it almost seems unavoidable in the technological generation we live in. But how can [...]