Pilates Exercise of the Week No. 6 – Dead Bug
So, this week’s exercise is a great exercise for working the abdominals as well as testing your co-ordination between your arms and legs! Dead Bug Lying down on your back,...
Pilates Exercise of the Week No. 5 – Roll Downs
This week’s exercise is a great stretch for the whole back and legs. Great if you’re spending long periods sat in a chair working from home at the moment. Roll...
Pilates Exercise of the Week No. 4 – REVERSE LUNGE
This week’s exercise is the reverse lunge with a 5 second hold in deep lunge and also in standing. This exercise is good for balance when holding the position in...
Pilates Exercise of the Week No. 3 – SUPERMAN IN 4 POINT KNEELING
Hi everyone, this week's Pilates exercise is what I call the Superman in 4-point kneeling. It is an exercise that will help to improve shoulder stability, upper back strength as...
Pilates Exercise of the Week #2 – SHOULDER TAPS IN PRESS UP POSITION
Following on from last week's upper back stretch, this week's exercise is looking at improving shoulder and upper back strength. The shoulder taps in the press up position is a...
Pilates Exercise of the Week #1 – THE UPPER BACK STRETCH
With a lot of people still working from home, many of you are having to work on the kitchen table, couch or even from your bed. This will help reduce...
Keeping you safe for face to face physiotherapy sessions during this pandemic
We just wanted to let you know the precautions we are taking at The West Point Practice to ensure that we are COVID-secure: Clinic precautions: We have extended the physiotherapy appointment times from 45...
The West Point Practice – Standard Operating Procedures during COVID 19
As per current guidelines from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), remote triage must be completed using the CSP Covid-19 triage flowchart to determine the appropriate treatment channel between face...
Calf pain stopping you from running?
Prolonged sitting is known to be a cause of low back pain, neck and shoulder pains. It can also have detrimental effects on blood pressure, cholesterol levels, diabetic control and...
Prolonged Sitting
Prolonged sitting is known to be a cause of low back pain, neck and shoulder pains. It can also have detrimental effects on blood pressure, cholesterol levels, diabetic control and...