Physio & allied health blog

Hamstring strains are not just a sprint problem. Distance runners tear proximal hamstrings too — here’s an 8-week endurance-focused return with strength gates before speed.

Forefoot pain that localises to one metatarsal needs respect. Here’s the recovery timeline and return-to-run plan once your clinician clears bony healing.

Masters runners heal slower but often train smarter. Here’s how we adjust walk-run, strength volume and recovery windows after calf, hamstring and foot injuries past 40.

Walk-run is not failure — it is how tissue adapts to impact. Here are the exact run/walk ratios we prescribe after calf, foot, shin and post-surgical layoffs.

Surgeon cleared you to jog — but criteria matter more than the calendar. Here’s how we stage walk-run after ACL reconstruction once quad strength and swelling are under control.

Shin pain after mileage spikes could be medial tibial stress syndrome — or a stress fracture. Here’s how runners and physios tell the difference before you keep training.

Morning heel pain easing but scared to run? Plantar fasciitis return needs calf capacity, foot intrinsic strength and careful walk-run staging — not just rolling your arch on a ball.

That sudden pop in your calf mid-sprint? Tennis leg is a medial gastrocnemius tear — common in 35–55-year-old runners. Here’s a realistic week-by-week recovery map.

A calf strain is not a week off and back to parkrun. Here’s a six-week walk-run and strength progression once you can walk briskly without limping.

Bone needs load — but not too much, too soon. Here’s a 12-week walk-run and strength map for tibial and metatarsal stress fractures once imaging clears you to load.