CPFitness

New Pilates Machines coming soon to the Broadgate practice

Richard — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:59:57 +0000

Your Sport

Pilates for Your Sport

Developing an athlete’s core – the deep abdominal muscles along with the muscles closest to the spine – makes athletes more agile, helps prevent injury and increases sports performance.

From weekend warriors to elite professionals, athletes looking for a competitive edge are discovering that Pilates helps you:

Hit the ball farther
Run faster
Jump higher
Correct muscle imbalances
Prevent injury

Pilates builds a strong core, increases strength and flexibility simultaneously, and improves posture, stability and alignment. It also emphasizes complete concentration on smooth, flowing movement, and proper breathing. You become acutely aware of how your body feels, where it is in space, and how best to control its movement.

Two week fitness blitz

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:03:23 +0000

half hour of training everyday of the working week - supplemented by a nutritional plan to shock your body into shape sharpish – please contact us for details

Kam-Wah Mak

Richard — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:10:28 +0000

Mr Kam-Wah Mak
BSc, Dip Ac, Cert. Ed., MCSP

After graduating in Applied Biology in 1984, Mr. Mak worked for 6 years at the Regional Immunology Centre (Newcastle on Tyne) as Medical Scientist on humoral and cellular immunology. After graduating a second time in 1993; this time in Physiotherapy, he gained wide experience in the musculoskeletal field at several NHS hospitals in the North of England. He became employed in private practice for a short spell in 1997 where some of his time was spent treating professional athletes. He then moved into full time higher education for the next five years, lecturing in Physiotherapy first at University of Teesside and then a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. After leaving higher education in 2002, he worked part time for two years as a clinical specialist in musculoskeletal field in a leading NHS hospital and in his spare time, he delivers postgraduate education in acupuncture and related topics throughout the UK. He is currently researching into Tui Na (Chinese Medical Massage and Manipulation) and seeking ways to integrate this form of manual therapy into mainstream physiotherapy practice. He also finds time after leaving the NHS for a second time in developing his multi-disciplined private practice with clinical loads primarily in the area of complementary therapy, secondly in musculoskeletal and sport medicine.

Mr Mak is an advanced member of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP) with a Postgraduate Diploma in Acupuncture gained in 1996 at Nottingham. In parallel to the acupuncture study he also attended Sunderland University on a teaching course, which led to a Certificate in Education awarded in 1996. He is an active promoter of research and on the use of acupuncture in the North East of England. Mr Mak has been an approved trainer of the AACP for a number of years and is currently an active member of the Education, Training and Research Committee (ETRC) of the AACP.

Since 1997, Mr Mak has run numerous acupuncture courses in the UK and is at the forefront of educational initiatives with a long experience in the delivery of up-to-date, practical acupuncture education throughout the UK.

Foundation Acupuncture Course London

Richard — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:09:46 +0000

**LIMITED SPACES** FILLING FAST

Course Tutor: Kam-Wah Mak
Course Date: 16th-18th March and 27th-29th April

Course Location: Broadgate spine and joint clinic
Course Cost: £600

IMPROVE YOUR PRACTICE

An excellent course run over two three day blocks with one of the best tutors in the business. Kam-Wah Mak has an unrivalled background knowledge and experience both as a practitioner and tutor.

This course makes you critique and improve your practice, looking in detail at anatomy and clinical reasoning for and against acupuncture and other commonly used modalities.

On completion you will be able to use acupuncture confidently and affectively as a physiotherapeutic treatment modality.

State of the art video analysis and gait scan now at the broadgate centre

Richard — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:48:33 +0000

New state of the art video analysis and gait scan now available at the Moorgate clnic – check out the biomechanics section for more detail.

Press up Challenge

Richard — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:47:10 +0000

Soon to be avalible send us an email if you are interested in being involved – challenge a friend or yourself with your own unique program and way of improving this total body exercise. The pack will include nutrition advice and many techniques to maximise your press up performance and results over the next three weeks

Plyometric training to give you the edge

Richard — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:07:23 +0000

Has your performance or time plateaued if so let us help you hit new heights – plyometric training is a way of using the natural elastic qualities of your muscles to help you become more explosive and powerful – giving you that extra sparkle on competition day