Health
Blood Pressure for Runners
I check people’s blood pressure A LOT and my patients often look nervously at me and ask, “Is it alright?” Systolic, diastolic, hypotension, hypertension;...
Hyponatremia – An Idiots Guide and Experience!
A Blog by Matt Upston
Twitter: @MattUpston
Lying on the floor by the baggage collection at the end of the Brighton Marathon 2015 trying to tell...
Blood Sugar for Runners
I had such great feedback on my last blog ‘Blood Pressure for Runners’ that I’ve decided to stick with the ‘medicine made easy’ theme...
Train Hard & Outrun Winter germs.
There’s been loads of chat about bugs and germs in the UKSportsChat community in the last few weeks. Disappointed runners having to miss their...
Runner’s hands
There’s always talk of runner’s feet and the UKRunChat community love sharing gruesome photos of toenails in 50 shades of black! But, what about...
Metatarsalgia is not a diagnosis – Part 1
Hello fellow runners, welcome to my next blog. I thought the topic of forefoot pain wold be a nice one, as I have seen...
Metatarsalgia is not a diagnosis – Part 2
Hello again. Hopefully part 1 was helpful, let’s roll on to part 2. This will not cover every cause of pain in the ball...
Three Exercises for Runner’s Knee
We all have our running goals, perhaps to run faster, run longer, or simply to get into the habit of running regularly. The one...
How to recover after long runs by @Wellbrix
It is an interesting fact that most people do not get injured on race day but actually during training and very close to race...
Ways to reduce calf pain
I’m sure a lot of you are or have been experiencing some sort of calf pain or soreness in the last few weeks, especially...
