Liam George Physiotherapy We Prevent Manage & Cure. Health is my passion. Helping is my purpose. Injury, Nutrition, Strength & Conditioning & Acupuncture are what we do.

Iam trained to the highest level and remain committed to on-going personal development so all my clients are offered the latest innovations in all the treatments.

I use a very hands-on approach to treatments that have been developed from a background of elite professional sports, personal experience and continued development within the physiotherapy world both amateur and professional.

Why Choose Us?

•  Non Sport Injuries
•  Sport Injuries
•  Privately Insured
•  Medico-Legal Clients
•  Training & Performance
•  Sports Massage/Deep Tissues Massage
•  Acupuncture & Dry Needling

If you are a weekend warrior, amateur athlete, semi-professional sportsperson or just a recreational exerciser keen on living without pain – I’m here to help.

My promise is that I will strive to ensure that together we reach the outcome you desire.

My services include the prevention, management and cure of all musclo-skeletal injuries.

Common sports injuries seen:

• Shoulder Pain (rotator cuff, movement dysfunction)

• Elbow Pain (golfers elbow, tennis elbow)

• Wrist / Hand Injuries

• Hip Pain (bursitis)

• Knee Pain (osgood, patella tendinopathies, fat pad irritations)

• Ankle Pain (lateral ankle sprain, stress fractures)

• Muscle Strain (calf, hamstring, quad)

• Post-Operative Rehabilitation (ACL, meniscus, rthroscopy)

• Hip / Groin Injuries (gilmores groin, lower abdominal dysfunction)

• Ligament Pain

• Tendon Injuries (achilles, patella)

• Soft Tissue Contusions

As we are all made up of the same stuff – muscles, tendons, bones and ligaments (amongst some other things), there is no reason you cannot be treated to the same exceptional standards as an elite athlete.

You may not have hours upon hours of spare time, limitless funding, or need / want to train like an Olympian, but I can tailor a treatment and rehabilitation protocol to your specific needs to get the specific outcome you want.

Perhaps your goal is to walk the dog without pain, return to work, or pick up your children / grandchildren; you may simply wish to be rid of a continual niggling pain.

I will strive to ensure that together we reach the outcome you desire.

Common non-sporting injuries seen:

• Headaches
• Neck Injuries
• Whiplash
• Wrist / Hand Injuries
• Mid-Back Pain
• Lower Back
• Sciatica & Leg Pain
• Hip Pain
• Knee Pain
• Ankle Pain
• Foot Pain
• Muscle Strain
• Hip / Groin Injury
• Hip replacement
• Tendon injury

Rehabilitation is a vital part of treatment and a bespoke, prescriptive exercise plan is designed to help treat and prevent further injury, for clients who have personal trainers, I will be happy to work alongside your personal trainer to ensure an effective return to exercise.

In fact, during your treatment we often encourage you to continue training (in the right conditions) so to alleviate the long-term implications of the injury, I can also advise on training plans, and be available to clients for advice and information to allow a smooth handover to the trainers following any treatment. Further to this I also welcome those who require personal training, strength and conditioning or structured training plans.

In my opinion, I think body fat is one important measure of health, but stating a certain body fat level is “unhealthy” doesn’t give the whole story. In fact, some overweight people who exercise can be healthier than their leaner non-exercising counterparts.  Conversely, to imply that anyone who has a six pack (below 8% body fat for men), is very athletic, and at optimal body composition is not always the case. We all have different shapes, sizes, and fat distribution profiles, but I think the chart above is a good starting point.

Digging a little deeper, there are 3 types of fat: subcutaneous (under the skin), visceral (around the organs), and intramuscular (in between muscle, like a marbled steak). The amount of subcutaneous body fat you have may stay the same, but the visceral and intramuscular fat may increase as you age. For a visual representation of a given body fat level, you can check the chart near the bottom of the page.

Most professional athlete will have to adhere to strict guidelines when it comes to body composition. This allows them to perform at the highest level at there most optimum. Any excess body-fat you carry I like to refer to as dead weight, which for most of us it is not recommend for performance or health. There are certain sports that require weight categories but I would always argue that it is far better to carry lean mass than body fat.

Below outlines some of the more popular sports and the recommended body fat % for that sport.

So whether you want to improve your performance by carrying less dead weight, want to look good in the gym/beach or you want to just be in the healthy levels of body fat. Having objective measures in place that allow you to continually assess your progress is always a good idea. Plateau in weight loss or training is always a frustrating place to be so rather than continuing with the same habits specific measures will allow you to change different aspects of your training, lifestyle or diet which enable you to get the best results possible. Always remember ‘the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results’.

Weighing

Body stat analysis using the Body Stat 1500

Key measurement points (Chest, Hips, Waist & Thighs)

Photographs

Full easy to read report of results.

Along with advice on how to improve your body composition please contact us

Injury Prevention through Correct Lifting

Effective training in the gym with weights should always depend on proper technique. You don’t have to be a bodybuilder or professional athlete to reap the benefits of weight training. When done correctly, weight training can help you lose fat, increase your strength and muscle tone, and improve your bone density.

If done incorrectly, however, weight training won’t give you these benefits — and may even lead to injury.

You might learn the majority of your lifting techniques by watching friends, others in the gym or from media (magazines, online resources etc) — but sometimes what you see isn’t safe. Incorrect weight training technique can lead to sprains, strains, fractures and other painful injuries that may hamper your ability to train and be healthy.