Insights
Reading from the Hanbury team.
Long-form insights on recovery, movement, physiotherapy, healthspan and performance, written by the experts who deliver them.
54 articles found
Recovery
Recovery
What are the benefits of cryotherapy for recovery?
An honest guide to what whole-body cryotherapy actually helps with, muscle soreness, fatigue, and how to use it well.
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Recovery
The benefits of the Hanbury recovery circuit
Three recovery systems in one guided visit, cryotherapy, compression boots and the Shiftwave chair, in a deliberate order.
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Recovery
Cryotherapy in Milton Keynes: what to expect at your first session
A practical walk-through of a first whole-body cryotherapy session, what to wear, how it feels, and how it fits the guided circuit.
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Recovery
Recovery therapy in Milton Keynes
Seven recovery systems in one suite, an expert-led £75 circuit, and how it fits into a wider health plan.
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Recovery
Which recovery therapy is best for muscle soreness (DOMS)?
What the evidence says about massage, cold, contrast and compression for muscle soreness, and how to choose the right one.
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Recovery
Cryotherapy vs ice bath: which is better for muscle recovery?
How the two cold methods differ, what the evidence shows, and how to pick the one you'll actually keep doing.
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Recovery
How to recover faster after a workout
The foundations that actually speed recovery, sleep, nutrition, load and active recovery, and where the therapies fit on top.
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Recovery
What is whole-body cryotherapy, and how does it work?
A plain-language explainer, what happens in the chamber, the body's response, and where it fits in real-world recovery.
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Recovery
What are the benefits of an infrared sauna?
What the evidence on sauna bathing actually supports, how infrared differs from traditional, and where it fits for recovery.
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Recovery
What are the benefits of a cold plunge or ice bath?
What the evidence shows for soreness, mood and recovery, plus who should take care and how to try cold well.
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Movement
Movement
What is reformer Pilates, and how does it work?
How the reformer machine, springs and carriage build strength and control, what a class is like, and who it suits.
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Movement
Is reformer Pilates good for beginners?
Why the reformer is more beginner-friendly than it looks, what beginners actually find challenging, and how to start with confidence.
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Movement
What should you expect in your first reformer Pilates class?
What to wear, what happens on the machine, how it feels, and simple tips so you walk in relaxed and get the most from your first session.
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Movement
What are the health benefits of yoga?
Strength, flexibility, balance, back pain and mental wellbeing: the evidence for what regular yoga actually does for body and mind.
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Movement
Do you need to be flexible to start yoga?
Flexibility is a result of yoga, not a requirement to start. Why the myth persists, what a first class is really like, and how to begin with confidence.
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Movement
Is reformer Pilates good for back pain and posture?
How reformer Pilates builds the deep core that supports the spine, what the evidence shows for back pain, and when a physiotherapy assessment should come first.
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Movement
Can yoga help with stress, anxiety and sleep?
How yoga's breathing and mindful movement calm the nervous system, what the evidence shows for anxiety and sleep, and how to use it to wind down.
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Movement
Can yoga help with menopause symptoms?
What the evidence shows for mood, anxiety, sleep and hot flushes during menopause and perimenopause, and how to use yoga well alongside medical care.
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Movement
Can Pilates help protect bone density after menopause?
An honest look at how Pilates contributes to bone health, why resistance and impact exercise matter most, and how to combine them after menopause.
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Movement
What's the best exercise for perimenopause: yoga, Pilates or strength?
Why yoga, Pilates and strength training each address different parts of perimenopause, why a combination works best, and how to build a routine backed by clinical guidance.
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Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy
Achilles tendinopathy: what causes it, and how is it treated?
What Achilles tendinopathy actually is, why rest alone rarely fixes it, and the loading programme that gives you the best chance of a full recovery.
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Physiotherapy
Plantar fasciitis: why your heel hurts, and how to fix it
The evidence-led picture of plantar fasciitis: what it is, why load and strength matter more than stretching, and what a proper recovery looks like.
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Physiotherapy
Tennis elbow: what it is, and how to treat it
A clear look at tennis elbow: why it happens, why cortisone injections rarely help long-term, and the loading programme that does.
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Physiotherapy
Rotator cuff and shoulder pain: what helps, and do you need surgery?
Why physiotherapy is now the first line of treatment for most rotator cuff pain, what the surgical evidence actually shows, and when a surgical opinion is warranted.
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Physiotherapy
Frozen shoulder: stages, treatment and recovery
The three stages of frozen shoulder, why aggressive stretching in the wrong phase makes things worse, and what genuinely shortens the timeline.
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Physiotherapy
Sciatica: how to relieve it, and when to worry
What sciatica is, why staying active beats bed rest, what genuinely helps recovery, and the warning signs that mean you need urgent care.
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Physiotherapy
Runner's knee (patellofemoral pain): causes and how to fix it
Why patellofemoral pain is usually an overload and control problem, and the hip and thigh strengthening that gets most runners back to running.
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Physiotherapy
Ankle sprain: recovery, rehab and getting back to sport
Why rest alone rarely fixes a sprained ankle, and the balance-and-strength rehab that restores it and prevents the repeat-sprain cycle.
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Physiotherapy
Hip pain and gluteal tendinopathy: what actually helps
Why lateral hip pain is usually gluteal tendinopathy, why the LEAP trial changed the treatment picture, and where shockwave and diagnostic ultrasound fit.
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Physiotherapy
Hamstring strain: recovery, rehab and preventing re-injury
Why hamstrings recur so often, the progressive strengthening and eccentric work that protects them, and how objective testing guides a safe return to sport.
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Physiotherapy
Diagnostic (musculoskeletal) ultrasound: how it speeds accurate diagnosis
How live imaging of tendons, muscles and joints during your appointment sharpens diagnosis and gets the right treatment started sooner.
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Physiotherapy
Do you need surgery, or can physiotherapy help?
A surgeon's honest view on when conservative care works, what the trials actually show, and when surgery is genuinely the right answer.
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Physiotherapy
Surgeon-led foot and ankle physiotherapy
Why the foot and ankle reward specialist assessment, the conditions we rehabilitate, and the advantage of a surgical connection under one roof.
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Physiotherapy
Rehab after ACL reconstruction: the full journey
The staged journey after ACL reconstruction: early quadriceps reactivation, rebuilding strength and control, and criteria-based return to sport.
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Physiotherapy
Achilles tendon rupture: recovery and rehabilitation
Recognising a rupture, the surgery-or-not decision, and the staged rehabilitation that largely determines the outcome.
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Physiotherapy
Movement and gait analysis: how it improves rehabilitation
How objectively assessing the way you move, walk and run reveals the patterns driving pain, and makes rehabilitation targeted, not generic.
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Physiotherapy
Physio vs osteopath vs chiropractor: which do you need?
How physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractic differ in emphasis, where each shines, and how to choose the right one for your problem.
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Physiotherapy
What to expect at your first physiotherapy appointment
The shape of a first appointment, conversation, examination and plan, plus what to wear, what to bring, and how to get the most from it.
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Physiotherapy
How many physiotherapy sessions will I need?
Why there is no fixed number, what actually affects it, and how good physiotherapy aims for the fewest sessions needed to make you self-sufficient.
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Physiotherapy
What to do straight after an injury: PEACE and LOVE, not RICE
Why advice has moved from RICE to PEACE and LOVE, what each step actually means in the first days and weeks, and the warning signs that need urgent care.
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Performance
Performance
VO2 max and training zones: your aerobic engine, measured
What VO2 max actually tells you, what counts as a good score by age and sex, and why measured training zones beat formulas.
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Performance
Body composition testing for performance: beyond the bathroom scale
Why lean mass and power-to-weight matter more than the scale, how a Styku 3D scan measures it, and what the numbers mean for training.
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Resting metabolic rate: stop guessing your calories
Why calorie formulas fall short, how a uVida metabolic mask measures your real resting energy use, and what to do with the number.
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Force plate testing: power, jump performance and hidden asymmetry
How dual force plates quantify power, jump performance and left-right asymmetry, and why that data is useful for training and injury risk.
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Performance
Measuring strength and movement quality
How isometric strength, grip and markerless movement capture build an objective picture of what drives your performance and injury risk.
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Performance
Who is performance testing for? (Do you need to be an athlete?)
You don't need to be an elite athlete. The three people performance testing serves best, and how to pick the right level.
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Why training by feel fails: measure, don't guess
Estimates cap your progress. Why direct measurement of your metabolism, zones, composition and strength beats guessing, and what it changes.
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Performance testing for runners and endurance athletes
How VO2 max, zones, body composition, fuelling and asymmetry testing help runners train smarter, fuel better and stay injury-free.
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Performance
Performance testing for Hyrox and functional fitness
How measuring strength, power, engine and movement maps to Hyrox stations, so you train your real limiter instead of your favourite sessions.
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How to improve your VO2 max
The proven recipe: mostly easy aerobic training plus a small dose of hard intervals, consistent over months, guided by your real training zones.
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Performance
Lactate threshold, and how we estimate it without a blood test
Your lactate (anaerobic) threshold predicts endurance performance. How Hanbury estimates it from the uVida breath test, without finger-pricks.
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Training zones explained
The 3-zone and 5-zone models, what each one does, and why zones from a real test beat a watch's age-formula guess.
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Zone 2 training: what it is and why it works
The easy, conversational intensity that builds your aerobic base, what it is, why it works, and how to find yours honestly.
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Performance
Performance testing in Milton Keynes: getting the complete picture
Why a complete, clinically-led assessment beats piecemeal testing, and the only place in Milton Keynes that brings VO2 max, body composition and strength together.
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