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Balanced Osteopathy Blog
Welcome to our blog, written by our osteopaths on a variety of different topics covering all things musculoskeletal health
Recent Posts


Common Marathon Training Pitfalls that Increase your Injury Risk (and what to do instead!)
Training for a marathon is an exciting challenge, whether you’re new to distances or a seasoned long distance runner! As many of us know, marathon training also comes with a degree of injury risk, especially for recreational runners juggling work, life and long runs.
The good news is that most running injuries are usually the result of a few common training pitfalls. We’re going to go throughout few of the big ones that we see often with runners in clinic, and see what the

Rebecca van Dooren
Feb 9


Do I Have Runner's Knee? Common Symptoms and What to Do About It
Have you ever finished a long run only to feel a nagging pain in your knee? If so, you might be experiencing runner's knee, which is also...

Rebecca van Dooren
Jul 14, 2025


Are you a runner with Achilles tendonitis? - These mistakes might be stopping you from getting better
Achilles tendonitis or tendinopathy is one of the most common tendon injuries in runners that we see. Avoid these mistakes to recover faster

Rebecca van Dooren
Dec 11, 2024


Tendon injuries in endurance sports - a matter of overuse?
Areas with a high prevalence injury in our endurance athlete population include the plantar fascia, achilles tendon and patellar tendon....

Emilie Repponen
Mar 15, 2023
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