First Aid Sports Therapy

08/10/2026

Lets speak Ankle. 🦶

The ankle acts as a primary weight-bearing foundation that enables essential movement, shock absorption, and balance.

✅️Core Functions of the Ankle

• Stability and Balance: Keeps you upright and steady when walking, running, or standing on uneven ground.
• Shock Absorption: Cushions the high-impact forces of every step, jump, and stride.
• Joint Mobility: Permits smooth movement in multiple directions, including lifting the foot (dorsiflexion), pointing it down (plantarflexion), and rolling it inward or outward (inversion and eversion).
• Proprioception: Uses internal nerve sensors to tell your brain where your foot is in space, allowing quick muscle adjustments to prevent falls.

✅️Why Ankle Health Matters

• Prevents Chain-Reaction Pain: Limited ankle mobility forces your knees, hips, and lower back to compensate, which can cause joint strain or back pain.
• Reduces Injury Risk: Ankle sprains are among the most common musculoskeletal injuries. Strong, flexible ankles are far less likely to roll or tear ligaments during a misstep.

03/09/2026

Rehabilitation is more than reducing pain — it’s about restoring function. 🩺💪
Following injury, pain or reduced activity, we can see changes in muscle strength, proprioception, neuromuscular control, joint stability and movement patterns. 🧠⚙️
This stage of rehabilitation focuses on progressively and safely challenging those systems.
Here we’re working on single-leg strength and stability 🦵 while challenging balance, lower-limb control and coordination through a functional movement pattern.
🔹 Proprioception & dynamic stability
🔹 Neuromuscular control
🔹 Lower-limb strength
🔹 Joint position awareness
🔹 Movement quality under load
🔹 Confidence returning to activity or sport 🎯
Hands-on treatment can help manage symptoms, but progressive loading and functional rehabilitation are essential for restoring capacity and reducing the risk of re-injury. 📈
Treat the symptoms. Rehabilitate the function. Build resilience. 💪

11/08/2026

“Is shockwave therapy just for athletes?” 🤔
Absolutely not.
Shockwave therapy is an evidence-based treatment used to support the management of a range of persistent musculoskeletal and tendon conditions, including:
🦶 Plantar fasciitis / persistent heel pain
💪 Tennis & golfer’s elbow
🦵 Achilles & patellar tendinopathy
🏋️ Persistent shoulder tendon pain
⚡ Other chronic tendon conditions
Shockwave therapy delivers targeted acoustic waves to the affected tissue, stimulating biological responses that can support tissue repair, reduce pain and improve function.
But effective treatment is about more than treating the painful area. 👇
🔎 A thorough assessment helps identify contributing factors and determine whether shockwave is appropriate for your condition.
Where needed, treatment is combined with targeted rehabilitation, progressive strengthening, mobility work and load management.
🎯 The aim is not simply short-term pain relief — it’s to improve function, build tissue capacity and support long-term recovery.
Dealing with persistent pain that isn’t improving?
📩 Book an assessment to discuss the most appropriate treatment approach for you.

20/05/2026

Got motivated today and ended up doing half a HYROX routine 😅🔥
Half stations, half runs… next time upgrading it to the full 1K runs in between 👀💪 Hopefully that goes just as well 😂
Sadly didn’t manage to get Birmingham pre-sale tickets 😭 Fingers crossed for Friday 🤞

09/05/2026

🔈Just a little update to help appointments run smoothly for everyone 🔈
To continue giving every client the time, care, and attention they deserve, I’ve now introduced an updated appointment policy for First Aid Sports Therapy.
As a small business, late cancellations and missed appointments have a huge impact on clinic time and other clients waiting for appointments. Thank you so much for understanding, supporting, and respecting my time🤍
These policies simply help me continue providing the best possible care and recovery support for all my clients.
Thank you all for your continued support 🤎
Sigita | First Aid Sports Therapy

29/04/2026

Recovery mode on 🔥
Cupping + deep tissue work to release tension, boost circulation & get you moving better.

31/03/2026

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04/03/2026

Post-Surgical Knee Rehabilitation 🦵
Recovery after bilateral knee replacement takes more than time — it requires the right treatment and progressive rehabilitation.
At this stage the joints are stable, but the client still experiences tightness, stiffness and reduced balance, especially during functional movements.
Today's session included:
⚡ Shockwave therapy – to reduce stiffness and stimulate healing
🔄 TECAR therapy – to improve circulation and tissue recovery
🫧 Cupping therapy – to release fascial tension around the knee
⚖️ Balance & resistance training – to rebuild stability and neuromuscular control
After knee replacement it is common to experience:
• stiffness
• muscle weakness
• reduced balance
• lack of confidence in movement
🎯 Targeted rehabilitation helps restore mobility, strength and stability, allowing patients to gradually return to normal daily activities.
Recovery doesn’t happen overnight — but with the right approach progress happens step by step.
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29/12/2025

Another year comes to an end😊
Another year away from the place I was born and the family I grew up with.
But this is my life, and I’m choosing to be exactly where I am.
Do I always know if it’s the right choice? No!
But honestly… does anyone ever really know? (If you do, please share the manual! 😅)
I don’t always say what I mean, and I don’t always mean what I say. Not because I’m complicated — just because life in a second language isn’t always neat. Sometimes, my words don’t land perfectly, sometimes even I’m not sure what I meant myself. Welcome to my bilingual brain… it occasionally buffers. If you know, you know. 😉
Thank you to everyone around me.
Thank you to my “new” (not so new anymore!) people who support me.
And a huge thank you to every single client who trusts me — every time you open my clinic door, every message to book in, every conversation, every laugh. I appreciate you more than I can ever say.
I promise I always try to give my absolute best. I truly choose to be here because I feel happy doing what I do. Thank you for listening, trusting, and letting me be part of your journey.
I’m still as excited as I was 12 years ago when I saw my very first client in the UK. I was terrified back then — but without you there wouldn’t be First Aid Sports Therapy. (Just me, my massage oil, and my panic 😂)
Thank you to my loyal clients who stayed with me and followed me to my beautiful new place last December (how has a year already passed?!), and thank you to everyone new who joined me this year🫠
It’s no longer “just work”. It’s my little world.
Some of you have even become my friends. ❤️
Thank you — here’s to another year together. Let’s do this. 💪
Definitely thank you for reading till the end !!!! ( let me know you did and next apoitment 10% off!😜!)

05/12/2025

💥 Why Shockwave Therapy is the Best Choice for Tennis Elbow

Shockwave therapy is one of the most effective and modern treatments for tennis elbow. Instead of masking the pain, it targets the root cause: damaged tissue in the tendon. The treatment uses focused sound waves to stimulate blood flow, break down scar tissue and trigger the body’s natural healing response.

Most people start to feel relief after just a few sessions. There’s no surgery, no injections and no medication required. You can stay active, continue normal movement and avoid long recovery time.

For anyone who wants a fast, non-invasive solution that restores strength and reduces pain, shockwave therapy is a smart and proven option.