Energize Therapy

19/06/2026

🏅 Why Include Local Races in Your Training Plan? 🏃

One of the biggest reasons I love entering local races is simple: they make me work harder than I would on a normal training run.

No matter how disciplined you are, there’s something about standing on a start line, being surrounded by other runners, and having a finish line to chase that helps you find an extra gear.

Local races are a fantastic way to:
✅ Test your fitness
✅ Practice race-day pacing
✅ Build confidence
✅ Stay motivated during training blocks
✅ Push beyond what you’d usually do alone

Today’s Thornbury 10K was a perfect example. The atmosphere, support, and friendly competition helped me dig a little bit deeper and get more out of the run than I would have on a standard training session. I even clocked a 1:18 last 400m on that lovely downhill finish 👀

If you’ve got a goal race coming up, don’t underestimate the value of including a few local events along the way.

18/06/2026

💪 Why We Test Calf Strength Using Force Plates

Did you know your calf muscles generate some of the highest forces in the human body during running, jumping, and sport?

At Energize Therapy, we use force plate technology to objectively assess calf strength, power, and symmetry. Rather than relying on guesswork or simply counting heel raises, force plates provide precise data on how much force each leg can produce and how quickly that force is generated.

Why is this important?

🏃 Running injuries such as Achilles tendinopathy, calf strains, plantar fasciitis, and shin pain are often linked to reduced calf strength and function.

⚽ Following injury or surgery, many people regain movement and feel “better” long before their calf strength has fully recovered.

📊 Force plate testing allows us to identify hidden deficits, side-to-side imbalances, and weaknesses that may increase injury risk or delay return to sport.

Using this information, we can:
✅ Create targeted rehabilitation programmes
✅ Monitor progress objectively
✅ Guide safe return-to-running and return-to-sport decisions
✅ Reduce the risk of re-injury

Evidence consistently shows that objective testing leads to better rehabilitation outcomes than relying on pain levels alone.

Whether you’re recovering from an Achilles injury, calf strain, ankle injury, or simply looking to improve performance, force plate testing gives us the data needed to make informed decisions and maximise your recovery.

At Energize Therapy, we believe in measuring, not guessing.

📍 Droitwich
📈 Evidence-based Physiotherapy & Sports Rehabilitation
🏃 Force Plate Testing | Running Analysis | Performance Testing

15/06/2026

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We're delighted to be collaborating with Energize Therapy in the new season!

A company, Energize is a highly rated specialist physiotherapy, rehabilitation & recovery clinic.

Whilst we all hope for an injury free season, it's good to know that our players will be in the best hands if needed!

15/06/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Droitwich Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon on Sunday! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨

It was fantastic to see so many people out there pushing themselves, supporting one another, and creating such an amazing atmosphere. 👏✨

We’re also incredibly grateful to everyone who stopped by afterwards for a free sports massage. 💆‍♂️💆‍♀️ It was a pleasure to help you recover after your efforts and hear all about your race-day experiences.

Congratulations to every runner who crossed the finish line today, what an achievement! 🏅🎉

We hope you’re all putting your feet up and enjoying a well-earned rest. Until next time! 🙌

14/06/2026

What an incredible day at the Droitwich Quarter & Half Marathon! ☀️🏃‍♂️

It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces throughout the day and be part of such a brilliant local event. The weather certainly turned up, making for a hot and challenging day for everyone involved, but the atmosphere was absolutely superb from start to finish.

I was delighted to take part in the Quarter Marathon myself, finishing in 48:04, before spending the rest of the day helping runners and spectators alike at our Energize Therapy stand.

The queue for sports massages was non-stop all day long! I bought 4 plinths but probably needed 6. It was amazing to meet so many different people, hear your stories, and hopefully help a few tired legs recover after the race.

A huge thank you to my incredible team – Josh, Jemima, Megan, Alex and Sachin. Their hard work, energy and professionalism throughout the day was great to see. I literally couldn’t have done it without them!

Finally, thank you to everyone who came to see us, and to the organisers for putting on another fantastic event. We’re proud to have sponsored the race and hopefully we’ll be back doing it all again next year!

Until next time, Droitwich! 👏🏅🏃

13/06/2026

.triswim The results are in! Proud of Energize sponsored athlete Jas who got third place 🥉 at the European triathlon championships! Jas has been super consent with her training and recovery in the build up to this 🙌🏻🙏🏻

11/06/2026

🎉 COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win a place at the Droitwich Half or Quarter Marathon this Sunday! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️☀️

We’re delighted to announce that our winner is…

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🏆 Lili 🏆

Congratulations! Please send us a DM to claim your prize and arrange your race entry.

Thank you to everyone who entered, liked, shared and supported the competition. As proud sponsors of this fantastic local event, we can’t wait to see so many runners taking part this weekend.

I’d also like to extend a 50% off sports massage offer to anyone that entered and didn’t win. If you’re also still interested in taking part, Droitwich AC have also generously offered a 50% off code for the race to anyone who entered the Energize competition. Please DM us for the codes.

If you’re preparing for an event and need help with:
✅ Physiotherapy
✅ Sports Massage
✅ Running Injury Rehab
✅ Performance Testing & Analysis

Get in touch with the team at Energize Therapy.

Good luck to everyone racing on Sunday – the forecast is looking good! 🌞

07/06/2026

🏃‍♂️ GIVEAWAY TIME! 🏃‍♀️

We’ve got ONE FREE ENTRY to give away for next Sunday’s Droitwich Half Marathon or Quarter Marathon! 🎉

As proud sponsors of this fantastic local event, we’re excited to support what promises to be an amazing morning of running in Droitwich.

And the forecast is looking pretty good too… 🌞😎

Want to be on the start line at 9:15am next Sunday?

To enter:

✅ Follow
❤️ Like this post
👥 Tag a running buddy in the comments (each tag = an extra entry)
📲 Share this post to your story and tag us for a bonus entry

The winner can choose either:
🏃 Droitwich Half Marathon Entry
OR
🏃‍♀️ Droitwich Quarter Marathon Entry

Whether you’re chasing a PB, running your first event, or simply looking for a great morning out, this is a fantastic local race and we’re delighted to be supporting it.

Winner announced: Thursday evening.

Good luck everyone! 🍀

05/06/2026

The 10 UK cities with the highest percentage of runners

Assumed that London would claim the crown? Not quite – another UK capital has taken the top spot, with almost a quarter of its population calling themselves runners...

1. Belfast
* Percentage of runners: 24%
2. London
* Percentage of runners: 22%
3. Birmingham
* Percentage of runners: 20%
4. Liverpool
* Percentage of runners: 20%
5. Manchester
* Percentage of runners: 19%
6. Glasgow
* Percentage of runners: 18%
7. Sheffield
* Percentage of runners: 18%
8. Nottingham
* Percentage of runners: 18%
9. Bristol
* Percentage of runners: 17%
10. Leeds
* Percentage of runners: 16%

03/06/2026

Happy global running day! 🏃

And a special shout out to the big man in for recovery ❤️‍🩹 💪

Massive congratulations to Hoth (and Ainge/Duggan/Con) who absolutely smashed their ultra marathon 435km over 8 days on some very tough terrain in an insane amount of heat for May 🥵

An incredible amount of time, money, blood, sweat and tears was invested to make this fundraising happen and it’s all for a fantastic cause.

Please check out their page and donate where you can over at to help if you can!