Alpha Physiotherapy

06/08/2026

When your clients want more pressure, you need to be resourceful...

31/07/2026

🦶 The Foot Roll: Understanding your Dynamic Centre of Pressure 👇🏼

When we walk, the foot doesn’t simply “land and push off.” The dynamic centre of pressure (CoP) travels through the foot in a very specific pathway, revealing how forces are transferred from ground contact through to propulsion.

During a typical foot roll, we see the following:
1️⃣ Initial Contact (Heel Strike): The CoP begins at the posterolateral heel. This is where the body first accepts load, helping absorb impact and begin shock attenuation.

2️⃣ Loading Response: As the foot moves to the ground, the CoP progresses forward and slightly medially through the heel. Controlled pronation allows the foot to become a flexible adaptor to the surface.

3️⃣ Midstance: The CoP progresses forwards through the midfoot region. This is the transition phase where the body moves over the foot, and efficient load transfer is critical for stability and balance.

4️⃣ Terminal Stance: The CoP advances into the medial forefoot towards the 1st metatarsal as the heel lifts and the foot becomes a more rigid lever for push-off.

5️⃣ Propulsion (Toe-Off): The CoP finishes beneath the hallux (big toe). This is where force is directed into the ground to generate forward movement, making the hallux and 1st ray key contributors to efficient propulsion.

🚩 Deviations from this pathway can indicate reduced shock absorption, excessive or limited pronation, forefoot overload, hallux dysfunction or compensation patterns higher up the kinetic chain.

Using our dynamic Footscan pressure analysis, we can visualise this pathway in real time, assess the speed of your movement and understand not just where pressure is, but how your feet actually function dynamically.

Suffering with foot or lower limb pain?

Book in for your Footscan gait analysis today!

29/07/2026

Do you experience tingling, burning, numbness, shooting pain or symptoms that just don't seem to settle?

Join us for our FREE Nerve Pain & Neuropathy Workshop at Alpha Physiotherapy.

Led by Lyndsey Reynolds, Specialist Physiotherapist, this workshop will help you understand what may be driving nerve-related symptoms and what treatment options may help improve nerve function, reduce irritation, and support better movement.

You'll learn:

✅️ What nerve pain and neuropathy actually are
✅️ Common causes of tingling, burning, numbness and pain
✅️ Why nerve synptoms can persist
✅️ When to seek the right treatment and advice

📆 Thursday 13th May 2026
🕑 3pm
📍Martlesham Leisure, IP5 3RJ
💷 FREE to attend

Spaces are very limited, booking is essential.

Click here to book your space:
https://info.alpha-physio.co.uk/nerve-pain-and-neuropathy-workshop-298501

20/07/2026

A sneak peek inside our latest Alpha Physio in-service: how we make our sporty clients faster⚡️

Speed is not simply about telling someone to run harder.

It requires an understanding of how an athlete produces force, applies it in the right direction, coordinates their body at high speed and maintains those qualities when fatigue begins to appear.

During this session, Jimmy took the Alpha team through the principles behind:

• acceleration and sprint mechanics
• force production and direction
• stiffness, rhythm and coordination
• exercise selection and progression
• rebuilding speed safely after injury

This is where rehabilitation and performance meet.

At Alpha, we do not want our clinicians to simply prescribe exercises. We want them to understand why they are choosing them, what adaptation they are trying to create and how each stage connects to the athlete’s wider performance goals.

That is why regular staff development is such an important part of how we work.

We share knowledge.
We challenge ideas.
We practise together.
And we keep raising the standard of care our patients and athletes receive.

Because a forward-thinking clinic is built by a team that never stops learning.

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16/07/2026

Join me (Lyndsey) as I attend “Pause on the Water”.

A wonderful, completely free boat trip to discuss menopause, share stories, or simply “be” on the water.

To register your interest, visit https://www.mindbodyandsea.co.uk/
Mind Body & Sea CIC

I highly recommend it!

13/07/2026

📣 Calling all Physiotherapy & Sports Therapy Students!

Want to be part of the team supporting runners at this year's Ipswich Half Marathon?

Alpha Physiotherapy is looking for enthusiastic student Physiotherapists and Sports Therapists to join us on Sunday 27th September.

You'll have the opportunity to:
🙌 Deliver pre- and post-race sports massage to runners.
🤝 Learn from an experienced team of physiotherapists and sports therapists.
🏃 Experience working behind the scenes at a large sporting event.
📚 Build your confidence, practical skills and CV.

Before race day, you'll attend mandatory in-house training sessions at Alpha Physiotherapy, where we'll teach you our massage techniques, event procedures and everything you'll need to know to feel confident on the day.

To apply you must be available for:
📅 A training session before the event (dates tbc).
🏃 Sunday 27th September 2026.

Interested?

📧 Email your CV and a short introduction to [email protected]

Places are limited, so apply early!

Tag a physio or sports therapy student who'd love this opportunity 👇

04/07/2026

What a great day we had at the charity day today!

The sun was shining, everyone was in good spirits and the BBQ was 👌

Thanks for having us!

27/06/2026

26/06/2026

We will be at Kesgrave fun day tomorrow, Saturday 27th June - come and say hello and enter our competition!!

Hope you see lots of you there ♥️

23/06/2026

A lot of people blame their back or neck pain on “bad posture”, but posture is only one part of the picture.

There is no single perfect position that everyone should hold all day. In fact, even a “good” posture can become uncomfortable if you stay in it for too long.

Your body likes movement and variety. Regular changes of position, strength, mobility, sensible desk setup and activity levels often matter more than trying to sit perfectly upright every minute of the day.

So rather than obsessing over perfect posture, focus on building a body that can tolerate different positions and move well throughout the day.