Jonathan Kilpatrick

The Bob Graham Round

The Bob Graham Round

Read about Jonny’s incredible experience running his Bob Graham Round in the English Lake District, the home of Fell Running.

A Winter Walloping of the West Highland Way

A Winter Walloping of the West Highland Way

On the 18th December 2021 , Jonny Kilpatrick who’s one of our owners and Sports Physios here at Physio Effect successfully ran the West Highland Way from Fort William to Milngavie in 20 hours and 25 minutes, beating his summer effort from 2018 at the West Highland Way race but on the weekend of the shortest day of the year. Here is an account of his day on the trails.

Running Technique - The key to your untapped running potential

Running Technique - The key to your untapped running potential

Learn how Physio Effect can help assess your running technique and how this could be the key ingredient that’s been missing in your quest to be a faster and better runner while also reducing your injury risk. Slow motion video analysis combined with advanced running metrics analysis, achieved via wearable Runscribe Pods, gives a complete picture of your running health. Based on this we can advise on simple techniques to improve and optimise your running technique making you faster, stronger and less prone to injury

Our simple 7 point strategy to keep you injury free in your new found love of running!

Our simple 7 point strategy to keep you injury free in your new found love of running!

New runners are often the most vulnerable to injury. Your body needs time to adapt to the new loads and demands that running puts on your tissues and joints. This blog provides expert advice on preventing overload and injury through planning, awareness and patience as well as tips on how to maintain tissue strength and flexibility to minimise injury risk.

Cape Wrath Training Blog

Cape Wrath Training Blog

At the end of May 2020, I intend to take part in the Cape Wrath Ultra and have my journey on the race documented in the Journal by 'Proper Adventure’. The Cape Wrath Ultra is an eight day event that will take competitors and ‘journeymen’ like myself through 400km of epic trails, mountains and world class coastal scenery. It starts at the highland town of Fort William and finishes at the most North-Westerly point of the country at the Cape Wrath Lighthouse.

Run report - Trail With Us - Physio Effect Trail Running/ Walking Group - Sunday 15th September

Run report - Trail With Us - Physio Effect Trail Running/ Walking Group - Sunday 15th September

This month we planned a trail session combining the well-known route up to the Whangie from the Queens View Car Park (10 minutes past Bearsden) with a short section of the John Muir Way and a loop of the Burncrooks Reservoir.

Dry Needling: The most effective pain treatment you may never have heard of!

Dry Needling: The most effective pain treatment you may never have heard of!

Dry needling is a type of acupuncture that has become very popular with physiotherapists in recent years in our treatment of injury and pain.

Are you taking a HIIT in Training?

Are you taking a HIIT in Training?

In the last number of years we’ve seen a huge shift in the exercise industry towards high intensity interval training (HIIT) as a means of providing time efficient and intense workouts.