Month: august 2016

Shin Splints: Runners of all levels fear this dreaded affliction. Although normally striking newer runners, even seasoned ground-pounders can be sidetracked by this painful problem. Let’s go over the facts, and some tips to help you prevent or treat your injury. What are shin splints? There can be many causes, but a simple way to explain […]...

Blatchford is proud to be a co-ordinating partner of the €5.95M Horizon 2020 project MovAiD. MovAiD is a cross-disciplinary project joining a consortium of companies under Horizon 2020 EU Program. It aims at developing technologies assisting manufacturing of intelligent, “passive” and highly personalised kineto-dynamic equipment (Movement Assistive Devices) to enhance or compensate human mo...

1. When it comes to shoe insoles, softer = better. Completely soft insoles are not only ineffective, but they actually “pamper the problem”. You may find that initially you love the feeling of slipping your foot into a shoe with a soft, cushiony insole, but in reality those types of insoles do nothing to fix the root problem: misalignment […]...