PAURIC GRIMES: Stop going on the defence


LAST week I suggested that some of those in the retired athlete camp  might have allowed the good habits they had in place while playing the game to be replaced by more self-destructive ones after hanging up the boots. I even gave a trigger warning. And for some reason, those  warnings weren’t taken on board […]


PAURIC GRIMES: Choose the gym instead of pints


I WILL give you a fair warning on this week’s article. The following seven hundred or so words have a huge triggering potential. So if you’re on the irritable side of things I’d maybe give just skip onto something else. It’s funny where the origins of different ideas and thought processes can come from, and this […]


PGthePT: Your Game Day 1 checklist


There was a point earlier in the year we thought this weekend would never come. The return of competitive football in 2020! After the initial spate of tight hamstrings, calves and groins the injury pile up seems to have calmed down a little, and just in time for what has the potential to be one […]


PGthePT: Excited about 2020


By the time you’re reading this I’ll likely have just let the deep clean crew out the door. Times have changed, we need to be as safe as possible to make you and our entire community feel comfortable coming back into the gym! I always thought cleaning was a pretty straight forward operation, mop and […]


PGthePT: Avoid the dangers of returning to action


For something that has been so eagerly anticipated, the prospect of returning to play ball has been a bit of a let down. I’ve men on to me that are scared out of their minds that as soon as they get back on the pitch their hamstrings are going to tear off the bone such […]