TAYLOREDFIT PHYSIO BLOG
Learning to Trust My Body Again: A Patient Story
Rebuilding My Life After a Life-Changing Car Accident A patient story shared with permission. On a slightly overcast Tuesday morning in November 2021, I set off for work as normal. I was looking forward to the day ahead and had plans that evening. Within moments,...
Five Months In: My Story So Far at Tayloredfit Physio
Five months at Tayloredfit Physio and it's genuinely flown by. I'm Frances, the Practice Manager here, and if you've popped into reception recently, you might already have said hello. Why I Was Drawn Here My background is in programme and project management,...
Trauma: An Inside Perspective
I’d like to share a story with you. Janet is a client, a former colleague, and a very dear friend of over 25 years. Recently, she experienced a serious car accident — one of those moments where everything can change in an instant. What Janet reflects on afterwards...
Women’s Health Physiotherapy Durham | Meet Lisa
We’re excited to welcome Lisa to Tayloredfit Physio in Durham, where she will be leading the development of our new women’s health physiotherapy services. From pelvic health to menopause support, Lisa brings a truly unique and holistic approach to care. We sat down...
7 Day Opening at the Chapel – A New Chapter
March 2026 is bringing you the biggest changes at the chapel since we opened our doors. Considering, back in 2018, our classes were a grand total of 3 pilates classes and 1 yoga class per week. We acknowledge that our team back then was small and we honestly did not ...
Tayloredfit Teamworks – Nathan
Nathan is one of our amazing physiotherapists and sports massage therapists. You may also know he has a wealth of knowledge with strength and conditioning and with his military and rugby background, we thought you would like to know a bit more about our fabulous...
Pilates Prepared Me For This Moment
I would love to tell you a little story I would love to tell you a litle story about my ankle, about me and how pilates has been and continues to be the absolute key thing that prepared me for ankle surgery, prepared me for post op recovery, and is preparing me,...
An Insight into Functional Neurological Disorder
Have you ever heard of FND?? I would like to start by saying that I am absolutely not an expert on FND – but over the last 30 years as a physio, 25 of which I have incorporated craniosacral therapy – I have seen more clients over the last 5 years with FND than I’ve...
Injection Therapy at Tayloredfit
At Tayloredfit Physio, Mark, one of our lead physiotherapists, specialises in injection therapy and has taken extensive, additional training to make sure he is safe, effective and an expert in this field. Many clients do not realise this is a service we offer so we...
My cranio beginnings
If you've known me or the business for awhile, you'll know craniosacral therapy has been an integral part of my professional and personal growth for over 20 years. Whilst I'll always be proud of my physiotherapy background, craniosacral - both in terms of receiving it...
Craniosacral and Long Covid Recovery
Long Covid was not even part of our vocabulary two years ago and as physiotherapists, we are well placed to guide clients on the road towards recovery and rehabilitation. Medical and conservative management is evolving and can include similar advice given to sufferers...
Run Geordie Run and His Imminent Run
You may have heard of Run Geordie Run aka Mark Allison and his amazing charity, around the world running he started back in 2007. His mission is to run 20 000 miles around the World to fundraise for charities around the North East of England. Stage X begins on the...
Tayloredfit is shifting
A year ago. A year ago today, we were at the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) awards - when the world was beginning to change. When we kept expecting events to be cancelled, when we had heard of anti bac gel, when we were elbow bumping people - but the world...
Would you recommend us?
Well, my lovelies, it turns out you would! And not just some of you - ALL of you!! Last week I sent out a 3 question survey and the results have made Mark and I stop in our tracks, they've made us laugh, cry, given us goose bumps and the fact that so many of you took...
Ella – Preemie to Teenie
Here we are, the day you turn 13, my darling Ella. I’m proud beyond words, and whilst I know you know your story, I don’t really think you understand how significant it is. To see you, growing, maturing, becoming more like the Ella we hoped you’d become one day. Not...
Fellas – 6 Ways to Improve Your Physical Health
Physiotherapists and other healthcare practitioners receive a lot of emails and have a lot of conversations about health and wellbeing. As a male physio, I hear lots of feedback from my male clients and guys attending my pilates classes about some of the issues we...
My “Tayloredfit” by Sharon, aged 50 and 1/4
With the big 50 looming, I knew that I needed to do more to keep myself in shape. Over the previous couple of years, I had learnt to “enjoy” walking and tried to walk most weekends. However, as time moved on it was clear that walking alone wasn’t going to keep me as...
How I Spoke to My Brain!
After recently completing Upledger’s “The Brain Speaks” course, I’d love to share with you how you can dialogue (talk) and listen to your different brain parts. (and any body part for that matter!) What if I told you that craniosacral therapy reaches parts that truly,...
Out of my digital comfort zone!
As most of you may know, Mark and I attended a digital marketing conference on Friday AKA Atomicon19, led by the infamous whipper snappers Andy and Pete (Andrew Pickering and Peter Gartland) - I can confidently say whipper snappers, because I'm old enough to be their...
10 Signs Your Baby Needs Craniosacral Therapy
Congratulations on the arrival of your little one or ones! Turning out as you’d hoped? If any of the following seems to resonate with you, why not try craniosacral therapy, the gentle way to relieve multiple restrictions in the nervous system. craniosacral therapy is...
Chronic Depletion
“I’ve nothing left” “I’m constantly exhausted” “I feel like I’m living on the edge” “I feel like I can’t cope with anything else” “I’m constantly burning the candle at both ends” Any of these comments sound familiar? These are the kinds of comments many of our...
Are Birthdays Always Happy?
On the 1st September we celebrated our 4th business birthday. It is a day which has approached with such speed it has arrived before I was ready! I sit and feel extremely proud, very grateful and so excited to see where we’ve come from, and to see where the next 4...
Seizures – Caitlin’s Craniosacral Story
Caitlin is one of my wonderful patients who I met around 9 months ago. Her mum brought Caitlin, who was then 14, for craniosacral therapy, in the hope of helping some severe tics, tremors and seizures which were having a huge impact on her life. I'll let her mum and...
Launch Day
I fell down the stairs – 2 days before launch day. My head was full of so much stuff. I was exhausted. And my brain decided I was at the bottom of the stairs, when I had 4 steps to go. The force and speed in which I fell surprised me, and the sensation of the inside...
My Dad
I don’t often talk about my dad. But there are times when talking is required. As we approach Father’s Day, I wanted to let him, and you know, what I think of him. When I was growing up, dad was a man of few words. He was a thinker. He considered carefully what he was...
My mum runs – The London Marathon
“Fancy coming out for a run?” “ Just around the block!” “No thanks, I don’t like running” “Oh go on, it will keep us fit, it’s something we can do together” “Oh alright then!” This is the gist of a conversation that occurred around 4 years ago between my mum...