We are proud to announce that Firstaid4sport will be supporting Reece Mitchell over the coming CrossFit season. Having finished in 3rd place at The CrossFit Games 2017 Teen 14-15 years, we are excited to see where this season leads to. Reece will be using our EAB Tear Light Tape, Kinesiology Ta

Behind the scenes, away from the fans, Mike Hine and his team work tirelessly to ensure that Lincoln's players are fit and ready to play. It is role that often goes unnoticed by the club's faithful supporters. After a fantastic 18 months for the Club, I sat down with Mike to get a little insight in

Firstaid4sport is proud to announce that we will be supporting Women’s Welsh Rugby International Rebecca de Filippo over the next year. When Rebecca made her debut against Scotland in the 2012, she was the youngest member of the Wales squad. As a centre, she moved her way up the senior ranks having

Sam Briggs or The Engine as she is nicknamed, is the UK’s answer to CrossFit royalty. Sam is respected amongst the elite athletes of CrossFit and we can understand why. Following her second games in 2011, where she finished 4th she was hit by a devastating knee injury. After surgery and good r

 Firstaid4sport is delighted to announce that we are now working in partnership with England Athletics as their preferred first aid supplier, providing offers and benefits to athletes, runners and member clubs. We will be working closely with England Athletics to offer exclusive discounts to me

Hi Dave, can you tell us about your background in weightlifting and strongman training? I’ve been lifting weights for about 14 or 15 years now, originally issues with my elbow caused a visit to the doctor who told me to start lifting weights in order to help the joint and it went from there. I’ve be

Danish Fitness instructor Tom Hoel has regained the world record for holding himself in a "Plank" position. Tom held this gruelling fitness position for an incredible 4 hours and 28 minutes, beating the previous record by 2 minutes. We managed to get in touch with Tom and he kindly answered a few qu

The Edmunds Sistas are well known within the Martial Arts world. Having just performed at the UK Martial Arts Show, Lauren, Sian and Lara Edmunds are going from strength to strength as this year has already been massive for them. With a background in Taekwondo and several world titles between them a

Flight Lieutenant Alun Pepper managed to fight off over 1000 applicants to become Britain’s Manliest Man after appearances on `This Morning` and mentions in numerous national papers. He is now ambassador for the `Orchid` male cancer charity and is raising awareness of male cancer after being d

Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a feeling that I’m sure we have all had at one time or another. It’s the feeling of muscle pain, soreness or stiffness, which occurs in the day or two after exercise. The soreness most commonly occurs if you start a new exercise regime, change your current rou

How were you nominated to carry the Olympic Flame? Well, I have Crohn’s disease and my friend CJ nominated me because I have had eleven operations. In June 2009 I was told I could no longer eat solid foods. Not long after that I ran in the Great North Run to raise money for Crohn’s and Colitis UK an

Firstaid4sport are proud to announce that we have become the official medical bag provider of Team Novo Nordisk, the world’s first all-diabetes professional cycling team. CEO Phil Southerland started Team Type 1 back in 2005 before partnering with Novo Nordisk in 2012 to create Team Novo Nord

Professional rugby players Dominic Day and George Kruis created fourfivecbd after both using CBD during their own recovery from injury, fourfivecbd’s 0% THC is the first and only product in the world to also be third-party tested and certified for cross contamination of banned substances. 

Charles Planet's Team Novo Nordisk head shot for the 2019 season.[/caption] Charles Planet has been part of Team Novo Nordisk for six years but has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for 15 years, the professional cyclist tells Firstaid4sport about his journey from being diagnosed to competing around

Sam Brand’s life changed completely on World Diabetes Day in 2001 as at the age of 10 he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, although this diagnosis did not stop Brand from continuing to play football, basketball and compete in triathlons. Brand is now a professional cyclist who races for an a

Firstaid4sport is proud to announce that we will be supporting Women’s Welsh Rugby International Rebecca de Filippo over the next year. When Rebecca made her debut against Scotland in the 2012, she was the youngest member of the Wales squad. As a centre, she moved her way up the senior ranks having

Phil Southerland is the CEO & Co-founder of Team Novo Nordisk a pro cycling team with a twist, they are the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team. All the athletes who compete have type 1 diabetes and race to inspire, educate and empower everyone affected by diabetes. Phil S

Lincoln City defender Ben Coker made his Imps debut just weeks ago after a year on the side-line caused by a serious knee injury in his final season at previous club Southend United, however, this battle is not the first big hurdle Coker has faced in his journey as a professional footballer.  A

Mike Hine is the Head of Sports Science & Medicine at Lincoln City and has been with the club since 2016, seeing the team achieve two promotions in that time, but where did his journey begin before arriving at Lincoln and how did he find working alongside Danny and Nicky Cowley.  Like

Ben Coker made his Lincoln City debut 381 days after he was stretchered off in the 21st minute of a 3-0 defeat away at Sunderland for Southend United . After rupturing two ligaments in his knee Coker was immediately ruled out for the remainder of the season.    A year has passed and Coker

Huddersfield Giants and Firstaid4sport have agreed a deal which will see Firstaid4sport become the club’s official medical supplier for the next three years, as well supplying the club Firstaid4sport will be supporting the Huddersfield Giants Community Trust. Huddersfield Giants are an Englis

Back in December we announced our support of Welsh International, Rebecca De Fillippo. We can o also announce Rebecca as our ………. Ambassador for 2018. When Rebecca made her debut against Scotland in the 2012, she was the youngest member of the Wales squad. As a centre, she moved her way up the seni

We are proud to announce our new Firstad4port Ambassador, GB Gymnast Ellesse Oates. Ellesse has risen through the ranks recently over the last few years and even at a young age she has experience and medals under her belt. We will be providing Ellesse her chalk and tape for the coming year and loo

Check out what Callum Davidson gets up to during his pitch side duties! All equipment purchased and supplied by us! You can find some of the taping methods that Callum uses in our Taping Guide.

Firstaid4sport have joined together with Mueller Sports Care to offer you and your team a once in a lifetime opportunity to have a training session with Wasps Coach and OBE Shaun Edwards. All you or your team have to do to spend £100 with us online before the 31st August 20

Probably the cleverest ad campaign we’ve seen in a long time, the British Heart foundation have launched their ‘Hard and Fast Hands-Only CPR’ campaign to inform members of the public that they CAN perform CPR regardless of any formal first aid training.   The aim of the ad is

After my recent visit to Beeston Hockey club, I decided to delve further into the realms of the sport by investigating the types of hockey injuries that commonly occur. There are approximately 1,050 hockey clubs across the UK, who all actively encourage new people to start playing the game. Schools

We are excited to announce that Sport Therapist Chris Swallow will be joining our team and using his wealth of sports injury knowledge through some guest blog posts. Having had 6 years experience in the fitness industry, Chris works as a mobile sports massage and remedial therapist, working with bot

Victoria Ganley from Lincoln had the incredible experience of being an Olympic torch bearer and she kindly came to the Firstaid4sport offices the day after to tell us all about it. How were you nominated to carry the Olympic Flame? Well, I have Crohn’s disease and my friend CJ nominated me bec