physiotherapy
A blog about physiotherapy.
No Time for Exercise? How about 3 minutes?
Are you tight for time and want to try Pilates? “I don’t have 10 minutes to myself” sound like you? To busy to book in at a club, drive to the club, and attend a class…. I know that time …
Continue ReadingIs the Robocop knee brace the new ‘must have’ for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis? The celebrities seem to think that it is …
Recent media stories, a landmark study and the Autumn/Winter TV schedules highlight the Össur Unloader’s ability to offer pain relief, improve function and maintain a healthy lifestyle Recent national news stories (London, UK – August, 2017) have drawn attention to the …
Continue ReadingEverything You Need to Know About Physician Incentive Plans
In healthcare, there are a wide number of options that offer monetary incentives to healthcare providers. These are known as Physician Incentives Plans, or PIP for short. There are currently around 40 different PIP available across the United States, …
Continue ReadingNever say never …
In February this year I wrote a blog about my running – or should I say a lack of! Late last year, the GP had sent me to the hospital for X-rays as I’d been complaining of very sore knee …
Continue ReadingWant To Run A Marathon? Tips To Help…
So, you’ve signed up for the London Marathon? Here are some generalised training tips and knowledge to help. OK, not the London Marathon, but I do like this shot of me and the huskies on the Brecon Beacons! A marathon …
Continue ReadingBack To Basics – Take Control of Back and Neck Pain
If the statistics are to be believed – and sometimes at least they must be right – then 17 million people in the UK are affected by back pain. That is 80% of us and certainly includes me – and …
Continue ReadingWhy does my knee hurt when I run?
The success of the London 2012 Olympics has had a huge impact upon society including the greater participation in sporting activities. This is a truly vital legacy and we must seek to pervade this healthy mindset to all corners of …
Continue ReadingJoint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) Part 2: What can we do?
Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is commonly seen in my clinics, either as a feature observed or as a problem in itself – see previous blog. Commonly people desecribe pain, poor spatial awareness (so-called clumsiness), flat-footedness, problems with walking and controlling movement. …
Continue ReadingJoint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) Part 1 – what are the problems?
I see many people who are hypermobile, in other words, are able to move certain joints through a greater range. But what is normal? With so many being able to do this including some of the best known athletes, what …
Continue ReadingBack pain in football and sport
Back pain is a common experience across society. Millions are spent each year on treatment yet we do not seem to be making any significant progress in tackling this vast problem. Undoubtedly footballers are also subject to spinal aches and …
Continue ReadingAnother hamstring injury, but how serious is it?
The hamstring injury is one of football’s blights, affecting so many of our best known players. The latest is Andy Carroll who sustained the injury yesterday in his first game at West Ham – read here. The extent of the injury will …
Continue ReadingDo you have difficulties getting out of a chair?
The ability to stand up from a chair is a key skill to maintain independence and mobility. As you get older you lose strength in the hip and knee extensors which are the muscles that help straighten our legs. In this blog …
Continue ReadingTackling chronic pain – it’s like learning a new language..and unlearning an old
Tackling chronic pain is a challenge. Undoubtedly our understanding of pain, the role of the nervous system and other body systems, has advanced to permit a reconceptualisation of the experience and how we can approach it. The knowledge that there …
Continue ReadingReconceptualising pain for better treatment – a revolution? A revelation?
Traditionally pain is understood to be an unpleasant experience in the body where a problem exists, and is something to be got rid of as quickly as possible. The so-called ‘biomedical model’ considers which structures require treatment or surgery, stopping …
Continue ReadingTeaching an old dog new tricks
Not that I am calling anyone an ‘old dog’, ’you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ is a universally understood phrase implying that once we are set in our ways, change is impossible. This is simply not the case. I am …
Continue ReadingThe hamstring
The hamstring Hamstring injuries are common in football. Often seen as the player pulling up having been sprinting, he clutches the back of his thigh, then hopping or hitting the floor. The amount of pain can vary as in any …
Continue ReadingThe importance of the first minutes, hours and days of an injury
Sustaining an injury is commonplace in sport. What happens in the first few minutes, hours and days can play a big part in how well we recover. The injury needs to be diagnosed and understood, for example an ankle twisting …
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