Ankle sprains. It’s a biggie. For sporting types and those how don’t too. Over half of ankle sprains happen in sport. Which is a lot. But that also means just less the 50% happen to the less sporting part of the population. In fact some of the more serious ankle sprains we see occur in…
Words like apocalypse and Armageddon spring to mind! We’ve had to shut the clinic. We’re not saving lives. By continuing to work we would be endangering them. It’s a no brainer… despite what our insurance company might say! As a team of dedicated Physiotherapists and Sports Therapists we’re well used to helping people stay physically…
Hamstrings get tight and you stretch them to loosen them right? Err well no. It really, really isn’t that straightforward. In this Blog we’ll be taking a whole mind and body exploration of all reasons that hamstrings get tight and then discuss if it’s appropriate for you to actually stretch them. This Blog is for…
So why on earth would a Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy clinic be talking about mindfulness? Jumping on the band wagon perhaps? Well the honest truth is that we’re just trying to spread extra joy into the world one person at a time. No really. Our regular readers will be familiar (and possibly bored of!) my…
This post could be construed as a Sports Therapist jumping on the mindfulness band wagon. I promise it’s not. This shift to a more mindful focus is more about helping people in any which way we can to better deal with their physical problems. 15 years of personal and professional experience tells me that if…
You know how sometimes you discover something and it blows your mind. Well today’s Blog is all about that in relation to anxiety. We’ve been helping people with the physical symptoms of anxiety at the clinic for many years. But what if we told you anxiety is an entirely physical condition?! That’s a game changer…
Following on from last months post – Physiotherapy vs Surgery – we delve into a little more detail into specific conditions to help you decide if surgery is the right way forwards. Either now, or in the future. For each condition I’ll give an opinion as to whether the many surgeries I have seen over the…
Quite literally the million, or even billion, dollar question. When should you have surgery and when should you avoid it like the plague? Physiotherapists and surgeons frequently work together to help people recover from their injuries. But at the heart of this relationship is a conflict. One group of professionals are doing everything they can…
This months Blog has been inspired by our older generation of client. 15 years ago when I first became a Sports Therapist I couldn’t have envisioned taking so much joy from helping old dears be able to walk to the shops and back. Fundamentally if we want to move better, whether that’s sport or just…
Over the years we’ve seen countless rotator cuff injuries across both our clinics. Some respond well to some simple strengthening exercises. Yet others refuse to get any better. Some even get worse when you try to strengthen them. Why would this be?In this article we give you the benefit of our experience looking beyond the…