Pregnancy & Women’s Health
We have physiotherapists and osteopaths with extensive post graduate experience in Women's Health, including treating ante and post natal women. Whether you are looking for a massage or specific injury advice then you will be in safe hands.
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Disc Problems
Disc injuries cover a whole spectrum of problems including disc degeneration, disc prolapse and a disc bulge, all in varying levels of severity. Minor injuries will feel like a localized ache over the spine; more severe injuries cause intense pain and immobility, with pain, pins and needles, numbness and/or weakness...
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Knee Fat Pad Irritation
The knee fat pad sits just behind and to the sides of the patella (knee cap) tendon, below the patella. The fat pad can be tender to touch and can be enlarged, puffy or inflamed.It can be irritated by sudden or uncontrolled extension, i.e. straightening of the knee and if...
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Headaches and ‘Migraines’
The nerves and blood vessels that exit through the neck supply the head, so headaches can be caused by neck problems. We see many patients whose long standing headaches or migraines we have successfully treated with hands on treatment of the neck and corrective exercises for the neck and shoulders.
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Plantar Fascitis (pain sole of foot)
If the sole of your foot is tender to touch, particularly under the heel, and the pain came on gradually, you may have plantar fasciitis.It is often more painful first thing in the morning and can become very severe the longer you are on your feet. Plantar-fascitis is damage and...
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Lateral Ankle Sprain
The most common ankle sprain is of the outside of the ankle – twisting it on an uneven surface or with a sudden turn or fall during sport (or in the pub!) This results in sudden pain in the outside of the ankle, swelling, increased temperature and, if severe, difficulty...
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Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
This is often painful through the middle of the range of movement as you take your arm out to the side and then up to above your head. Try this test – stop as soon as you feel pain: stand with your arms out in front of you as if...
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Common Injuries
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Hip and groin: biomechanical optimisation, exercises, post-op rehab
The following advice is designed for you to work through with your physiotherapist so it is important that you DO NOT try and do it alone. Hence why there is some juicy physiotherapy lingo in there!
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Sitting posture
Sitting posture at work, at home or in the car is a major cause or cure of pain in the back, shoulders, neck, arms and knees. Please scroll down to the bottom for specific advice on how to adjust your posture in the car to avoid or reduce pain. Sitting...
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Train shoulder posture
Please click here to read how the shoulder works before reading the following. It is essential to reposition the shoulder joint correctly, which you must do under the guidance of a physiotherapist to make sure you dont do more damage. The most common incorrect position is the shoulderblade being held...
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Train serratus anterior and shoulder stability
Please click here to read how to train shoulder posture and click here to read how the shoulder works before reading the following. The serratus anterior muscle is commonly weak. An indication of this is if your shoulder blade looks like it is winging at the back.
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Breathing and relaxation training
Many spinal, hip and shoulder problems can be helped by retraining breathing habits and releasing the structures involved in breathing, such as the diaphragm and thoracic spine.
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Hip, pelvis, back wiggle exercise video – dancing physio
Wiggle away your back pain, hip pain or groin pain with this dance or Zumba based physio exercise video. Hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it. Make sure you see a physio to properly diagnose and treat any pain or injury. Get in touch...
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Exercises
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