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Back Pain
Your CEO Self
Your CEO self. Juggling the whole work life balance isn’t simple and when we get this wrong one of the things likely to happen is your pain system speaks up to let you know that something needs to change. A back pain flare up, another headache, increasing aches and...
Beware the bank holiday
With the first of three bank holidays this month just passed, physio clinics up and down the country are busy with a spike in acute back, neck and shoulder pain. Why? Very often the narrative of those presenting with their sudden injury is that they moved wrong in...
The purpose of pain
It's easy to see pain as a negative thing. A threat to your wellbeing, a sign that something is wrong. In pain, you feel vulnerable, fragile, fearful. But what is the purpose of pain. Is it really a bad thing? Consider for a moment what it would be like if you didn't...
The 5 Biggest Back Pain Myths
After 25 years as a physiotherapist I’ve seen the whole spectrum of back problems. One of the biggest problems however is a patients understanding or belief as to why they hurt their back in the first place. Anyone who has been following these blogs over the years...
Modern life is painful and here’s why.
All too often I hear people try to separate pain out into physical or emotional pain. Worse still people with persistent pain sometimes wonder if they are imagining their pain, especially if they have had many failed treatments in the past and wonder if the pain is...
Mechanism of injury
How often have you woken up with a stiff neck or back and concluded that you must have slept wrong? It makes sense doesn't it. You went to bed fine and you woke up unable to turn your head. It must be down to how you slept. Well, most likely it's not the whole story....
Lessons in lockdown
As certain restrictions are eased and we start anticipating what life might be like over the coming months we've had a chance to analyse the impact of lockdown on the injury profiles we've been dealing with throughout this period. Typically as a clinic we deal with...
Covid-19 Face to face appointments
Following the governments update on the 10th of May and new guidelines from The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy we can offer face to face consultations if deemed appropriate. In all cases a video consultation must be carried out in the first instance to establish...
Testimonials
Here are some of the things patients have had to say about our clinic and are happy for us to share with you.