Here’s a question that’s bound to come up during a course of treatment. Why is it that sometimes I do something and it doesn’t hurt and I think I’m getting better and then I do the same thing again and it hurts. Have I re-injured myself? Am I getting worse? In very...
Physiotherapy
Staying sharp during lockdown
We are now into our 4th week of lockdown and everyone is coming to terms with the new normal. There are challenges but there are also many positives. The weather has been great so we've been able to get some much needed sunshine to boost Vitamin D levels and encourage...
What to expect from an online consultation
It is most likely that it will be some time before we will be able to offer a normal face to face physiotherapy service but that doesn't mean you can't access our help and expertise. So what can you expect from a remote consultation? Here's how it works. Subjective...
Supplements. Do you need them?
Supplements - Is there any evidence? Increasingly nowadays I am being asked if there are any foods or supplements that would help a patients recovery from injury or in managing pain. There is a lot of noise out there but here is a brief summary of the things that...
Stress, Back Pain & The House of Health
You got through Christmas and by now you are probably back in your usual routine. This might also mean a whole host of new years resolutions, a reinvigorated will to make this year better than the last. There's lots of talk at present about gratitude and being...
Christmas availability
It's business as usual for all physios from now until the 23rd of December and Kevin will also be running a clinic on the morning of Christmas eve. The clinic is then closed until the 2nd of January. If you would like to book in before the celebrations begin, you can...
How to sit properly at your desk
Sixty Seven percent of people in Briton spend 20 hours a day either sitting down or lying down and 54% of those think they have an active lifestyle. We are getting more and more sedentary but believe we are active because we have busy lives, constantly checking our...
What tomatoes teach us about pain
Pain is clever. It learns. It is designed to protect us and is constantly analysing data to do so. Sometimes however it can do too good a job at protecting us and gives us unhelpful signals. So how does this happen and what do tomatoes have to do with it? As a child...
A thing or two about back pain
10,000 cases and counting I noticed just before new year that a new patient I was assessing was the ten thousandth case since the clinic moved to a computerised notes system in 2010. I looked back to case 1 and low and behold case 10,000 and case number 1 were both...
Testimonials
Here are some of the things patients have had to say about our clinic and are happy for us to share with you.