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...
Physiotherapy
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...
Sports Massage Special Offer
Sports Massage 3 for 2! For a limited time only we are offering 3 for the price of 2 on Sports Massage at Spinal Physio with our Sports Massage Therapist Sam Hills. Sam is a Level 5 Soft Tissue Therapist with a BSc (Hons) in Sports and Exercise Science. He...
Get ahead of the new years resolutions
Will next year be any different? So it's coming up to Christmas. For some (probably most) it's a time of indulgence. Christmas parties, Christmas dinners, Chocolate, Alcohol and every excuse under the frosty sky to stay inside and sit on the sofa. The new year...
Do you have a high pain threshold?
Pain is an essential part of life. We are all going to experience it and we all have our own unique relationship with pain. Do you have a high pain threshold or a low pain threshold or is there even such a thing? We've all heard the clichés. Women have a higher pain...
Take the pain out of travelling
It's holiday season and that time of year when those of us lucky enough to be able to go on holiday swap the commute to work or the school run for a drive to the airport or a road trip. Travelling can be a real pain but the simple tips below might just take some of...
10 Super Simple Exercises Everyone Should Know
As the days start off darker and the nights have become longer we naturally start to feel like hibernating and can easily get lethargic. It's important however to fight the urge to do nothing. There is no one size fits all exercise routine but here are 10 simple...
Is an Olympic attitude just for athletes?
It's the start of another year and the gyms and streets are awash with people keen to get fit. This is the year they are going to do it, they tell themselves, and there is plenty of huffing and puffing out there at the moment. Unfortunately experience tells us that...
Testimonials
Here are some of the things patients have had to say about our clinic and are happy for us to share with you.