C-section is one of the most common major abdominal surgeries carried out, with many babies being delivered in this way every day. During pregnancy, there are many biomechanical changes that occur and many women experience, back, hip or pelvic girdle pain. Some of these issues can carry...
Bursae are small, fluid filled sack structures naturally occurring in many places around the body. Bursae provide a cushion between tendons and bones or extra padding where required! Occasionally bursae can become inflamed and irritated and cause pain and difficulty moving (bursitis). Common sites for this to occur...
As a physiotherapist, I observe people walking and looking intensely on their phones on a daily basis. This practice can cause all sorts of problems, ranging from the mundane to the bizarre. Let’s start with the mundane. The most obvious issue with using your phone while you...
We are here to help you quickly and avoid long waiting lists. As a medical facility we are treating patients hands on in the clinic with protection and PPE. This has been in place since reopening after the last lockdown. We are doing COVID...
Most people are already aware, carrying excess weight can have a negative impact on your health. Being overweight or obese can increase your risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers. So how does this relate to physiotherapy? There are several different issues around weight that...
As a physiotherapist we spend a lot of time teaching people how to breathe. This may sound silly, because we breathe all day every day to stay alive, but it is actually very important to breathe well. When we see people who are in a lot of...
Physiotherapists spend a great deal of time discussing pain, it is a very complex subject, and some aspects can be very difficult to wrap ones head around. As physiotherapists, when we assess a patient, we tend to look at other areas other than where the pain...
Over the last 20 months physiotherapists have been dealing with the effects of the home office working life. At the beginning of the first lockdown, we noticed that there was an increase in “desk related injuries”, which were mostly due to poor desk set up and...
Back pain and sciatica are both very common problems but tend to be a great source of worry and anxiety. Back pain and sciatica can be very severe in nature and can often cause difficulty moving, sleeping or getting comfortable even when sitting still. However, severe pain...
It's so lovely to see you all in the clinic and although there has been an easing of the government regulations we are still maintaining most of our COVID precautions. As a small family business it would be so very difficult to have to close...
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