The number one thing we hear at initial consultations and first-time assessments, as physiotherapists, is how long the patient has had the pain or been trying to manage the pain. It often sounds like an apology for calling – as if they are weak for not being able to handle the pain without a physiotherapist. […]
Understand the evidence of your Musculoskeletal Condition Due to the ever expanding internet we are now able to find out so much more about a condition or pain that we are experiencing. it is far easier than the days of having to go to a library with a specific question and searching through text books for […]
What is Mallet Finger? Mallett finger is an injury to the long extensor tendon of the finger. This is the tendon that runs along the back of the finger to help us straighten our finger to reach around something before we grip it. This allows us to straighten the final bone in our fingers fully […]
Throughout our lifetime we will all experience pain at some point. We will have periods of time when we might get ill and feel horrible in ourselves. Pain or illness can be upsetting and make us feel rubbish. Usually this will pass within a short time span and we can then return to our usual […]
Muscles make us move. It’s as simple as that. Well, not really that simple, but the way that muscles can work and how they provide us with the huge number of different movements we are able to do is quite amazing. Muscles are highly vascular (have a great blood supply) – how is this helpful? […]
There are many benefits to walking and it can even help with your niggling aches and pains. That is of course, if you do it properly! If you have pain or were previously injured, even an injury from many, many years ago, do you realise that you may still be walking with an altered gait […]
Proprioception is the body’s awareness of a stimulus relating to, “position, motion and equilibrium”[1]. Proprioceptors, the receptors that are located in our joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments and connective tissue, and inform our brain where that bodily part is and how it’s moving. When we sustain an injury, or if we have a neurological condition, the […]
1. Get Some Sleep Take ear plugs – helps to block out noise – also noise cancelling earphones available to buy (good price on amazon) Take an eye mask – blocks out sunbeams reacting with the clouds Take a spare top or blanket – hard to sleep if feeling cold Take a U shaped […]
The quadriceps muscles are the large muscles at the front of the thigh. There are four of them, hence quad. Because they pass over both the front of the hip joint and also the knee joint, the quadriceps muscle group can act to bend (flex) the hip and also to straighten (extend) the knee. They also […]
Are you suffering from swelling after an injury or operation? So often people struggling after an injury or operation with persistent swelling. This swelling can cause all sorts of problems both in the short term where it can switch off muscles and cause a lot of pain, and also in the longer term where it […]