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Useful physiotherapy articles

Physiotherapy helps people improve movement, strength and function after injury, surgery or when living with pain or long-term conditions. Treatment is usually active and goal-led, combining assessment with exercises and practical strategies.

Physios may also use hands-on techniques, education and pacing plans to help you return to activity safely.

Stuart Wardle

Why Does My Back Hurt? Identifying the Culprits Behind Your Pain

Posted by Stuart Wardle Physiotherapy

Back pain is an all-too-common issue that can significantly disrupt daily life, turning simple activities into debilitating challenges. If you're struggling with a nagging ache or restrictive pain, identifying why it's happening is the crucial first step towards lasting relief.…

Kevin Davies

Bio Resonance Therapy for Chronic Health Conditions

Posted by Kevin Davies Physiotherapy

Bio Resonance Therapy for Chronic Health Conditions If you’re currently wracked with a chronic health condition, then I’d like to tell you a true story about hope. Hope that could reduce, maybe even eliminate some of those conditions faster than…

Tim Humphries

Sciatica

Posted by Tim Humphries Physiotherapy

Sciatica Sciatica is a term that is used to describe leg pain that radiates from the low back area, although the actual cause of this can vary. Key Considerations A ‘true’ sciatica occurs when one of the spinal discs (the…

Tim Humphries

Physiotherapy and Pain

Posted by Tim Humphries Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy and Pain The most common reason for people seeing a Chartered Physiotherapist is pain. This can be of sudden onset resulting from an injury, for example, or commonly for no apparent reason. The problem with pain that ‘just came…

Tim Humphries

Low Back Pain - a physiotherapy perspective

Posted by Tim Humphries Physiotherapy

Low Back Pain – a physiotherapy perspective Low back pain is something that most adults will experience at some point in their lives. For some it may be a mild episode lasting a few days and others severe and lasting…

Tim Humphries

Tissue Repair and Inflammation

Posted by Tim Humphries Physiotherapy

Tissue Repair and Inflammation When we sustain an injury, whether through a traumatic event or a repetitive strain, the body responds to that event with pain and inflammation. Pain is the first sign that something is not right and it…

Jenny Swan

How to train for a Walking Marathon from SCRATCH!

Posted by Jenny Swan Physiotherapy

HOW TO TRAIN FOR A WALKING MARATHON FROM SCRATCH – Part 1My client base is wide and varied – some come in for maintenance massage, some for Personal Training, Pilates Instruction or rehabilitation exercise – most come with some sort…

Richard Clarke

Physiotherapy at the World Transplant Games

Posted by Richard Clarke Physiotherapy

The World Transplant Games will be taking place in Mar Del Plata, Argentina from 23rd to 30th August, involving approx 1000 competitors from over 50 countries. During a week of intense competition in a variety of different sports, the UK…