Apr 5, 2019 | Exercise, Health and Well-being, Prevention
On a daily basis we deal with people who have aches and pains or who are injured. One over-riding component that contributes to a lot of the problems we see is a LACK OF STRENGTH in the individual. Think about it, if you sit all day at work, your muscles...
Feb 13, 2019 | Exercise, Health and Well-being
A recent study into physical activity in adults found that 26% of females and 19% of males were ‘physically inactive’. Physical inactivity is described as doing less than 30 minutes of exercise a week and is a contributing risk factor for multiple causes of death,...
Oct 3, 2018 | Health and Well-being, Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is a series of exercises performed in water often lead by a qualified Physiotherapist, with the aim of providing a therapeutic benefit. How does it work? As hydrotherapy is performed in water, the increased buoyancy and reduced load bearing on the joints...
Oct 3, 2018 | Injury Management, Neck pain, Prevention
What are muscle knots? Muscle knots, also known as trigger points, simply describe an area of muscle fibres that have become tight and contracted at rest. In healthy muscle tissue, muscles fibres should contract with activity and relax during a period of rest. When...
Jan 24, 2018 | Injury Management, Shoulder
Let’s talk about shoulder pain, the one thing that gets on most people’s nerves because they don’t know what to do about it and think it’s just something they have to get on with day in, day out… Meet Mike for example… Mike’s a long-standing patient of mine, and...