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Muscle ‘knots’ and how to treat them

Muscle ‘knots’ and how to treat them

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...
Easy Ways To Ease Shoulder Pain That Keeps You Up Late At Night

Easy Ways To Ease Shoulder Pain That Keeps You Up Late At Night

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...
Why people aged 50+ are more prone to injuries at Christmas (and what to do about it!)

Why people aged 50+ are more prone to injuries at Christmas (and what to do about it!)

Dec 8, 2017 | Health and Well-being, Injury Management, Prevention

The Christmas season is fast approaching and with it comes things like office parties and family gatherings… Usually involving lots of alcohol, lots of food and chocolate and days sitting around on the sofa because it’s “too cold” to be outside. Now there’s nothing...
5 Easy Ways To Ease DIY Aches And Pains

5 Easy Ways To Ease DIY Aches And Pains

Aug 22, 2017 | Health and Well-being, Injury Management

I’ve lost count the number of times that patients have injured themselves doing DIY or gardening – Its so common. I’ve therefore put together some actionable tips for you – so muscle strains, and unexpected injuries don’t ruin your quality of life.  ...
Tendon Pain – What Causes It and How Do We Get It To Go Away?!

Tendon Pain – What Causes It and How Do We Get It To Go Away?!

Aug 8, 2017 | Injury Management, Sports Injuries

Tendon pain is a very common reason for people to come to see us in the clinic. Classically, everybody thinks about the Achilles tendon, as that is the most famous. But, often shoulder pain is caused by problems with the rotator cuff tendons; tennis and golfers elbow...
Eating for bone strength and recovery from injury

Eating for bone strength and recovery from injury

Nov 15, 2016 | Health and Well-being, Injury Management, Nutrition, Prevention

There can be many different reasons for bones to fracture, for example osteoporosis characterised by a low impact fracture with no obvious damage to skin or tissues. Or a high energy impact fracture which would be characterised by an open trauma wound, with the crack...
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