Knee Pain?
Patellofemoral Pain A big long word that means pain around your knee cap / back of the knee whilst weight bearing. Walking up and down stairs, kneeling, squatting, walking uphill or sitting for prolonged periods. Sound...
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Your Guide To Neck Pain
Pain in the neck is just that, a pain in the bloody neck! In this guide I’ll talk through the obvious things to do if you’re struggling. The slightly less obvious and the rare things I...
Why Mindset Is Important In Rehabilitation
Imagine this. You probably have clothes against your skin; you may have a watch on or glasses. Your brain doesn’t constantly remind you that you’re wearing them because it tunes out the sensory input. It has...
Are Your Feet Flip Flop Ready?
Did you know your foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints and more than one hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments? That is a lot going on! The articulations of all of these can change forces above and alter pain...
Re Thinking Your Elbow Pain
Will Stretching, Manual Therapy or Taping Make Things Worse? Take an ice pack (or bag of peas) and press it against the painful part of your elbow. You only need to do this for 10 seconds....
When And When Not To Stretch
Stretching is something that is often widely thought to be needed in all rehabilitation programs. I rarely get people to stretch, well at least not in the conventional hold for 60 seconds whilst one end of...
The Number One Thing Present In Long Term Pain
The number one thing I see very consistently in cases of long-term pain is vagus nerve down regulation. The vagus nerve has become more prominent in rehabilitation which has moved on from purely movement-based therapy. Pain...
Show Your Body Some Love This February
Obviously, February is the month of love, so I thought I’d discuss matters of the heart… anatomical matters that is. If you’re concerned at all about your heart health then head straight to your GP, but...
If You’re In Pain Consider These New Years Resolutions
90% of New Years resolutions have fallen come the 31st of January, often because they’re too challenging, unattainable or not something you enjoy. If you have been suffering from pain of any kind however, I am...
10 Positive Things That Have Happened To Me In 2021
In what has been an odd year for all of us and with some potentially troubling times ahead, I’ve decided to reflect on a couple of things that have been really positive for me in 2021...
