8 Ways To Reduce Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
We’ve all had it… That moment you wake up in the morning after your first session back exercising. You tentatively walk down the stairs feeling like your muscles aren't going to carry you on account of the severe muscle pain in your thighs. For a brief period you...
5 Things To Do Tomorrow Morning To Make Sure You Start The Day Right
Do you ever wake up and feel like it’s going to be a slow start or that you are going to feeling 'groggy' for the rest of the day? Or feel like until it gets to about 11am you don’t want to talk to anyone or do much?! Well, it turns out that there are some scientific...
5 Ways To Start Running (even if you’ve never ran before)
"Running is bad for your knees". I hear this all the time. For some people, this is true. But for the majority, running is proven to reduce rates of knee arthritis. So if running is good for you then what are you waiting for? Often people don’t know where to start,...
7 Ways To Avoid Back Pain While Gardening
If you have back pain which ‘flares up’ with certain activities like hoovering, gardening or driving for long periods then you are not alone. This week a number of our clients have been emailing with questions about how to garden back pain free. Raking the leaves,...
5 Reasons Why YouTube Exercises Will Not ‘Fix’ Your Back Pain
If you’ve got back pain, stiffness or an ache - surfing the internet for a solution is normally one of the first things you do. And with YouTube, you’ve got 1000s of video to choose from all claiming to have the ‘No. 1 cure for back pain with a 20s stretch!’ or...
“My knees can predict the weather!” 5 Ways To Stop Cold Weather Causing Knee Stiffness
Wouldn’t it be nice to live somewhere hot where the sun was shining all year round? Have you ever noticed that during the warmer months and while you are on holiday somewhere hot you tend to find that any aches or pains that you are living with seem to go away and...
Let’s Talk About Posture: What I Learned From Interviewing A Catwalk Model
“I think it’s my posture...” I hear this a lot in the treatment room. From professional footballers, to busy Mums, to the over 80’s. As a physio you refer to the scientific research to see if there is any evidence on posture with things like back pain. The question...
Back Pain: Walk This Way
When back pain makes it hard to enjoy a walk out with friends, or prevents you from being able to enjoy a stroll with your partner it can be very frustrating. For a lot of my patients, being able to walk around with friends for the afternoon without their back hurting...
3 Tips For Travelling With Back Pain
Travelling for work or pleasure with back pain can be a nightmare. A lot fo the time, the things you have to do involve long periods of sitting, lifting, and sleeping in uncomfortable hotel beds. If you work involves lots of travel or if your going on holiday this...
3 Tips For Exercising With Back Pain
When you’ve got back pain and you want to get back in to some regular exercise you want to be sure you are not going to make anything worse. The good news is that exercising is proven to help improve your recovery and reduce pain. Patients often ask: “What is safe to...