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...
A Pain In The Neck! 3 Reasons Why Your Neck Pain Isn’t Getting Better
For people who struggle with neck pain on a daily basis, enjoying the simple things in life can become a real challenge. Office workers, athletes and people who have physical jobs, neck pain is something that can come on gradually over time and flare up from time to...
5 Myths When It Comes To Ending Knee Pain
There is a lot of gossip in the world of knee pain. Everyone seems to be an expert right? Magazines, YouTube vloggers and newspaper ads claim to have the "cure" for knee pain. Unfortunately, getting long term relief from knee pain isn't as easy as some people claim....
The 3 Best Foods To Reduce The Effects Of Knee Arthritis (And Other Types Of Arthritis)
Wouldn’t it be great if you could slow down the effects of ageing on your body? Well, it turns out that one way to do that is just by eating the right foods... ... Health-conscious people are always on the look out for new ways to stave off unwanted ailments that put...