Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects the bones, cartilage, and other tissues in the joints. It is a common condition that can cause pain, stiffness, and difficulty moving the affected joint. One of the most common misconceptions about osteoarthritis is that exercise is harmful and should be avoided. This is not the case.…
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With the arrival of the New Year, many people set resolutions to become healthier and increase their fitness levels. Setting health and fitness goals can be a great way to increase your motivation leading into a new year, however, with your newfound motivation levels there can be some risks of becoming injured which could quickly…
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As primary contact clinicians, physiotherapists are often the first port of call for clients with acute injuries. Just as equally they can be the first clinician someone seeks help from with a persistent pain problem. Either way, the days of private clients needing a referral from a medical practitioner to see a physiotherapist are in…
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Are you currently injured or have you recently been injured? Do you get annoying niggles? Do you have a history of injuries? If you answered yes to any of the questions above than you may be able to relate to the concept of the dreaded injury roundabout. Unfortunately for many people after they experience one…
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As we can all attest to, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with challenges we never thought we’d have to face in our lifetimes. Certainly, one challenge I did not take to very kindly. was the challenge of maintaining a “normal” training schedule or routine. With restricted outdoor exercise time, LGA/radius restrictions, closures of gyms…
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As a physiotherapist I spend a large part of my clinical sessions with clients setting and working towards goals. When I say goals, I mean the client’s goals and not my goals for them as it is very easy as a clinician to assume and push your own goals onto the client. Everyone’s goals are…
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Your recent back imaging shows disc degeneration, that does not mean you will get ongoing lower back pain. All too often patients will present, very worried, with a story that they have had imaging on the lower back and there is disc degeneration-I am doomed to a life of lower back pain. A…
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I have been a physiotherapist for 35 years and reflect that in my early years, I peddled the consistent of advice that protecting your back with good posture, always sitting up straight and perhaps using a pillow behind your back were useful for lower back pain. The incidence of lower back pain is the number…
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