back pain Tag

08 Apr Who needs maintenance?

Posted at 11:13h in Back Pain, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Massage Therapy, Uncategorized by Toby Pollard-Smith 0 Comments

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In this month's Blog, practice owner, and osteopath for 20+ years, Graeme Rider discusses a topic that regularly comes up in the clinic:   Is the concept of maintenance treatment for those in pain unethical? It’s interesting to consider the potential value of ‘maintenance’ in today’s world. Well firstly,...

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12 Jun Low Back Pain – Four Points to Consider

Posted at 15:51h in Back Pain, Health & Wellness, Injuries, Management of Injuries, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Pilates & Yoga, Sports Injury Rehabilitation by Toby Pollard-Smith 0 Comments

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Research around low back pain is changing. It’s no longer all about treatment techniques or new exercises but rather explores what we know about patients suffering from persistent back pain, and how they interact with the world around them. We thought it would be useful...

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14 Mar The Greatest Debate of them all – part 2: Heat

Posted at 13:56h in Acupuncture, Back Pain, Injuries, Management of Injuries, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Massage Therapy by Toby Pollard-Smith 0 Comments

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Following on from our recent blog about using ice to help injuries, it’s time to follow this up with the other side of the debate: heat. Thankfully, this topic is a bit simpler! For a simple start, heat is good for muscles. Specifically, it helps to soothe...

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24 Nov The Greatest Debate of Them All – part 1: Ice

Posted at 10:28h in Injuries, Management of Injuries, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation by Toby Pollard-Smith 0 Comments

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When patients come to us in pain, we want to know as much as possible about what has happened. One question we regularly ask is whether the patient has found anything that makes them feel better. We might prompt them with questions about whether heat...

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02 Oct Core Blimey – 7 Myths about your Core

Posted at 16:41h in Back Pain, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Pilates & Yoga, Sports Injury Rehabilitation by Toby Pollard-Smith 0 Comments

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Many of our patients, especially those with low back pain, are concerned that they have weak core muscles, and that weakness in this area has either contributed to their current pain or will predispose them to more pain in the future. This is a topic that...

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23 May The Most Dangerous Sport of Them All…

Posted at 14:07h in Uncategorized by Toby Pollard-Smith 0 Comments

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What are we talking about? Well, gardening, of course! Gardening injuries become increasingly common in the late spring as weeds are tackled, pots planted, and soil turned over, and we see plenty of gardening-induced low back, knee and shoulder injuries in the clinic as a...

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14 Feb 7 Problems with Imaging

Posted at 00:00h in Back Pain, Hip Pain, Neck Pain, Physiotherapy by jaijo 0 Comments

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To many people, imaging techniques seem to be the last word in finding out what is wrong with them. In many cases, such investigations, such as X-ray, CT and MRI, can indeed identify the cause of illness or disease, but when it comes to musculoskeletal...

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18 Nov Some Thoughts on Rotation

Posted at 00:00h in Elbow & Wrist Pain, Osteopathy, Shoulder Pain by jaijo 0 Comments

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One of the movements that our practitioners look at with a lot of our patients is the ability to rotate. Can you rotate when you need to? Or are you rotating too much when you shouldn't? Often, our patients tell us that they do some rotation...

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12 Aug It’s all about the Glutes

Posted at 00:00h in Hip Pain, Knee Pain by jaijo 0 Comments

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Maybe it’s just fashion, but current trends in manual therapy and rehab point towards the glutes as the root of many problems. Whether it’s low back pain, knee issues or shoulder problems, glute strength and activity often have a part to play. Why is this? [caption id="attachment_773"...

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15 Jul And breathe…

Posted at 00:00h in Acupuncture, Cranial Osteopathy, Pilates & Yoga by jaijo 0 Comments

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Breathing is, needless to say, rather important. We need to take air in so that the oxygen can be absorbed into our blood and delivered to our muscles, organs and brain. Once respiratory processes have completed, we then need to get rid of the waste...

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