Physiotherapy

28 Jan The Importance of Rehab (and Prehab)!

Posted at 00:00h in Elbow & Wrist Pain, Foot & Ankle Pain, Knee Pain, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Shoulder Pain, Sports Injury Rehabilitation by jaijo 0 Comments

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  Nothing is more enjoyable than running those extra miles on the road or working hard at the gym. Even getting out for a daily walk or a round of golf can be the tonic for modern life. However, to do these activities we must be...

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18 Jan The three Rs!

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

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  [caption id="attachment_851" align="alignright" width="300"] Joints in the lumbar spine can radiate pain through the back, and into the glutes and thighs[/caption] Patients usually come to see us here at Openhealth because they're in pain. Our job as therapists is to understand the root cause of that...

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08 Jan Are You Ski Fit?

Posted at 00:00h in Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation by jaijo 0 Comments

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  We are now well into the ski season, and more and more patients are telling us of upcoming ski holidays. So we thought it would be worth pointing out a few things that might help! Skiing is great exercise, and has a huge following. Yet...

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09 May Life is Cruel……. Thank God for Surgeons & Technology

Posted at 00:00h in Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation, Uncategorized by jaijo 0 Comments

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I shadowed surgery last week, a hip revision. That is a replacement hip for a failed replacement hip. What made it worse was that the patient concerned was only in his mid 40s and had already had the hip on the other side replaced previously! The...

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23 Jan 150 minutes of exercise per week – Realistic?

Posted at 00:00h in Osteopathy, Physiotherapy by jaijo 0 Comments

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Pleased to read about the researchers who are claiming the Health Department's aim for of two and a half hours of exercise per week (especially for older people) is unrealistic. I'm not pleased with their findings particularly, it is only 20 minutes of activity per day...

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03 Jun Pain – Men & Women – It’s the same right?

Posted at 00:00h in Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation, Uncategorized by jaijo 0 Comments

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Interesting research article recently looking at pain perceptions in both Men and Women. In the past, there has been some conflicting research on the subject, but this seems to have been a little different. It was based on 10,000 people who had had cardiac or abdominal...

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17 Oct The Right Equipment!

Posted at 00:00h in Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Massage Therapy, Uncategorized by jaijo 0 Comments

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Just wanted to share with you the importance of having the right "Gear". Regular readers of this blog will know that last weekend, Team Openhealth entered into the Palace to Palace bike ride. Cycling is one of those wonderful/expensive (delete as appropriate) hobbies, that you can...

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07 Oct Palace to Palace Bike Ride – 14th October 2012

Posted at 00:00h in Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Massage Therapy by jaijo 0 Comments

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Nothing medical this week, purely self promotion! An interesting mix of 8 fit/unfit, practitioners/ patients, young and old(ish) Friends of Openhealth are embarking on a 45 mile ride next weekend for the benefit of the Prince's Trust Charity. If I'm honest, this Charity came in to...

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15 Sep Sports Teachers Beware!

Posted at 00:00h in Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation by jaijo 0 Comments

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Now we are into the Autumn and the schools have gone back, want to share a concern we have here at Openhealth. With the start of the school football, rugby, hockey and netball matches we are beginning to see the usual wide variety of musculo-skeletal...

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05 Sep Metabolic Fitness.

Posted at 00:00h in Nutrition Therapy, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Rehabilitation by jaijo 0 Comments

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Interesting bit of research out of the US today. The study of 43,000 subjects looked for increased health risks in obese people. Obvious, right? Actually no! Body size and/or weight issues do not automatically lead to increased cardio-vascular and other health disease. This is where "Metabolic...

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