Running Injuries and Prevention With the marathon season upon us . . . . . . it is important to make sure you finish the race injury free. Running can place high demands on the body leading to stressed tissues resulting in injuries. Common injuries encountered during running include overuse injuries, muscle tears, plantar fascitis…
Running and Knee Pain – We Can Help With the Dublin City marathon only two weeks away, all of the hard training you have done will be coming to an end. You’re probably heading into your tapering stages and beginning to prepare from a nutritional point of view. With all the miles of training you…
‘Carbo-loading’ or carbohydrate loading is a phrase that most runners will have heard of and for a lot of novice runners this may translate as a pasta party the night before your race. Have you ever really considered exactly why it is so important to load up on complex carbohydrates before a long distance run?…
Older People’s Day 2016 October 1st marks older peoples day 2016 and an initiative by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy to “celebrate the achievements of and contribution older people make to society” and highlight “the role of physiotherapy in enabling older people to remain healthy and independent.” Indeed both statements are true. The older generation…
World Physiotherapy Day 2016 – Add Life to Years World Physiotherapy Day 2016 takes place on Thursday 8th September and the theme this year is ‘Add Life to Years.’ This theme means to highlight how Physiotherapy Treatment and Exercise Therapy can add to the quality of life of the older patient by keeping them active and…
The physical activities involved with sports can have a high impact on the body. As a result of this, it is no surprise that bodily injuries and conditions arise due to sporting injuries; so much so that some injuries are named after them i.e. swimmer’s shoulder. Physiotherapy treatment can help those with sports injuries to…
Arthritis – How PhysioCare Can Help You Information: Arthritis (also known as osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease) is the oft times painful ‘wear and tear’ of joint. Associated symptoms and sources of discomfort can include an overgrowth of bone (osteophytes), narrowing of the joint space, sclerosis or hardening of bone at the joint surface and…
How Exercise Therapy Can Help You Exercise therapy is a proven and researched method to treat many physical conditions such as arthritis, back pain, sports injuries and more. Research has shown that getting the body moving is a huge factor when it comes to the rehabilitation of injuries and conditions – this is known as…
Arthritis and Appointment Waiting Times A recent survey by Arthritis Ireland uncovered that appointment waiting times to be treated for the condition are not getting any quicker. Specifically focusing on adolescent arthritis as part of their ‘Children with Arthritis Awareness Month’, the survey revealed that 32% of parents had been waiting six months or more…
Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD) or ‘Cervical Acceleration-Deceleration’ describes the mechanism of injury of the neck during a high velocity trauma. This happens when someone’s head moves forwards and then backwards quickly. This quick back and forth movement may cause injury to the neck. This is most commonly seen in car accidents but is also a…