5 Quick Stretches When You’re Short Of Time A post exercise routine of stretching is ideal, but when trying to fit running and stretching into a busy schedule, the latter often gets left out. Try stretching even if it’s hours after the exercise. Let’s say, you train in the morning and can’t stretch afterward…
What is Dry Needling? Dry needling is a therapeutic technique using filament needles to release trigger points, which are taut bands in muscles. Dry needling is sometimes referred to as Western Acupuncture. How can dry needling be used? These taut bands can be a source of pain both locally and referred. Common examples are “knots”…
Tips On Staying Active This Christmas Christmas can be a difficult time to navigate when it comes to exercise. Even if fitness is important to you, it can sometimes be difficult to pry yourself away from the paté, put down the glass of red and get outside into the elements. Worry not, your friends…
Referred Pain And You Pain is a complex sensation and in some cases occurs in an area of the body that is not the first site of the problem. This is known as referred pain. For example, It might seem strange, where we may feel the pain, it may not be coming directly from…
Some Myths Surrounding Physiotherapy Explained……. With many aspects of health and fitness, it is inevitable that the truth can be twisted and myths can arise in relation to certain things. Physiotherapy is no different with what people know and what people expect often differing from fact. Below we have broken down some common myths for…
Now with a diagnosis and a strategy plan, we will implement different techniques to increase your movement and reduce tightness to get you ‘sliding and gliding’ again. Passive Treatments Called passive because the aim is to have you in a relaxed position, allowing the therapist to make changes with their hands. As movement can be painful…
As we spoke about throughout our blog series on shoulder pain in part one (here) and two (here), getting a thorough assessment and diagnosis is key to getting your shoulder working and pain free. So here’s what you can expect from your first appointment at PhysioCare. When you arrive will be greeted with a friendly smile…
Why can’t I slide and glide? Most likely it is one of these two things that is causing your shoulder pain. As complicated as the shoulder can be, you can keep it simple by breaking it down into two straightforward things. Either the problem is the part that moves the shoulder (contractile structures) or the…
If you are one of the many people who get sharp pains when lifting your arm up over your head, you may think it is just a weakness or instability. It is a bit more complicated than that. So let me break it down. How does it work? The shoulder is a fascinating joint. It…