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Better Recovery for BACK PAIN Patients
Get patient's to take an active role in their physiotherapy treatment programme to achieve a better recovery.
Lifestyle changes of exercise & diet should be tried first
Exercise and diet changes should be tried first before resorting to medication therapy for patients at high risk of heart attacks or strokes
Shoulders benefit from HANDS-ON Physio!
Shoulders seem to respond better and the benefit last longer when treated with manual therapy compared to injection therapy.
National BackCare Awareness Week 6th-12th October
Approaches to help prevent or alleviate BACK PAIN
Report from Fit to Work Coalition
Physiotherapists are to encourage their patients with musculoskeletal disorders to learn to self-manage their conditions and symptoms better.
Drinking Milk May Slow The Progression of Knee Arthritis
Exercise, diet and weight control are all useful to limit the onset and progression of arthritis.
Exercise May reduce Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Exercises will help to keep joints moving, maintain and strengthen the muscles to provide a healthier body reducing the stress and strain on problematic joints.
Overweight Children are at risk of developing Asthma
Encourage children to eat healthly and be active to try to minimise the risk of developing this life threatening condition ASTHMA.
The relationship between WAISTLINES and DIABETES
The risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes is related to the size of your waistline
Physio's MUST help overweight patients to deal with their problems
Physiotherapists can help overweight patients by Ask, Advise & Assist
"Doing Sport Differently" & "Want to get into Sport"
2 new booklets have been published encouraging people to participate in sport irrespective of their ability or disability.
BMJ confirms the benefits of Physiotherapy for Parkinson's patients
A recent review confirms the benefits and effectiveness of Physiotherapy for Parkinson's Patients
So that's why Olympic Stars are covered in sticky tape
Did you or did you not wonder why so many of the athletes were wearing brightly coloured sticky tape and what it was all for?
It is in fact kinesiology tape used to treat musculoskeletal injuries, but what does it do, and does it really work?
How Pilates Can Make Your Bad Back Worse
The article written in the Daily Mail on June 19, 2012, shows just how important finding the most suitably trained therapist for each individual is.
I can highly recommend my physiotherapist as a very professional, competent and caring person ... My treatment for back pain has been very successful and I am now pain free
I can highly recommend my physiotherapist as a very professional, competent and caring person. They were reliable, knowledgeable and had a very empathetic manner. My treatment for back pain has been very successful and I am now pain free.
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