Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is very, very common with nearly 50% of all work-related injuries linked to carpal tunnel syndrome. Fortunately, there are effective and evidence-based Carpal Tunnel syndrome exercises and conservative treatment that can help fix carpal tunnel pain and avoid surgery! (1) Firstly, what is carpal tunnel syndrome? The Carpal Tunnel is a […]
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Compression garments provide a means of providing external pressure to your muscles and so potentially stabilizing and supporting the underlying tissues. But are the claims backed up by results? Do compression socks help with circulation and blood flow? Or performance and recovery? It doesn’t take much for a new trend to start – particularly when elite
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I am often asked about how to heal faster, so here is the answer. It isn’t a magic bullet but through mechanotherapy, you can heal faster, and stronger. In the clinic, it is sometimes blindingly obvious whether someone has been doing the exercises I asked of them or not. If they have, they are getting
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For years, myofascial release has been used by massage therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths to improve mobility and function and more recently self myofascial release have been utilized to improve recovery and boost healing times through self-treatment at home. Self myofascial release is becoming a common prescription for patients and something that is now all over the internet
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If I had to pick one question that I am most often asked when treating patients is, what are muscle knots? And what causes them? And fair enough too, I would be asking some serious questions too if someone told me that I had some kind of ball of tissue within my muscle… That’s not
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I am very excited to announce that we have just published a book! It’s a small, easy to read and very helpful Ebook. This has been a work in progress for some time, as there is always something that takes priority right? Well it is here now and full of great content to keep your
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Kneecap pain, often called Patellofemoral pain, is very common in the active population and can be around, behind or above the knee cap. It affects a lot of people with knee cap pain making up 8-33% of all knee injuries, which even though this is a large range, is still a lot either way! It can be
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You might be thinking I’ve gone mad and your mouse is sliding towards closing the tab… but using the Flippy, Floppy and Stiffy principle is actually a brilliant way of preventing injury! It has been used for some time among physiotherapists to group patients simply and effectively and has nothing to do with anyone’s nether regions! In fact,
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