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The most popular question any physiotherapist will hear at their initial assessment with a new patient is, ‘how long will it take ...

How does it work having a physiotherapist visit you in your own home? During the booking process with Home Physio Group’s central ...

BBC Television Presenter & Programme Editor, Egon Cossou, combines a busy job whilst caring for his mother, who is blind, at her ...

Alex Reid is an English mixed martial artist (MMA), fighting under Bellator, BAMA and Cage Rage. He is also an actor, a personal trainer ...

Mr Francesc Malagelada is a fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising exclusively in the treatment of foot & ankle conditions. He is a ...

Omar Haddo is a Consultant in orthopaedics, shoulder, elbow, hand and wrists. He qualified in 1996 at St Bartholomew’s Medical School in London, ...

Surviving Covid-19 is one thing but recovering from it needs a lot of input from your medical team to get you there! ...

Did you know that daily moderate exercise can add as much as seven years on to your life???!!! We all know the ...

I came across this clip on the BBC website which I thought was absolutely brilliant. How else can we empathise more with ...

There are hundreds of different types of arthritis and related conditions. With Osteoarthritis (OA), the joints show signs of wear and tear, ...

Hip and knee replacements are common and highly successful operations that bring many people relief from pain and improved mobility. Thousands of these ...

“Core stability” is a buzzword regularly used by doctors and therapists. But do you actually know what it means and how to ...

COPD is the name for a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and some cases of chronic asthma. This umbrella term ...

It happens to everyone at least a few times. You get up and you feel the ache in your back, the sharp ...

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative condition whereby the brain becomes progressively damaged over many years. Problems with movement arise due to the ...

I see time and time again people who complain about painful necks, painful shoulders, painful backs, and they do not realise that ...

Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is an umbrella term for an overuse injury. Unlike a single incident such as a fall where you ...

A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of the brain suddenly gets cut off. It can be caused by a ...

Flat feet, or pes planus is a common problem affecting roughly 25% of the world’s population. Having low arches or even no ...

Pilates is an exercise system, which aims to work the body as a whole. By stretching and strengthening the muscles, working on ...

Whether you have been running for years or you have just picked up running as a new sport, one thing to think ...

Whiplash is a term used to describe a neck injury caused by a sudden movement of the head forwards, backwards or sideways. ...

Since 1992, Disability Awareness Day has been marked on a Sunday in July by the local authorities and charities across the UK. ...

Are you worried about your parents being discharged home following a prolonged hospital stay? After all it is a thought that runs ...

Older People’s Day is coming up on the 1st October 2020 and as a chartered physiotherapist I will be supporting it. People these ...

Robin Williams was one of many who fell to be a victim of smiling depression. It only came out after his death ...

We all know that dementia is on the rise worldwide due to our ageing population, but what role does exercise have in ...

One of the most common questions I get is whether ice or heat is best for pain and injuries. The answer is ...

Chronic pain is generally speaking categorised as a pain that is not relieved within 3 months. It is a very difficult condition ...

A review in the British Medical Journal by Naci et al (2013) suggests that exercise and medication are potentially similar in their ...

The summer holidays are over and your children have returned to school. But have you thought about their backs and their delicate ...

Winter is just around the corner and many of us are now thinking about purchasing a warm pair of UGGs. We all ...

DOMS or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness may come about a day or two after participating in physical activity, particularly after doing something ...

So many people are worried and are actively avoiding exercise because they believe that it may make their pain worse. Back pain ...

I recently went to a lecture about how stress affects your heart. I know that an element of stress in our lives ...

You may know of somebody who has had a neurological condition, or you might be reading this because it is you suffering. You ...

Are you required to sit at the computer for long hours at work? Does your back sometimes feel stiff and uncomfortable? Do ...

The human balance system is a complex system which relies on a number of factors. When one or more of these factors ...

The number of times I have been told by total strangers “your thumbs must hurt you from massaging people,” “what do you ...

Cath qualified in 1995 and trained in Sports Medicine at Bath University. She has worked with an extensive range of different sports ...