Pain Reprocessing Therapy for Persistent Pain – 1. Pain Education
Pain is one of those experiences that we all have, but don’t really understand well. Having worked in the area of pain for over 30 years, some of us are still learning and trying to get our heads around how it all works. It is not as simple as it is portrayed – a sensation […]
Why Does Sleep Matter?
The Benefits of Sleep Sleep is essential for good health. It allows your body and mind to rest and repair, and it helps you function at your best both physically and mentally. There are many benefits to getting enough sleep. Here are just a few: Reduced risk of […]
Heat therapy
Advice from a physiotherapist on how to use heat therapy Heat causes the blood vessels to open wide (dilate). This brings more blood into the area to stimulate the cellular healing process of damaged tissues. It has a direct soothing effect and helps to relieve pain and spasm. It can also ease stiffness by making […]
Shockwave Therapy
SHOCKWAVE THERAPY What is Shockwave Therapy? Shockwave therapy, also known as Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT), is a clinically proven and highly effective treatment for chronic soft tissue injuries and certain bone conditions, as recommended in the NICE guidelines. An extracorporeal shockwave is defined as a non-invasive, non-electrical high energy sound wave that passes through the body via a hand-held probe. […]
Breathing control and pain.
Breathing control is an important factor in dealing with pain and this blog hopes to highlight why this is and show you ways in which you can with pain control. The pain that you experience can cause you to tense more and change where you breathe. You can find yourself breathing high in your chest, […]
Back Pain Myths & Truths
Back Pain Myths & Truths This video helps to explain why it is important to bust the myths which surround back pain and reinforce the latest evidence, to help our patients. The terms and the therapy we offer as practitioners needs to be relayed carefully and should be supported by medical science. If you were […]
Explaining pain to patients
Explaining pain to patients For a physiotherapist explaining pain to patients can be difficult. Professor Lorimer Moseley is extremely good at it. Please watch this video to improve your understanding of the complexities of pain. It will help you understand that as a protection mechanism it is poorly linked to the level of tissue damage, […]
I have back pain, do I need an MRI of my back?
I have back pain, do I need an MRI of my back? This is a question that we hear often in the clinic. People are curious about what is going on in their back when they are suffering low back pain, which is not surprising. We associate pain with seeing the cause a cut, a bruise […]
Back Pain Physiotherapy
Back Pain Physiotherapy- does physio matter? Back pain physiotherapy has changed a great deal in the last 20 years. We used to look at back pain purely ‘pathoanatomically’ (what injury is there – patho and which bit is injured – anatomical), but now we realise that pain is more complicated than that. Firstly, you can […]
Ice therapy – How to use it effectively for injury. Advice from a physiotherapist.
What does ice do for an injury? Ice is primarily an analgesic, a pain relief tool and not an actual treatment. It won’t fix your injury, in fact it may slow down one section of your recovery system response – inflammation. When tissue is damaged, the body responds with a complex reaction both chemically and […]