What is a sprained ankle?
Sprained ankle? What is a sprained ankle? Well the term is applied to a soft tissue injury at the ankle joint but there are a number of possible injuries that this term may be used to describe. As a sports physiotherapist you assess the area to identify the tissues involved and the type/grade of injury. […]
Shred the slopes – not your body. Snowsport Injury Advice.
Shred the Slopes Not Your Body Are you soon to hit the slopes? If so, are you prepared? I am not referring to your purchase of the latest ‘look’ to cruise the slopes in style or sussing out the best Apres ski spots. I am referring to you – your body, is it prepared and […]
What is physiotherapy? From an Edinburgh Physiotherapist.
As a Edinburgh physiotherapist, the question ‘What is physiotherapy?’ is an interesting and ever changing one. Well if you get the definition from our professional governing body, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists then ‘ Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice. They maintain health for […]
Sciatica treatment – the best approach. Is physiotherapy the answer?
Sciatica treatment – the best approach? Many patients suffer significant sciatica pain and are looking for the most effective sciatica pain relief. But is sciatica nerve relief possible? Well there are ways to get sciatica relief and here we explain how. The best approach to sciatica treatment is usually varied and can be quite different between […]