We’ve been helping people with the physical symptoms of anxiety for many years. Physical pain and anxiety go hand in hand. Anxiety, especially if we have anxiety about a particular condition or body part, needs to be addressed to give us more confidence to get over the condition. This is what we do day in…
This article is an in depth review of an excellent book by the name of Peak Performance. Why do a book review? Simply because the lessons we can all learn from this book can improve the quality of all of our lives, calm our nervous systems and help us feel less pain. The history of…
Breathing is fundamentally the most important part of human existence. Simply put if we don’t breathe for just a few minutes we drop dead. The importance of breathing cannot be overstated on a pure survival level. But what if we told you that the way in which we breathe can ease pain? What if we…
Whilst posture isn’t everything in back pain our experience suggests it can be a significant factor in curing back pain. In this article we’ll talk you through the kind of postural issues we see at the clinic which contribute to not only back pain but a myriad of conditions including RSI and knee pain. Did…
Welcome to our ever evolving list of our favourite wellness tips. It comes from our drive to be as good as we can be at helping people feel less pain. Why would a Sports Therapist and a Physiotherapist be so interested in wellbeing? Simply put the more balanced our nervous system, the less pain we…
Over the years we’ve helped countless people with office related problems. With a combination of hands on work, exercises, postural and wellbeing advice. We see office set up and posture contribute to all kinds of RSI, knee and back issues. There’s lots you can be doing to help yourself if you are struggling with such conditions.…
In this article I’m going to give you some practical tips to improving your injuries and wellbeing. I’m going to be simplifying the complex anatomical theory that is the Anatomy Trains Deep Front Line. And translating that into something useful and digestible for you and your life. I’m going to give you the benefit of…
This article is all about the connection between mind, body and subsequently pain. It’s very much a reflection and my professional and personal journey over the last 17 years as a sports therapist. Working on peoples bodies to bring them out of pain has given me a unique insight into the very real connection between…
Home working is here to stay. We’ve seen so many people in the last year whose physical conditions have been helped by working from home. And just as many whose condition has been brought about or exacerbated by working from home. This article is us sharing our experience of the good practice and bad practices…
So why on earth would a Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy clinic be talking about mindfulness? Jumping on the band wagon perhaps? Well the honest truth is that we’re just trying to spread extra joy into the world one person at a time. No really. Our regular readers will be familiar (and possibly bored of!) my…
This post could be construed as a Sports Therapist jumping on the mindfulness band wagon. I promise it’s not. This shift to a more mindful focus is more about helping people in any which way we can to better deal with their physical problems. 15 years of personal and professional experience tells me that if…
This months Blog has been inspired by our older generation of client. 15 years ago when I first became a Sports Therapist I couldn’t have envisioned taking so much joy from helping old dears be able to walk to the shops and back. Fundamentally if we want to move better, whether that’s sport or just…