
A physiotherapist's perspective on his own disc injury
Sports injuries“The patient is a 35-year old male physiotherapist presenting with severe, worsening right-sided neck and arm pain, and neck stiffness… He reports no previous injuries and has no medical conditions and is generally fit and well.”

Do your knees predict the weather?
Sports injuriesWith winter on the horizon and temperatures dropping, I notice my patients increasingly complain of knee stiffness, arthritic pain flare-ups and needing longer time periods to recover from exercise.
So, do knees predict the weather?
There…

Returning to running after injury
Prehab and Rehab, Repetitive strain injuries, Sports injuriesMany people fear running after injury will either damage their knees and that they shouldn’t run if they’re in pain. This is simply not the case.

DOMS
Massage, Sports injuriesDOMS - Post-workout soreness, how does it actually work?
Whether you are a beginner or a keen expert in the world of fitness and workout, you will surely be familiar with the widespread soreness and achiness felt in various muscle groups after…

Kinesio taping in rehabilitation
Sports injuries You have probably noticed at least once in the past, perhaps while taking a walk in the park, bumping into Bootcamp groups or watching the Olympics on TV, athletes of all kinds wearing funny coloured strips of tape and wondered "what is…

Skiing injuries and protecting the ACL
Sports injuriesMost common of all Skiing Injuries- knee ligament sprains and strains
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears
These occur most commonly when you've twisted your knee whilst 'sitting in the back seat' ie, leaning your weight back over your…

Skiing Exercises to Avoid Injury
Sports injuriesDo you change your exercise with the seasons?
We get a lot of calls from patients with long-term injuries in January and February a week or two before they go skiing who are desperate to know whether they are at further risk of injury if they…