Manual handling means load transport using bodily force. Manual handling injury is a musculoskeletal disorder. Common causes of Manual handling injuries: – Lifting heavy loads – repeated movement – awkward postures – exacerbation from previous injuries – improper/ poor rehabilitation and de-conditioning Heavy lifting with improper techniques even if we have been trained can often […]

Leading on from the previous Blog Post about Generalised Joint Hypermobility. This post will follow on, and talk about when those with Pain have hypermobile joints. Try and ensure you have read this post, before you continue reading below.   So lets start with a simple equation… Generalised Joint Hypermobility + Symptoms (Pain/other) = Joint […]

Hypermobility Break this word down and hyper – means too much / mobility -movement so put the 2 together – and it means that there is too much movement. Keep in mind however, that we are human. Humans come in all different sizes and shapes. So this is Hypermobility term is just a comparison. Hypermobility […]

Dry Needling utilises hypodermic needles. It is used in therapeutic healthcare settings, and has been used for many years. It is technically different from Acupunture (which is a title under protection in the USA ??, as it a 5 year course training in Chinese Medicine). Due to the hypodermic needles positive benefits it is now […]

Sports Taping, also called Kinesiology taping is widely utilised by Sports and Healthcare Professionals. Designed initially by Kenzo Kase during the Olympics (using his Chiropractic and Acupunture background). Now it is mainly used as performance enhancing for those athletes with minor injuries and also as a pain reduction tool in the everyday person. It is […]

Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain – PGP  Pelvic Girdle Pain is very common – affecting 1 in 5 Pregnant females. PGP is characterised as pain anywhere across the pelvic region – although most commonly found at the back. PGP is persistent pain that can occur during the gestational period, labour or during birth. 10% of […]

The capacity of the human body to adapt and flourish in a wide range of environmental conditions is well recognised. Indeed, it is this ability to effectively adapt physiologically, psychologically and genetically that makes us successful as a species. Significant attention has been given to the long-term adaptation to environmental factors, for example, the mismatch […]

Active self management? ❗️A lot of the major guidelines which health care practitioners base their treatment plans, are starting to recommend encouraging patients and clients to become active in helping themselves just as much as a practitioner is helpful. ✅ There is good quality evidence that self-management has good effects on chronic pain patients/ clients. ✅ A […]

Some Pain Neuroscience research is starting to understand that not all Pain is related to tissue damage. Pain is Multi-factorial and is dependent on the biological, psychological and social state of a persons. This is why we all experience Pain in different ways. Yes It does depend on factors like tissue damage, injury and inflammation. […]

There can be a cycle of inactivity, less strenuous exercise, reduced social contact, adverse food choices, lack of sunlight/ Vit D (all UK persons are strongly advised to take Vitamin D supplements) and also then fearful thoughts in elderley that are thought to ramp up inflammation. The World Health Organisation (WHO), state that ‘healthy ageing’ […]