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It's World Spine Day!
It is estimated that 540 million people in the world are suffering with low back pain at any given time, and remains the number one cause...


Allied Health Professions (AHPs') Day
Allied Health Professions Day aims to improve awareness, and promote the fourteen professions who deliver high quality care across the...


World Arthritis Day
Arthritis encompasses several different conditions, the most common being osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Around 10 million...


Bone and Joint Week
Every October, Bone and Joint Week helps get people thinking about one of the most widespread and pressing health issues of our times –...


Tendon injury - the basics
Tendons connect muscles to bone, and are highly resistant to mechanical loads. Tendons are capable of transferring, distributing and...


Happy 4th Birthday to Head 2 Toe Osteopathy
It has now been four years since Head 2 Toe Osteopathy was launched, and I am proud to say the doors have remained open despite the...


How to manage your stress levels
Stress is a huge subject, and is not something that can easily be broken down into a few sentences. However, it affects millions of...


The benefits of strength training
Many still believe that if they lift weights or perform resistance training, then they will start to look like a bodybuilder. This...


How to manage neck pain
Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions, and is often multifactorial in origin. It is more commonly reported in...


Osteopathy for the prevention and treatment of sports injuries
Osteopathy was widely available for athletes during the London and Rio Olympics, and was a medical choice for athletes to help prevent...


Achilles tendon rupture: Conservative Vs surgical management
The Achilles tendon is the strongest in the body, but is frequently injured in mainly the young to middle aged active population. The...


Acupuncture post total knee replacement surgery
Ko, H.F. et al., (2021) collated all the research surrounding the effectiveness of acupuncture for reducing pain after a total knee...


How the attitudes and beliefs of a physical therapist impacts patients with lower back pain
A study conducted by Rufa, A., et al. (2020) looked into how varied approaches to patients with lower back pain impacted their recovery....


Knee osteoarthritis - how to manage it
A study conducted by Marconcin et al., (2016) looked into the best management strategies for living with osteoarthritis of the knee....


Resistance training volume:- Strength and hypertrophy
A study performed by Scoenfeld et al., (2019) researched the muscular adaptations to low-, moderate-, and high-volume resistance training...


Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
The rotator cuff is made up of four muscles; Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor and Subscapularis. These muscles are attached via...


Caffeine and exercise performance
Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world, and as many as 90% of the western world ingest it on a regular...


Talking therapy shows promise for people with chronic low back pain
A study conducted by BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) observed the effectiveness of contextual cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT)...


Patient review
A very kind review from a patient I help manage with their chronic lower back pain. Chronic lower back pain affects as many as one-third...
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