What are tendinopathies?Tendons attach muscle to bone. Hence the common tendons in the lower limb that may develop tendinopathy are: patella tendon, Achilles tendon, gluteal tendon and the plantar fascia. Tendinopathy is a clinical diagnosis based on:Localised tendon painPain with loading the tendonPain that increases with increasing loads on the tendonAlterations in the collagen make…
Sally Morris: BSc (Hons) MCSP, MHCPC, AACPSally is excited to be joining the First Physio team working within a dynamic physiotherapy practise which offers a fantastic environment to work being based within a large gym space with state of the art equipment and space to optimise her patient diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.Sally graduated with a…
The dreaded knee injury: when the patient reports a slip, twist or tackle and they hear a pop or crack followed by pain and difficultly walking and moving the knee. Thankfully these incidences are rare. However, accurate assessment and diagnosis are key to the successful recovery from such an injury because delayed or misdiagnosis can…
Ultimately whether you call it a ‘strain’, ‘pull’ or ‘tear’ it all means the same thing, a percentage of muscle fibres have been damaged either from over-stretching or over-tightening and less commonly direct trauma (contact / kick to the muscle). Physiotherapists can grade your muscle strain from the symptoms reported and through assessment. This then…
When we are injured or in pain we want to reduce the time out of their chosen sport injured as much as possible optimising recovery time and reducing the risk of re-injury. Acupuncture is just one of the many tools that physiotherapists can employ (if qualified) alongside their other skills to optimise recovery and rehabilitation….
This Sunday the 34th London Marathon will be taking place. Over 170,000 applied with an expected 36,000 at the start line. At First Physio each year we meet new and existing patients who are training for the event who are experiencing niggles or are injured which is impacting on their training. We have seen increasing…
This is not my typical type of blog that I plan to do, however having written for a goal set my mentor I felt it may be worth sharing and from what I have learnt in relation to digital marking making it human and related to ‘you’ as the face of the business is important….
This Sunday the Grizzly, a multi-terrain 20mile race (and 9 mile Cub race) is for the 29th year taking place on the East Devon coast. It is organised by the Axe Valley Runners and is a well known off road long distance race enjoyed by many the avid runner across the country. More than 2000…
