Back Pain and scans
Back pain is one of the most common issues people face in daily life. For people experiencing back pain there is often fear that it will become life changing. In reality for most people, pain will not have any long term problems.
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Chronic Pain
Chronic or persistent pains are common problems. As with all pains, they can vary in intensity from mild that don’t interfere with your lifestyle, to pains that cause significant disruption to daily life. Often these pains are not “logical” in the sense of how we imagine pain should be. It is easy to understand acute pain such as putting your hand on a sharp needle, feeling the pain and instinctively moving your hand away to move away from the pain. Continue reading
Pre-season Sport
At this time of year many people are signing up to winter sports. Some of you for the first time in years and some of you are regulars signing up each winter. Your pre-season training is important for setting you up for an enjoyable season. This involves good fitness training and skill training. It also involves attending to those muscle and joint pains that affect you. Continue reading
Whiplash
Whiplash is the term given to the sudden acceleration – deceleration force that happens to a neck in car accidents, diving accidents or similar incidents. Depending on the forces involved the injuries can range from mild to severe. Commonly the forces can damage nerves, muscles, ligaments, bones and blood vessels. The most common symptoms experienced are pain and stiffness in the neck and headaches. Pain can also be felt between the shoulder blades and into the shoulders and arm.… Continue reading
Childhood Pains
Just as adults can suffer from pains in their muscles and joints, children and teenagers can too. These postures can relate to postures they adopt, sporting and general injuries or growth related pains. Growth pain that is vague and intermittent down the legs is common in 3 – 12 year olds and is called idiopathic. This may be related to muscle tightness and it will usually go away by itself. Continue reading
The Shoulder Blade
The shoulder blade (scapula) is often a forgotten area of the body. The shoulder blade bone is a flat bone which rests on the back of the ribs. The movement of the shoulder blade contributes to approximately half of your total shoulder range of movement. The top, outside part of the scapula provides the socket for the upper arm bone (humerus) to sit in, thus creating the shoulder joint. If one part of this shoulder mechanism is not working well, the other part will take excessive load and create pain. Continue reading
Neck Pain and Posture
Neck pain is common and there are many reasons why people suffer neck pain. Work related neck pain from prolonged time at computers and desks is highly prevalent. The pain can be local to the neck or referred to the head, shoulder region or arm.
The neck is a reasonably flexible part of the body supported by 7 vertebrae and many muscles. Continue reading
Neck Pain
Neck complaints that cause pain or restricted movement can be considered a cervical spine dysfunction, a condition most people experience at some point in their life.
Symptoms:
Symptoms of cervical spine dysfunction can include pain with movement, restriction (most commonly rotation) with or without pain, muscular spasm/tightness, headaches, general fatigue and a feeling of having a ‘heavy head’. Continue reading
Menopausal Women
Menopause causes significant changes to a woman’s body as the body produces less oestrogen. A decline in oestrogen levels is associated with decreased bone density, muscle mass, strength and increased visceral fat. Continue reading
Cycling
Cycling is an excellent form of exercise and is becoming increasingly popular. The benefits of cycling include cardiovascular fitness as well as effective leg strengthening in a low load environment. For people with knee pain, cycling is an excellent way of strengthening your leg muscles and controlling your weight whilst not placing a high load on your knee. Continue reading
