We all, whether we like it or not, live in an age where the image of the human form, both male and female, is greatly distorted and there is great pressure to have a ‘perfect’ body, whatever that means or is. Is it fair to say that this pressure has…
A Quick Guide to Neck Pain
We’re seeing a lot of stiff and sore necks at the moment so lets take a quick look at causes and what can be done to help… A painful neck can be anything from sore and tight muscles through to sharp pain and/or tension headaches. Suffice to say that if…
Housework and Gardening – Avoiding Injuries!
Extreme Spring Cleaning Injuries Explained… Extreme spring cleaning…? What am I on about and why am I writing about it? Well, it’s that time of year isn’t it? A bit of nice weather (and it was only a bit) but it’s enough to get us top to toeing the…
The Pushing, Pulling and Shoving of Daily Life – Look After Your Core
For so many of us, we take movement for-granted, we don’t think too much about lifting, pushing, pulling in whatever it is we’re doing, be it at home or in the workplace. But how often do we see someone in the clinic with bad back or neck pain that occured…
The Menopause and How Physiotherapy Can Help
There’s been a great deal of coverage in the press recently about the menopause to help raise awareness of what women may be experiencing during this phase of their life. The BBC ran a whole series of daily features on the subject to help raise understanding of partners, family members…
Sciatica – What is It?
Sciatica is a common problem that we see in the clinic several times a week. While it seems to becoming increasingly common, perhaps due to a sedentary lifestyle or long hours spent sitting at a desk, this doesn’t detract from the fact that it can be incredibly painful and debilitating…
Sponsored Athlete Phil Harris
We had some sad but yet exciting news this week when one of our professional sponsored athletes, ice skater Phil Harris announced his retirement as an athlete. While the world of elite ice skating will be sad to lose a great athlete, Phil now has a great…
Sponsored Athlete Update – Sophie Ison
We discovered Sophie (or did she discover us…???) when she became a regular patient of Seb’s for intensive physiotherapy after a very nasty and complicated ankle fracture back in 2016. Despite having little respite from continual pain and finding walking difficult, Sophie still has continued with her equestrian pursuits and…
Sponsored Athletes Update – Emma Harris
Emma Harris is a member of Synergy Gymnastics Club in Coventry and specialises in gymnastics, tumbling and acrobatics. We first discovered Emma from our Search for a Star Campaign in 2017 and we were so impressed with Emma’s achievements as well as her ability to balance sports and her academic…
Search for a Star 2017 – A Big Thank You!
Back in Spring last year (when it was rainy and wet and cold and we were wishing some really warm, sunny weather…) we went out to the community to find two budding athletes, they didn’t have to be young but had to embody the attributes of a good athlete, had…
