Running injuries – Can I continue to run?
Hot off our last blog which explored the number cause of running related injuries, this latest blog discusses whether you […]
Running injuries – the number one cause and how to avoid them
Lots of runners get injured, that’s a fact. It’s also our experience here at Weymouth Physiotherapy. We have a steady […]
Running injuries – Recovery is so important
Blog number three of our mini series of running blogs. The first being about the cause of running injuries, the […]
Why new years resolutions can fail
81% of New Years Resolutions are never successful. Why is that? Motivation ? Idleness? Willpower? These are all quite […]
6 tips to help you get and stay more active in the New Year
6 tips to get and stay more active in the New Year Now I know many of you want […]
What outcomes do you want from physiotherapy
This is the final part of a blog series which explores what the science says patients want from physiotherapy or […]
What do you want your treatment to look like?
This is part 3 of a series of blogs which looks at what patients wants from physiotherapy. This looks at […]
What do you want to know by coming to physiotherapy?
This is part two of our blog series on what you want from Physiotherapy. It follows on from me looking […]
What do you want from physiotherapy.
What patients want from their physiotherapist and indeed physiotherapy is a really interesting question. Whilst I cannot predict exactly what […]
Independence – would you be happy still seeing your driving instructor?
Independence is a terribly important thing, but what does it mean? Well the Cambridge Dictionary (apparently the Oxford Dictionary doesn’t […]
Stretching- the truth
This is part three part two of a four part blog on the therapeutic effects of exercise. See here for […]
Getting strong, feeling strong, being strong (and pain free)
This article is one of a four part series looking at exercise modalities to improve pain. This one discusses strengthening, […]
Exercise Works!! – But there is more to it than meets the eye
Exercise is without a shadow of a doubt my most used treatment modality. There is a huge body of evidence […]
The infamous intervertebral disc.
The intervertebral disc has long been acclaimed to be one of the main causes of back and sciatic type pain. […]
The Case for Physiotherapy
When you have an injury or develop pain there are so many different people that you can see for it. […]
A Pain in the Arse
Buttock pain is a real pain in the arse. The main two causes of buttock pain are referred pain from […]
The Sacroiliac Joint- Seeing the Tiger Through the Woods
Tiger Woods once credited a therapist ‘popping his sacroiliac joint into place’ for a return to golf. As per similar […]
A Pain in the Neck
That pain in your neck can be well.. a right pain in the neck can’t it. Neck pain is very, […]
Plantarfasciitis or is it?
You have this niggling pain on the bottom of your foot. It’s been there for three or four months. It […]
Tendon Troubles
What are tendons? Why are they troubled? Tendons are elastic pieces of tissue that connect muscle to bone. Their job […]
Osteoarthritis- not a life sentence
If you have been told you have got arthritis the chances are its osteoarthritis. It is the most common form […]
Is your body out of alignment or is it your beliefs?
The following is one of a series of articles looking to dispel myths about diagnosis of pain problems. I would […]
Posture- Is there a perfect one?
The following is one of a series of articles looking to myth bust features of structural faults as described in […]
The unstable spine and jam doughnuts. Mmmm doughnuts
This is an article that looks at the common myth that our spines are unstable. It forms part of a […]
Deficits and dysfunctions. Deciphering what is normal.
Find the dysfunction and fix it- the traditional therapy approach Therapists (and I mean all therapists: chiropractors, massage therapists, physios, […]
As passive as you can get, myths of acupuncture and ultrasound
This article is about some treatment approaches that I feel do not belong in any therapy room especially physiotherapy. It's […]
Manual Therapy: does it do what it says on the tin?
This is an article aimed squarely at manual therapy. It is part of series of articles I have written that […]
Massage therapy- rubbing, prodding and kneading out the truth
This article is one of a set that looks at myths of common treatments. This one looks at massage. It […]
Why it matters how a treatment works
In the last article I wrote about how common treatment approaches often don’t work for the reasons we believe. An […]
How do treatments work?
Why exactly do some people feel better after massage? Or acupuncture? Or foam rolling? Or manual therapy? For the examples […]
Pain- Natures Gift That No-one Wants
Pain is one of the few things that all of us will experience in our lives. It can be great […]
Disordered Movement Patterns or Disordered Thinking
Movement disorders, disordered movement patterns. These are things that therapists for years have been pointing out as faults in the […]
Hypermobility- Is Too Much Movement a Bad Thing?
People are often told they are hypermobile. Hypermobility refers to people who have excessively bendy joint(s) . It may be […]
Kinesio tape, K-tape, rock tape (insert brand here) tape. Colourful claims?
Having talked about traditional taping in the last article, this article is about Kinesio tape or its copycat forms. This […]
Taping- its’ roll (see what I did there) on injury management
Tape is everywhere. If you go into the changing room of any sporting team (local league or elite level) and […]