Toe spacers stretch and separate your toes, promising to give relief from toe and foot pain. Here’s a look at when they might work and how to use them. What are toe separators? If you’ve ever googled toe or foot pain, there’s a good chance you’ve been inundated with ads for toe separators—foot devices … Read more
It can sometimes be hard to see what you are doing wrong in your lifestyle because, well, it’s your lifestyle. Your daily routine is so well known to you that it can become second nature to read before bed, look on your tablet or going for that game of golf on a Saturday morning. What … Read more
Nearly everyone will experience some form of lower back pain at some point in their lifetime. It’s a common concern for golfers, as they twist and turn their lower body to swing the club. It can affect cyclists as they lean forward when pedalling. The lower back is the area behind the belly from the … Read more
Gardening and tending to your garden in the spring – as you will be doing right now – can cause problems: But how can you prevent back pain when gardening? It’s a common issue, something many people, especially those aged 50+ can suffer from. Gardening works a lot of muscles and joints, involves a wide … Read more
Do you think you might have tennis elbow pain after starting to exercise more or a long weekend of gardening? At this time of year, we start to see lots of patients who come to us with various overuse injuries as they return to activities that they’ve not done in a while when the nice … Read more
An overlapping toe condition occurs when one of your toes, usually the second toe extends over the big toe. A cross over toe occurs from damage to ligaments supporting a toe, causing a muscle imbalance – leading to slow dislocation and crossing over of the toe and this can happen due to bunion problems. The … Read more
Sports massage can play an important part in the life of any sportsman or woman whether they are injured or not. Massage has a number of benefits both physical, physiological, and psychological. Sports massage can help maintain the body in generally better condition, prevent injuries and loss of mobility, cure and restore mobility to injured … Read more
If you suffer from neck and/or shoulder pain, then you already know how debilitating it can be. Not only can it steal your joy, but it can severely decrease your mobility and energy levels. You may be asking yourself why you’re suffering with the agonising, daily pain related to neck and shoulder issues, but I … Read more
You may not know this, but the hips and pelvis play an important role when it comes to stability, strength, and overall health and is the largest ball and socket joint in the body. However, it can also be the source of a lot of pain! Hip pain involves any pain in or around the … Read more
This last couple of weeks we have a lot of clients coming into the clinic suffering from back pain. But not just any type of back pain – the most severe of all “sciatica”. There’s only one word to describe the pain that people suffer at the hands of sciatica and that’s “horrendous”! In case … Read more
