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Plantar fasciitis or fasciopathy is one of the most common causes of chronic foot pain. Research suggests that 10% of us will develop plantar fasciitis at some stage in our life. Conservative management, such as physiotherapy, has been shown to be effective, first-line treatment (Hasegawa et al, 2020). The plantar fascia is a band of connective tissue that runs from the heel to the ball of ...
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Neck pain – what to do? Most of us experience neck pain at some time in our lives.  It is in fact, one of the top 5 chronic pain conditions worldwide (Cohen et al, 2017).  It can be the result of trauma, for example, a whiplash injury following a car accident or due to our everyday function such as work or exercise.  Usually our neck pain will settle with some exercise, over-the-counter med...
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Interesting page for anyone with persisting heel pain (plantar fascia) or metatarsal region pain: Healthy Feet Daily https://www.facebook.com/Healthy-Feet-Daily-270071377203357/ Main points -beware of shoes with a narrow toe box - look for shoes with a wide toe box to encourage the natural position for the toes (not squashing the toes - see picture) -must have a adequate calf flexibility...
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The new normal? The weight of the head in a living person in somewhere between 4-6 kilograms. Forward Head Posture (FHP) as typified in a current high street fashion model (see below) increases the muscle tension needed to maintain the head in an upright position. This postural alignment can contribute to persisting neck pain and headaches. The many hours spent on various devises can contribute ...
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Graded exposure and "keep using it so you dont lose it" are the keys to gaining and maintaining good functional movements required for comfortable competent daily living.My aim is to be able to full depth squat (front squat with elbows straight ahead & overhead squat) at least 15kgs when I'm 90..more than 1/2 way there! So good so far)Maintaining this requires ankle-knee-hip range, thoracic ...
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Nine months after career-saving hip resurfacing surgery, Andy Murray, 32 years of age, admits he wished he had done the operation sooner as it “would have saved bit of pain and a bit of time”. After the highs of 2016 saw him win a second Wimbledon title, a second Olympic gold medal and finish the year as the No 1 player in the world, it went downhill the following year. He missed the second...
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Infrared heat is efficiently absorbed and metabolised by human body cells and can promote healthy cellular function. This can help with pain relief and settling inflammation. Profound muscle relaxation can be experienced due to improved blood flow and patients often report improved sleep quality and mental clarity. Acupuncture needles have copper handles (copper being a super conductor) and the ...
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Soleus is a very underrated deep muscle of your calf that can significantly influence ankle mobility, knee, hip and low back accumulative strain. It is a work horse of a muscle and as a result it can be hard to achieve soft tissue mobility gains. Rolling (including pinning and flossing) can double the results of your efforts to improve flexibility and strengthening gains. For experienced hands o...
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The ITB – What is it ? Why does it hurt ? How to treat it! The Iliotibial Band (ITB) has a poor reputation in sports and sports medicine. Mention your ITB and knowing nods and shakes of the head abound. The ITB is often associated with sports injuries and problems such as iliotibial band friction syndrome and anterior knee pain: and we all know…it hurts ! The ITB is, however, connectiv...
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VOMIT = "VICTIMS OF MODERN IMAGING TECHNOLOGY" This term was first introduced by Richard Hayward, a consultant neurosurgeon in an article in the British Medical Journal in 2003 VOMIT (victims of modern imaging technology) - an acronym for our times. BMJ 2003;326:1273: “…The history of imaging since the discovery of x rays has been one of an exponential rise in the volume and accuracy ...
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