You’ve had loads of treatment, done your exercises and yet your neck pain is just not getting any better. If bad habits haven’t been identified and you are still regularly putting pressure on your neck, it’s just not going to get better. Basically, it is like picking at a scab, over and over and expecting …
1. Flexing the spine fully first thing in the morning. Did you know that your discs hydrate while you sleep and are a lot fatter in the morning. So when you bend, the fluid displaces more than it would at the end of the day making it a higher risk for back pain especially if …
For the non-runners out there, PB does not stand for peanut butter. It stands for personal best, the fastest time it takes an individual to complete a distance, in this case 5k. It is the Holy Grail for runners. ‘What is your 5k PB?’, ‘I beat my PB today!’, ‘How do I improve my 5k …
Last month I gave you a few Physio Truth Bombs to think about. Now I want to dive a tiny bit deeper into one of those truths – exercise is 90% of your recovery. It is the one thing that people simply struggle to get around to and then wonder why they aren’t getting better …
I have literally treated hundreds of bodies with a multitude of conditions over the years of being a Physiotherapist in Umhlanga. A few basic truths/rules/advice seems to pop up for every person and I’m going to share these with you. They have great value and could certainly help you prevent experiencing pain or at the …
This winter has brought a stream of babies and children though our doors at Physio Squared with runny noses and nasty coughs. This can be very distressing for parents. We thought it would be a good idea to do a Chest Physio 101, for those interested. We are going to take a look at the …
As with many medical questions, there is no consensus on what the best sitting position is. There is more consensus that sitting commonly exacerbates and perpetuates low back pain. Poor sitting posture has also been implicated in the development and perpetuation of neck pain symptoms. It makes sense that somebody who is 6 foot 5inches …
Extracorporeal radial shockwave therapy (ERST), the new kid on the medical block that packs a small punch and is starting to gain a good reputation in the orthopaedic and physiotherapeutic world. I had my reservations, it is a machine after all and I have prided myself in being a hands-on physiotherapist. But I have to …
This month we are going to focus on the importance and power of the BREATH! We shall cover: Why breathing is so important. The technical aspects of breathing. The tell-tale signs and symptoms of breathing badly. Tips and techniques to ‘breathe better’. Why breathing is so important? First of all, the process of breathing …
How many times have I heard this … “Needles?! Not today…. Let’s do it another time when I’ve prepared myself” In practice, I have discovered that about 20% of patients have some kind of reticence or phobia around the concept of needles. For some, it may be a childhood memory of that dreaded vaccination in …