Have you ever stood in that bank queue, patiently waiting when that deep backache or knee pain starts? It isn’t an uncommon story. Why do so many people experience pain whilst standing? We should all know how to stand without harming ourselves, right? We have lost the art of body awareness. The simple functions …
I’ve been robbing you of sleep by not sharing this knowledge with you. It comes after years of listening to patient’s sleep woes and also experiencing my own. Getting comfortable in bed need not be an elusive quest. I will suggest the basics, you add the individual component by tuning in to what your body …
Last month we looked at a very simplistic test that can be used to indicate your longevity and a few exercises to improve the outcome of this test. But what about all the other indicators and tests that help us detect health conditions before they become a problem? Are they also important to check? And …
The search for the ever-evasive Fountain of Youth has been the story line of a few B-grade movies and the driver behind countless crazy inventions. Yet the answer to a long life or longevity has been staring us in the face and asking us to “pick-me” for countless years. The secret to longevity is found …
Hi, my name is Lauren Poxon. Mother of a pigeon pair under 4, wife to a wonderful man twice my height (which is very useful when you need to get something out of the top cupboard) and passionate physiotherapist. This is my Level 5 Lockdown experience, tell me about yours… Lockdown is a period of …
Shoulder pain can be extremely debilitating. Think about instances where you don’t use your arms. Not that many, right? Shoulder pain is a common complaint frequently related to overuse or overload. Terms you may have heard are frozen shoulder, impingement, rotator cuff syndrome, biceps or suprapinatus tendinopathy and even instability. Some terms are outdated but …
I’d like to start the new decade by sharing 9 lessons I learned (both personal wellness and physio related) over the last year with the hope that it will also help you in 2020. 1. Movement counters poor posture 100% of the time. It is not the position you sit in that causes the …
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “Don’t do as I do, do as I tell you to do”. I am about to tell you the story of a physiotherapist that knew better, tried her best to follow her own advice but failed and suffered the consequences. All in the name of having an experience that …
Experiencing back/buttock pain or stiffness whilst sitting? Or are you getting pain when you change from sitting to standing? Have you wondered what it is and why you’re getting it? Someone recently mentioned that considering the amount of people that complain of lower back pain whilst sitting, there must be something wrong with the design …
Is my posture correct? The short answer is…….. if you’re not in any discomfort, it probably is. The word is out and new research shows that there is no single correct posture. So we can relax a bit on attaining this hard to achieve perfection. Then what is poor posture? A ‘poor’ posture could be …