In order to help you better understand pain, the following article provides a story with highlights, a video on understanding pain and a transcript of the video. I trust these will help make it clear. Highlights: Video: Transcript: Let me start by saying that in order to understand pain, we need to know …
I’ve always been the sports active one in the family – running, cycling, golf, strength training and now also stand up paddling. My sister has always been the “culture vulture”. Debating and ballet have been her natural go-to over conventional sports such as running. So it has been with intense fascination that I have watched …
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 …
Has it ever occurred to you that you may be breathing inefficiently? I doubt you are even aware of your breathing, unless you have experienced breathing distress such as an asthma attack or pneumonia or had abdominal surgery. However, it is not uncommon for many people suffering from neck, upper back or shoulder pain to …
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 …
I am always on the lookout for effective strategies to help my patients overcome back pain. In the last 5 years, more and more research is showing that exercise and education and not stretches or passive treatments are the long-term answer. Don’t misunderstand, I have not stopped believing that there is value in placing my …
Warning…this BLOG is very personal, so if you are here for physio advice, you will get advice but you will get it from a very different perspective this month. It is March 2020. I am about to turn 40. I may or may not be having a midlife crisis but I am okay. Over …