Does your work life balance affect your injury and pain?
28 January 2025
“I’m too busy to be injured and go to physio” Maybe this is part of the problem? Is your work-life balance causing your pain or
“I’m too busy to be injured and go to physio” Maybe this is part of the problem? Is your work-life balance causing your pain or
Should your physiotherapist ‘just’ give you exercises to do or should they also do some hands-on manual therapy treatments as part of your care with
Migraines can be severe and debilitating for some people so it is always vital to try to find more ways to prevent and treat them.
Here is the final video in the story of my Pec tear rehab. Find out how my Pec tear is doing after 1 year since
I have arthritic knees and my doctor says I have to live with it and just take some anti-inflammatories. I hear this quite a bit
“Lift with your legs, not your back and you won’t get hurt.” Sound familiar? This is commonly taught in manual handling courses but why? Is
“I’m just stretching my shoulder joint!” Now, there are many stretches for the shoulder joint and its joint capsule, especially with conditions such as frozen
Are you worried about losing all of your gains when you can’t train through injury or you are on holiday or vacation? Just how fast
This is my own experience as a Physio on how to manage a Pec tear. In this video, I will discuss the update on my
Have I torn my Pec tendon? Quite possibly! Eek! This is my own experience as a Physio on how to manage a Pec tendon tear
Many physios including myself have been told of the dangers of open chain quads exercises to somebody rehabilitating an ACL reconstruction. It had been said
There are many reasons to gain weight and the modern world has a problem with obesity but what effect does sleep have on your weight?
“I had physio and it didn’t work for me”. There is so much wrong with this statement. Physiotherapy isn’t passive and just done to you
Do you train your shins? No! What do you mean! You really should, but why? Ever heard of an exercise called Tibialis raises this video
In certain jobs it is the norm to physically train your job to aid performance and prevent injury but why isn’t this approach taken in
Can a sports massage be too hard or is it the harder the better? Find even more in-depth information on this subject here: https://hawkesphysiotherapy.co.uk/does-massage-hurt/
“My back is really stiff! I need a massage!” Now your back feels stiff but is it really? Wait, what I don’t understand? Feeling stiff
“Dude! This is how you should squat. Hip width apart.” Can you issue a blanket statement about how you should squat, specifically in this case,
Quads, quads, quads, Hamy’s hamy’s hamy’s…..Soleus, wait what? Yes, you may not realise but the Soleus calf muscle may play a very important role in
“My back went from just sneezing!” Contrary to popular belief most people I see don’t hurt their back with heavy lifting but most people are
You’ve heard of the bench press or the squat but what exercises are great for the most neglected muscles in your body? In today’s article,
“Get your pre-workout in bro!” So pre-workouts contain caffeine and often other stimulants. Caffeine improves your workouts by stimulating the nervous system but is this
“It hurts when I do that so it’s bad and I shouldn’t do it!” Sounds logical doesn’t it but if you think something will hurt
“It’s my TFL (Tensor Fascia Lata) causing my issues!” It appears the TFL is often blamed for various issues such as ITB syndrome, greater trochanteric