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
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
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?
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
“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
“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
“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
“I couldn’t get into see my usual physio so I’ve had to book in with you.” Sounds innocent, doesn’t it? But this type of thinking
“I can’t squat because I have disc problems!” This is interesting because many people say this and have experienced pain when lifting but little do
“I’ve torn my ACL so I need surgery otherwise I will have long term knee problems!” So I have previously done videos on ACL tears
“I have shoulder pain due to the excessive curvature in my mid-back!” So, this is often thought to be a potential risk factor in shoulder
“Sleep! I ain’t got no time for that! I have to train!” Sleep is often neglected in today’s society as we are always trying to
If you haven’t been to the Hawkes Physiotherapy clinic in Talke then you may feel a little uncertain or nervous about coming to your first
“It’s not broken it’s just a crack in the bone!” This is interesting because the words we tell our patients have different connotations in spite
What is Fibromyalgia? Put simply, Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that affects multiple parts of the body for no apparent reason, but it isn’t
I can’t exercise because I have a bad back! Is this true and what type of exercise? Any type? All exercise? How intense? This is
It’s common to see people’s posture change as they age. Is this normal and does this cause problems?
People are very focused on how they sit and they presume that they need to sit well otherwise they may get pain but is this
People often think that how we stand influences injury and pain but do we even stand in one way or do we stand differently throughout
I get back problems so I want an MRI scan to show me how bad it is and therefore how bad it will get in
Put simply this is Physio done via either telephone or video over the internet. Skype and facetime are examples of this.
Contrary to popular belief online physiotherapy can be very effective and it can help the same injuries that face to face physio can help. I have helped many people with injuries such as disc prolapses, tennis elbow, neck pain and much more).
