Does muscle imbalance cause injury risk to increase?
15 November 2020
We often blame muscle imbalance for the cause of certain injuries but does muscle imbalance cause injury risk to increase?
We often blame muscle imbalance for the cause of certain injuries but does muscle imbalance cause injury risk to increase?
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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).
