Dry Needling Therapy- What is it and is it for you?
What Is Dry Needling? Katie Breeze writes: Dry needling is largely used to relieve pain and the symptoms associated with a variety of soft tissue dy...
What’s the difference then between a Sports Therapist and a Physiotherapist?
Our Sports Therapists are often called Physios or Sports Physios. Patients will also say that they are off to their ‘physio session’. And recently, wh...
Are your hips hurting? Well, it is unlikely to be your hip joints
Are your hips hurting? If so, our Sports Injury Therapists may have the answer - Trigger Points. To find out they’ll ask: “Are you experiencing any...
Deep tissue massage is effective – what does it actually do?
Katie Breeze, one of our Sports Injury Therapists and Deep Tissue Massage Therapists answers the ‘what does massage do? question. "Well, I like the...
One of our top 5 reasons your have arm pain – trigger points in your infraspinatus muscle
A trigger point in your infraspinatus muscle can cause some impressively nasty pain in your arm and shoulder. What causes your infraspinatus to go wr...
“Are you sitting comfortably?” Coccyx pain- literally a pain in the backside!
Coccyx pain - what is it? www.coccyx.org describes "Coccydynia as being anything from discomfort to acute pain... The name describes a pattern of sym...
Katie answers the question: What does massage do?
I am often asked by patients: ‘What does massage do?’ Well, I like the analogy of a traffic jam to illustrate the point that, if the fibres of t...
Sports massage can make a real difference when preparing to run a marathon as well as recovering!
Elly Nashat, one of our great sports and deep tissue massage therapists writes: "If you were one of the thousands running or walking through the st...
Lumbar Fascia – what does it do and where can it cause problems
Ben, one of our great sports and deep tissue therapists as well as our acupuncturist, discusses the importance of your lumbar fascia and writes: "...