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Acute lower back painEpisodes of back pain happen to most of us. How we manage them is important for our quick recovery, return to normal activity and our long term outlook.There is good scientific ev...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Disc replacement advice
Total Disc Replacement Advice Sheet You have been scheduled for an operation on your low back known as a total disc replacement (TDR). This is an operation designed to improve your low back pain. Tot...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Fusion advice sheet
Spinal Fusion Advice Sheet This is an example of information/advice about this condition and procedure. You should always take detailed advice from your surgeon and physiotherapist. Lumbar spinal fusi...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Spinal fusion
Spinal Fusion Advice Sheet This is an example of information/advice about this condition and procedure. You should always take detailed advice from your surgeon and physiotherapist. Lumbar spinal fusi...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Physiotherapy training
So you want to be a physiotherapist? What is physiotherapy? Physiotherapy is a science-based healthcare profession which views movement as central to health and well being. Physiotherapists aim to ide...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, What is physiotherapy
What is physiotherapy? “Physiotherapy is a health care profession concerned with human function and movement and maximising potential: it uses physical approaches to promote, maintain and rest...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Low Level Exercise Works
Low-Level ExerciseLow Level Exercise can give you the same health benefits as a hard slog at the gym Low levels of exercise every week can significantly reduce your blood pressure and improve your fi...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Revision hip replacement
Revision hip replacement All hip replacements can be said to ‘fail’ eventually if they have been in place for a sufficiently long time. This will happen no matter how well the operation wa...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar Fasciitis, Plantar Fascia Pain, Heel Pain Plantar fasciitis (“plarn-tar fashy-eye-tiss”) is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions affecting the feet. If you wake up one...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Neck pain
Neck Pain, Cervical Pain Neck pain is very common and most people have one or more episodes of neck pain at some point in their life. The pain usually resolves within a few days or weeks, and serious ...
Physiotherapy Site, Physiotherapists, Physio, Over/under activity cycle
The Over/Under Activity CycleThis article is about the balance of overdoing and avoiding. Pain and Activity People with pain find that their lives are badly affected by their pain. Pain may have...
Physiotherapist Network, Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy, Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions Important Legal Notice ATTENTION: THIS LEGAL NOTICE APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS WORLD WIDE WEBSITE AND TO ANY CORRESPONDENCE BY EMAIL BETWEEN US AND YOU (”SITE&rd...
Terms and Conditions for Practitioners
Terms and Conditions For Practitioners 1 Definitions 1.1 “Confidential Information” in relation to a patient, means all information relating to that patient including, without lim...
Lord Darzi’s long-awaited review, “High Quality Care for All”, has continued the concentration on helping people stay at work (through speedy access to physiotherapy). This theme ent...
The Darzi Report and UK Physiotherapy
Lord Darzi is setting the direction of the NHS and of physiotherapy. Lord Darzi’s ground-breaking review of the NHS, High Quality Care For All, clearly points the way forward for the NHS and for...
Get ready for the beach rowing in the gym
With summer upon us, most of us dreaming of getting away and lying on a beach. But in the warmer weather the thought of going out for a run is enough to put off even the keenest of fitness enthusias...
Middle-aged people are fitter and exercise more than younger people. Middle-aged people are more likely to exercise and perform sports than younger people, a study of 60,000 people has found. The stud...
Running Improves Disability and Lifespan in Older People
In people 50 years old and older, running may improve functional ability and increase survival over the years. Physiotherapy management of this group will become increasingly important as pe...
The skiing season is almost upon us and thousands of British people will go to the mountains and do hard exercise they are not used to. For a few this will be a difficult experience, with injuries and...
Physiotherapy and Pain Management of Pain Syndromes
We grow up with the medical model of injury and disease in our heads, it's our way of understanding what happens to us. When a pain or other problem occurs, the doctor investigates and pins down the f...





