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Pillows for Neck Pain Neck pain is very common and often better managed in the day as movement and a variety of postures helps a cervical spine neck pain. However, neck pain is much harder to manage ...
Stiff Neck A stiff neck could be the symptoms of a number of conditions related to the neck and upper body, with neck pain being the most frequent. Cervical spine neck pain is very common and restric...
Neck Pain Relief Neck pain is one of the commonest complaints which people consult physiotherapists for, varying from intermittently annoying pain to severe and disabling pain and other symptoms. Cer...
Cervical Spine – Neck Pain Neck pain is very common and is the second most common complaint after low back pain, varying from a mild ache after heavy work to a severe and disabling pain with he...
Physiotherapy Physiotherapy, also just called physio for short, is a science-based profession dedicated to helping people with respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal and ageing difficulties by us...
Backs n Bags n Books n Back to School
Backs ‘n Bags ‘n Books ‘n Back to SchoolGone are the days of form rooms and desks, you’re lucky if you get a locker with a lock on it these days! That means you end up lu...
Slouching Is Bad For You, Sit Up Straight!
Poor posture, along with the bony changes in the spine that can occur as people get older, can result in an increased rounding of the mid and upper back. This is called a kyphosis (ky-fo-sis), and...
The Treatment of Sciatica by Physiotherapists
Sciatica results from a structure impinging on a lumbar nerve root, causing compression and/or inflammation enough to cause neurological changes in the skin, reflexes and muscles served by the affecte...
Physiotherapy in Patients with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
Collagen is an extremely important connective tissue protein in our bodies, making up significant amounts of our skin, tendons, discs and ligaments. Collagen gives structure to these organs, allowing ...
Physiotherapy Treatment for Proprioception
We discussed the importance of joint position sense in a previous article. Now it's time to look at the assessment and treatment of proprioceptive difficulties. As proprioception is affected less comm...
Non-bony Structures in the FootThe soft tissues of the foot consist of ligaments, tendons and muscles. Ligaments are fibrous bands or sheets with limited elasticity which connect bones together. Ligam...
As children we have the great gift of a mobile, strong, well designed and painless spine and it is unusual for stiffness to be an issue as the lumbar spine has evolved to do the job of weight be...
Exercising With A Hip Replacement
Total hip replacement rehabilitation is not a complex process but it is useful for a skilled eye to be kept on the progress of the patient if the outcome is going to be optimal. The muscles around a p...
The neck is an upward extension of the spine beyond the body, designed to support and serve the needs of the head. It is amazingly designed and highly engineered so its underlying very complex functio...
The Saturday Night Palsy or Why You Should Be Nice To Your Nerves
You may be familiar with the picture, either personally or from a story somebody told you. A young man goes out for the evening, all dressed up and smelling of aftershave. He meets his mates in the pu...
Loss of the ability to move the neck normally means that the capsules of the facet joints, sensitive ligamentous bags around the joints, are exposed to the risks of over-stretching. A sudden turn or t...
Nerve root lesions in the neck are responsible for causing such extreme arm and shoulder pain that some patients wish they could cut off their arm. Typical presentation with this syndrome involves loo...
Joint classification puts the ankle joint into the category of a mortise joint and it is specialised for its function. A front and rear movement action is performed by the ankle hinge for walking and ...
The arch of the foot is also partly maintained by a strong ligament under the foot called the spring ligament, connecting the navicular with the calcaneus. It holds the arch together by resisting the ...
The knee, like the elbow to some extent, is a hinge joint but not a simple one. The lower part of the thigh bone expands into the femoral condyles and the upper shin bone likewise expands into the tib...
