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Brachial Plexus Lesions Pain and Surgery
by Jonathan Blood SmythStretching or traction injuries are the most difficult to treat as the status of the nerves is not accurately known, with early surgery potentially preventing normal recov...
Managing Respiratory Conditions by Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists see a very wide spectrum of respiratory conditions in primary and secondary care, learning to manage the assessment and treatment of many chest diseases. Typical conditions seen...
Ice and cold therapy is a widely used treatment technique employed routinely by physiotherapists in the management of acute and chronic conditions of various types. It is a relatively safe treatment a...
Minor ailments and aches and pains are often treated with superficial heat although this modality is much less commonly used by physiotherapists than it used to be. The heating effect is shallow as th...
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...
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...
How Acute Back Pain Becomes Chronic " Part Three "
In some cases of back or leg pain corticosteroid injections may provide some relief and the mechanism may be that the steroid reduces any inflammatory process present in the tissues. Steroids inhibits...
The effect on the function of the hip joint of a difference in the length of the legs has been mentioned previously in an article in this series. The longer of the two legs will attempt to keep the he...
Torticollis or an acute wry neck occurs relatively uncommonly and consists of the onset of sudden and severe neck pain which causes the cervical neck muscles to contract reflexly. This leads to the ne...
A joint dislocates when the two parts of the joint, usually sitting in close contact with each other, are torn apart and then remain apart without being in the close relationship they were anymore. Su...
Rehabilitation after Femoral Shaft Fracture
The shaft of the femur is a very strong structure and well padded with the large muscles which propel the body in gait so it is rare for it to be fractured as this requires high levels of force. Motor...
When a person suffers a whiplash injury pain may not be the first thing they notice unless the accident is very severe and high levels of force are involved. The shock of the accident and coping with ...
Why Your Physio Does All Those Things – Prodding Your Joints and Muscles
Once the physio has seen the effects of repeated movements on your pain picture and tested the neurological status of your affected body part they will have a more detailed idea of which structures ne...
Lumbar Strains, Low Back Strains
While back pain is common in the general populations, lumbosacral strains and sprains do occur in specific activities and sports, with sprains of the musculo-ligamentous complexes the most common caus...
Northampton Physiotherapy - Northampton Physiotherapist - Northampton Physiotherapists
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Rotherham Physiotherapy - Rotherham Physiotherapist - Rotherham Physiotherapists
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Leamington Spa Physiotherapy - Leamington Spa Physiotherapist - Leamington Spa Physiotherapists
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Oxford Physiotherapy - Oxford Physiotherapist - Oxford Physiotherapists
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Milton Keynes Physiotherapy - Milton Keynes Physiotherapist - Milton Keynes Physiotherapists
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Harrogate Physiotherapy - Harrogate Physiotherapist - Harrogate Physiotherapists
Physiofunction provides Specialised Neurological Physiotherapy and Innovative Technology for; Stroke ~ Head Injury~ Spinal Injury ~ Parkinsons disease~ Multiple Sclerosis and other related neurologica...
