Helen has now been using shockwave therapy successfully for over five years here in Edinburgh and keeps the prices at an affordable cost because it is important that patients are able to afford to come back to complete their treatment, ...
Tendons and Tendon pain such as your achilles, patella, tennis elbow, golfer s elbow as professional sports are demanding better understanding of tendon pathology as injuries cause enormous financial issues both to the sports ...
Cranial Osteopathy and Myofascial Release has becoming well known especially Cranial Osteopathy for babies pregnancy and after care Helen trained at the European School of Osteopathy where John Upledger come over to lecture and teach the students. Here are extracts from the original Student Training Manual on Cranial Osteopathy and Myofascial Osteopathy - dated 1981
Foot Pain such as Plantar Fasciitis Treatment or heel pain treatment has improved over the years and includes approaches which should include quality shoes fitted with good shaped inner soles. hands of techniques, electrotherapy such as ultra sound and shockwave.
Shock wave treatment has been developed for conditions such as plantar fasciitis – shoulder rotator cuff – tennis elbow –Achilles tendonpathy – acupuncture shock-wave therapy – trigger point treatment – hip pain associated with tendons – iliotibial band pain – low back muscular pain from tight muscles – shoulder pain associated with rotator cuff and biceps tendon. Tennis and golfers elbow trochanteric bursitis
The third Tissue Repair Course I have attended given by Professor Tim Watson and his lectures continue to be brilliant.
A Painful thumb is a common condition as the joint over the years can suffer from injuries from accidents, falls sports and of course general over use both in the house, garden and at work especially using the thumb on the keyboard and touch pad, and this does not include our smart phones and touch pad computers.
Low back pain is one of the most common medical presentations in the general population. It is a common source of pain in athletes, leading to significant time missed and disability. The general categories of treatment for low back pain are medications and therapies.
MRI Scans are superb for diagnostic purposes although the scanners really need to be used for detecting the serious medical conditions but an MRI scan is very useful for back , neck, shoulder knees hips, pelvic pain and I am ...
Getting a knee injury when skiing is a rather common. A friend injuried his knee when skiing by dislocating his knee cap (patella) skiing in France. The Doctors immediately took x-rays and gave him a full leg brace. His knee was hugely swollen so taking my advice he iced it regularly for 10 minutes every hour using the free ice snow from outside. The swelling reduced and he walked carefully around with his knee brace and I gave him simple safe isometric knee exercises to try to stop the quadriceps from atrophying or wasting. He had dislocated his patella and here is Everything you Need to know about Patella Dislocation Video
