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
Myofascial Release or Myofascial Release Massage over the years has grown a fashionable course of treatments. It is only the stretching the some of the fascial which surrounds the muscles of the body but due to America it has become ...
Physiotherapy Electrotherapy was first introduced to me over 30 years ago by a wonderful physiotherapist were I worked in a well known Health Spa used by many celebrities. Physiotherapy Electrotherapy has come on a long way and there are many more approaches, machines and diagnostic advances of which many are used in the States and Europe. At the moment, here in the Great Britain physiotherapy is restricted to exercises and hands on. The use electrotherapy has been greatly reduced with the result that I combine physiotherapy electrotherapy with many of my treatments as electrotherapy has been well evidence based and researched by Professor Tim Watson. He has a new website and here is a link to Key Concepts in Electrotherapy
Dr O'Driscoll has asked me to make practitioners aware of the 2013 Arsenal FC SEMS Conference, run by the AFC Medical Department and held at Emirates Stadium on 25 March 2013. Please find current information below. To register online and secure your place, please go to www.eventelephant.com/arsenalsportsmedicineconference2013 There is limited capacity of 30 attendees per tour for the two tours of Emirates during the day. If you wish to join one of these, please confirm this when you register.
Tissue Repair and Electrotherapy Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. Professor Tim Watson 13th April 2013 09.00 Registration 09.15 Introduction Review of Tissue Repair I A consideration of the current view of tissue repair mechanisms and ...
Please Read these reviews as it is important if you are making an appointment to see Helen For many it is their first Appointment with an Osteopath so you have what to expect and for patient feedback satisfaction Edinburgh ...
Chronic Back Pain recent Article from the New Scientist Called Blaming the Brain for Chronic Back Pain July 2012 The vast majority of adults have had a sore back at some point in their lives. If they’re lucky, the pain subsides ...
