2020 will soon be over and for most of us it can’t come to soon. It will be a year that most of us will want to forget and put behind us. The rapidly approaching Christmas holiday is going to give us exactly that opportunity, a chance to relax, unwind and think of a brighter…

COVID-19 has dominated our lives for nearly a year now and while we may be becoming immune to the subject, there are new articles emerging constantly as we learn more about this epidemic, providing important new insights, which we should not ignore. A recent paper, referenced below, published by physiotherapist Dr Adriaan Louw, written for…

This year we will be closed from Thursday 24th December until Friday 1st January inclusive. We will reopen on Monday 4th January. There is bound to be a rush for appointments before Christmas, so don’t leave it for too long before making your appointments to ensure you are ready to enjoy your break.   Call…

Increasingly, COVID sufferers are experiencing long term pain and debilitation and these consequences are being termed as ‘Long-COVID’ Physiotherapy has been identified as having critical importance in helping treat the upcoming surge of ‘Long- COVID’ pain sufferers. Relief from that pain needs a combination of talking and listening (psychotherapy) to calm the system down, along…

Exercise. Even the mention of the word usually causes a groan.  We all have our reasons, or excuses, for not exercising, but mainly it’s because  we can easily imagine the short term pain, but not so easily visualise the long term benefits. We won’t even try to make it sound like dedicated and consistent exercise…

This advice that has been repeated to us since early in the pandemic: Wear a mask Maintain social distance Wash your hands regularly Although this advice smacks of common sense, it is still flagrantly ignored by some. On an almost daily basis, we get patients who complain about having to wear a mask for a…

Many of us are frustrated and confused by the arguments and counter arguments we constantly hear about just about anything.  How can expert A argue the complete opposite of expert B? Well it depends in part if they were asked the same question. So let’s start with something that probably most of us know about…

It’s very important that we understand the implications of the words we use, as they can have a powerful control of our beliefs and the actions we take. Let’s take the word ‘Health’, a very common word and one with which we in the UK associate very strong beliefs. Many years ago, it was decided…

In ancient times they didn’t have the medical knowledge of the body or the medicine and technology that we take for granted now. But they still had to deal with the sickness, trauma, pain, stress and all the other symptoms of life that we experience today.  This forced the ancient doctors to use their observational…