Fractures of the humerus are common and make up about 5% of all fractures, with 80% of them either undisplaced or just minimally displaced. More common in people suffering from osteoporosis, it is common to have a forearm fracture on the same side. Damage...

The Treatment of Sciatica by Physiotherapists by Jonathan Blood Smyth The lumbar nerve roots emerge from the spine and at this point they are vulnerable to impingement from a disc prolapse, causing inflammation and/or compression of the nerve and the ...

An Osteopath's Health Guide for Pregnant Women by Andrew Mitchell As any mother will admit, pregnancy places tremendous strain on the body. On average, women gain around 30 pounds during pregnancy, resulting in a big postural change. It can be incredi...

Treatment and Physiotherapy Management of Torn Achilles Tendon by Jonathan Blood-Smyth The biggest and strongest of the body's tendinous structures is the Achilles tendon in the lower part of the posterior calf. The main patients who suffer from Achil...

To Treat or to Cure? The Benefits of Osteopathy by Andrew Mitchell We have all been there: we go to the doctor with an aching back, she gives us a diagnosis, and writes out a prescription for some pain killers, along with some medical advice of what ...

How Physiotherapists Treat Neck Pain from Cervical Disc Prolapse by Jonathan Blood-Smyth A prolapsed disc or injury to the nerve exit foramen in the neck can give very severe neck and arm pain known as cervical radiculopathy. The sixth cervical nerve ...

Physiotherapy Treatment of Golfer's Elbow by Jonathan Blood-Smyth Golfer's elbow, more technically called medial epicondylitis in medical literature, is a similar type of condition to tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis, but is less common. Since th...

How Osteopaths Treat Neck Pain by Andrew Mitchell Instead of looking at each symptom of an illness separately, osteopathic medicine is a kind of medicine that looks at your entire body to figure out the best method of treatment. Osteopathic medicine ...

Physiotherapists and other manual therapists recognise piriformis syndrome as a cause of buttock and leg pain which sometimes simulates sciatic symptoms. The piriformis muscle is very close to the sciatic nerve as it traverses the buttock and nerve comp...

The lifetime incidence of low back pain is very high, with most of us being affected to a lesser or greater extent at some point in our life. The very high numbers of lumbar pain sufferers means a large proportion of physiotherapy clients have this proble...

by Jonathan Blood-Smyth Neck pain is a very common symptom and one for which many people consult a physiotherapist. Initially in the subjective examination the physio will want to know how the pain came on and how long ago. Some people can recall a par...

by Jonathan Blood-Smyth Cervical spine pain and disability is one of the commonest problems for which people consult a physiotherapist. The first part of the examination is to find out the cause of onset of the pain and how it has behaved since then. T...

by Andrew Mitchell When the weather turns brisk after a wet and none-too-warm summer we Brits well know that now is the time to enjoy London. The winter is too cold and miserable and the summer is generally blighted by hordes of tourists. But the Spr...

by Andrew Mitchell When the weather turns brisk after a wet and none-too-warm summer we Brits well know that now is the time to enjoy London. The winter is too cold and miserable and the summer is generally blighted by hordes of tourists. But the Sprin...

Ankle sprains and ankle fractures are a common part of physiotherapy practice. A repeated sprain can give difficulty walking on uneven surfaces or a chronic ankle pain problem. The subjective examination from the physio explores how the injury occurred, t...