Tips For Exercising When You Have Pain
One of the most challenging aspects of living with an injury or chronic pain is how it can quickly impact your exercise routine. If you have been working towards a fitness or weight goal, this can be extremely demoralising. Here are a few tips that can help keep you on track while you recover. Staying […]
Precautions After a Joint Replacement Surgery
Most people who choose to have a joint replacement do so because of conditions like osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, which impair the joint, causing pain and immobility due to the destruction of the joint surface from the wear and tear of the cartilage lining. The common joints replaced are the hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, wrist, […]
How Your Brain Changes Your pain
Pain is a complex and deeply personal experience, shaped by both physical and psychological factors. Understanding how the brain processes pain can help improve management strategies and overall well-being. All pain, regardless of its cause, must be recognised and processed by the brain for you to become aware of it. Pain is actually a vital […]
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic condition when the body can’t regulate the amount of sugar used for fuel. This is usually characterised by varying levels of insulin (the hormone that regulates sugar movement in and out of the cell) resistance causing high level of glucose in the blood stream. Dysregulated and high […]
The Hidden Benefits Of Learning A New Skill
What is it? When thinking about getting fit and exercising more, our first thoughts are usually that we should join a gym or start jogging. While these are both worthwhile activities, we know that if you dislike the activity you’re doing, the long-term benefits are usually not enough to keep you committed. There are a […]
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis
What is it? De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis is a condition that causes pain and swelling on the thumb side of your wrist. It occurs when the tendons that move your thumb—the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and extensor pollicis brevis (EPB)—become irritated and inflamed as they pass through a small tunnel near the base of your thumb. […]
Easy Ways to Stay Pain-Free While Traveling
The holiday season is one of the busiest travel periods of the year, with many people taking to the skies, roads, and rails to visit loved ones or explore new destinations. While the excitement of travel is undeniable, the long hours spent sitting can lead to common complaints such as lower back pain, neck stiffness, […]
Five Holiday Challenges From Your Physio
With the approach of the silly season, many people begin to consider their New Year’s goals. Unfortunately, we all know what the success rates are for the average new year’s resolution – most goals have been abandoned by the first day back to work. One way to improve your health and start your year strong […]
Focus: Can Stress Affect My Pain?
A common fear for patients when discussing pain is the idea that their symptoms are ‘all in their head’ or that they won’t be believed either by friends, family, therapists or workplace. This fear can be worse when there appears to be no obvious cause for their pain or it has been present for a […]
Achilles Tendon Tears
What is it? The Achilles tendon is a band of fibrous tissue located at the back of the ankle. Its main role is to connect the calf muscles to the heel of the foot. This tendon is the largest tendon in the body and when it tightens, as the calf muscles contract, it pulls the […]