Pelvic Pain
What We Treat Causes: Pelvic pain might be referred from the back and viceversa. It is also common for women to have pelvic and pubic pain during and following pregnancy. Treatment: Physiotherapy treatment aims at maintaining a stable, pain free pelvis, and includes retraining: muscles of the pelvic floor muscles of the deep abdominal wall […]
Wrist & Hand
What We Treat Explanation: The wrist and hand is made up of bones, ligaments and tendons that along with the joints of the elbow allows us to orientate the hands wherever we like and have incredible strength when we need it but minute fine movements and dexterity as well. Pain and dysfunction at the wrist […]
Elbow & Forearm
What We Treat Explanation: The most common elbow/forearm injuries are ‘Tennis elbow’ and ‘Golfers elbow’. These labels are somewhat inappropriate as they are actually more common in those who have never picked up a tennis racquet or golf club. ‘Tennis elbow’ or lateral epicondilytis presents as pain on the outside of the elbow that can […]
Jaw Pain
What We Treat Explanation: Jaw-related problems are usually referred to as temporomandibular joint disorders. The temporomandibular joints are located on both sides of the head just in front of your ears, where the lower jaw bone (mandible) meets the skull. The joints allow you to open and close your mouth and move it from side […]
Head & Neck
What We Treat Causes: Pain in the neck is a common problem. It can be acute (of sudden onset and painful) or can gradually come on through poor posture and other factors. Neck pain has many possible causes including: arthritis neck stiffness (which can occur by itself or with neck pain) muscle strains such as […]
Lower Back
What We Treat Explanation: Low back pain is an extremely common symptom in the general population (80-90% of adults in the UK suffer from low back pain) and incurs great economic and social cost. The majority of low back pain sufferers improve over a 3 month period (90%), but unfortunately nearly 50% of those have […]