April 2023

Exercise does not cure pain, opiates work really well…

…and other things your doctor has absolutely no clue about.

So, I haven’t blogged in a while and frankly I’m utterly bored of social media seeing the same Twitter fights and the same insta-posts of the same people doing/saying the same things over and over like a hellish physio Groundhog Day. Honestly, if there is an afterlife, the ‘bad area’ will be populated by Physio-bros arguing over the BPS

June 2021

PHYSIO ONLY GETS YOU SO FAR in chronic conditions, manual therapy is awesome…

So I’m fully prepared for a fall out on this one but bare with me because it is personal. In the 9 years it took to get a diagnosis on AS (ankylosing spondylitis) I have seen 3 physios (plus lots of other professionals). 1 local NHS (ordered an x-ray, never touched me), 1 private (mix of assessment, exercise modifications and manual treatment) and 1 from the hospital (only talk). Guess

May 2021

WORDS MATTER…the language you use and the claims you make are more important than ever.

WORDS MATTER…the language you use and the claims you make are more important than ever. With the internet at our fingertips, there is a wealth of information available BUT also misinformation.

So I’m not going to talk about the obvious anti-vax propaganda here but actually in more simple terms, with claims about the body and exercise. When we talk to colleagues or clients we need to think first; what are we

January 2021

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE HUG – the importance of TOUCH

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As a #massage therapist I (usually) I touch lots of different people all day and I think we don’t give enough credence to just that simple concept; being touched in a caring manner (although with me it’s bound to be a little painful sometimes!!). There are many people in the Physio industry who are very dismissive of ‘manual therapy’ these days and it really bugs me. Yes, most injuries respond

NSAID’s MAKE MY PAIN WORSE… anyone else?

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Yep – another weird thing I have been researching because when you have an injury, back pain or an arthritic condition that are all driven by inflammation the first line of defence suggested is often NSAIDs (non steroid anti inflammatory drugs), so ibuprofen and naproxen. But they can have some nasty side effects meaning you have to take something else to protect your gut from getting an ulcer so it

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