Flip Flops
After all the rain we’ve had it might seem unlikely that the sun will ever shine again. Hopefully it will peek out from behind the clouds soon, and when it does, what are you going to put on your feet? If you start getting pain on the sole or top of your foot, or if […]
Continue Reading...Gardening injuries
Isn’t it true that the more you garden the more you discover it’s not the slow, ponderous activity non-gardeners think it is. The main problem with gardening is that you don’t realise until it’s too late just how much you’ve hurt yourself. • Leaning over weeds for half an hour and bending over the potting […]
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Gardening Injuries
Isn’t it true that the more you garden the more you discover it’s not the slow, ponderous activity non-gardeners think it is. The main problem with gardening is that you don’t realise until it’s too late just how much you’ve hurt yourself. • Leaning over weeds for half an hour and bending over the potting […]
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Muscle Strain
Muscles get strained when they are over stretched. Sometimes the injury involves more than one muscle and can be so painful you feel you can’t move the joint. Strains might only hurt when the muscle is put on stretch, or when you lift something. The good news is that they normally heal quickly, but if […]
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Ligaments
Ligaments hold joints together. You’ll find them around every joint – knee, ankle, hip, elbow, even your jaw joint has ligaments. On the whole they’re tough as old boots. However, it IS possible to damage them if you over-stretch them or twist them. The most common ligament injuries are sprained ankles and knee sprains. Footballers […]
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K is for K-Laser
The science: Laser therapy uses selected wavelengths of light to stimulate key molecules in human tissues. Decades of medical research have identified the wavelengths, energy level and frequencies that induce changes in cellular metabolism (Photobiostimulation), for instance melanin absorbing sunlight changes skins pigmentation. K-Laser delivers energy from superficial to deep tissues activating a cascade of […]
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Jay Sheridan – Senior Sports Therapist
There are probably quite a few things that you don’t know about our sports therapist, Jay. For example, did you know he had his own clinic, The Sheridan Clinic, before moving to The Ashgrove Clinic in 2010? He and Claire weren’t sure whether the arrangement would work when he joined us, but it’s so strong […]
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Interesting Injuries
Is your strange injury unique? The pain of an injury is never funny, but over the years we’ve had many patients struggle to tell us how the injury occurred because they were laughing too much. Here are a few of the ones the patient thought was funny: – Ankle strain from slipping on a puddle […]
Continue Reading...Gua Sha
Gua Sha involves scraping the skin with a special tool. Sounds weird? It’s actually really nice! The technique is used by Sharon, our acupuncturist, to increase blood flow to the area being stroked. The technique comes from Japan and is normally used with massage oil. After the area is stroked the skin can look bruised, […]
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Feeling Fine
We want you to leave the clinic feeling fine. Actually, we’d like you to leave feeling Wow, but sometimes that takes longer. Our first aim is that you feel fine. Why the distinction? Well, we can’t always make the pain disappear in one session, but in order to make you feel ‘fine’ we will: give […]
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