Physiotherapy and Acupuncture
Friday, February 10, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Skiing exercises for free!
There are a few basic exercises to get you ready for the piste. This will make for a more enjoyable and hopefully injury free holiday!
1. Quads strength: stand against a wall and slide down until you can see your knee caps just cover your big toes. Hold this position for a minute, repeat 10 times.
2. Balance: stand on one leg with your knee slightly bent (knee cap over big toe). Then try to draw a circle around yourself or you can dribble a ball around yourself. This will help to unbalance you. Repeat 10 times.
3. Gluteus and hamstring strength: lay on the floor on your back with your knees bent. Do a bridge by lifting your bottom off the floor. Hold 10 seconds and repeat 10 times.
Do this two or three times each day for several weeks before your holiday.
Good luck and have a happy holiday
1. Quads strength: stand against a wall and slide down until you can see your knee caps just cover your big toes. Hold this position for a minute, repeat 10 times.
2. Balance: stand on one leg with your knee slightly bent (knee cap over big toe). Then try to draw a circle around yourself or you can dribble a ball around yourself. This will help to unbalance you. Repeat 10 times.
3. Gluteus and hamstring strength: lay on the floor on your back with your knees bent. Do a bridge by lifting your bottom off the floor. Hold 10 seconds and repeat 10 times.
Do this two or three times each day for several weeks before your holiday.
Good luck and have a happy holiday
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
CLASH Arthritis meeting
Monday, October 3, 2011
Acupuncture and Rheumatoid Arthritis case study
I had a patient come to see me recently with Rheumatoid Arthritis. She was only in her 40's and was suffering with pain in most of her joints especially her feet, knees, shoulders and hands. I decided to look at some studies as to the effectiveness and specific points to use for acupuncture. I found a study;
Acupuncture in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind controlled pilot study, Lai-Shan Tam, Ping-Chung Leung, Tena K Li , Lang Zhang and Edmund K Li, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007, 7:35doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-35
These were the points used (above).
The points were left in for half an hour. After just one session the patient experienced a huge reduction in pain. Her function was increased as previous to acupuncture she had difficulty in walking, opening a bottle and gripping objects. After the acupuncture she was able to do all of this with very reduced pain levels. The second session proved to be much the same and the patient was suprised with how effective the treatment was. She was able to stand and even dance on a night out. I repeated the treatment twice more with exactly the same results.
Acupuncture in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind controlled pilot study, Lai-Shan Tam, Ping-Chung Leung, Tena K Li , Lang Zhang and Edmund K Li, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007, 7:35doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-35
These were the points used (above).
The points were left in for half an hour. After just one session the patient experienced a huge reduction in pain. Her function was increased as previous to acupuncture she had difficulty in walking, opening a bottle and gripping objects. After the acupuncture she was able to do all of this with very reduced pain levels. The second session proved to be much the same and the patient was suprised with how effective the treatment was. She was able to stand and even dance on a night out. I repeated the treatment twice more with exactly the same results.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Corporate Filming with Affixxius
The MD of Walk-in Physio did some corporate filming yesterday with Affixxius Productions.
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