Osteopathy in Wandsworth

Wandsworth Town osteopathy I often get asked what is the difference between physiotherapy, osteopathy and chiropractic so I thought I would try and explain the differences. I am a trained physiotherapist so know this profession inside out, however my comments about osteopathy and chiropractic are based more on my own personal experience of having treatment […]

Women’s Health Clinic

Women’s health and pelvic health physiotherapy Don’t let your bump stop you enjoy being a mum “As your bump is getting bigger you’ve noticed your back and pelvis are getting stiff and sore. Your wrists ache lifting your child. Your neck and shoulders ache when you breast feed. Just walking around the house is a […]

Why I became a physio

Physiotherapy in Wandsworth Town I often get asked why I got into being a physiotherapist and if I enjoy my job. Concerning the second part I enjoy being a physio very much. I get to help people every day, reducing their fear and anxiety, often times taking people from being incapacitated and in a lot […]

My low back pain

Treatment of lower back pain in Wandsworth I bent over to put my shoes on and “ping” my back went. I hear this all the time from my patients, but this time it was my back. I yelled out “aaarrgghh” My girlfriend came over asking “what have you done?” “I don’t know” I said “but […]

Clinical reasoning and evidence based physiotherapy

How can physiotherapy help me? Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice in physiotherapy are the new buzz-word phrases in physiotherapy recently. Every physio has it drilled into them that their diagnoses, advice and treatment must be well clinically reasoned and treatment must be evidenced based. But what does this really mean?   Clinical reasoning means evaluating […]

Physiotherapy in Wandsworth

Physiotherapy in Wandsworth If you’re a keen gym goer, Boot Camp goer, or recreational athlete it’s more than likely that you will pick up an injury from time to time. It could be quite a simple injury such as a muscle strain or minor ligament sprain, or you could have a more debilitating and painful […]

Ankle injuries

What are the most common ankle injuries? One particular problem that I see in sportspeople is sprained ankles. These types of injuries tend to happen in athletes who play explosive multidirectional sports such as football, netball, tennis, hockey and rugby.   The most common type of ankle sprains that people suffer from our lateral ankle […]