Persistent Pain “How you think about your pain can change the way it feels” – Professor Lorimer Moseley; pain scientist. 1 in 4 people experience persistent pain (pain which lasts longer than 3 months). Professor Lorimer Moseley suggests that pain lasting longer than...

Struggling with Shoulder Pain during Covid-19? Although the shoulder can be a very complex and difficult joint to navigate, with instances of pain that you can’t quite pinpoint, there are a great range of techniques that can be used to minimise the overall joint...

    I’ve only just started exercising and my knee is already injured?    Following on from our past blog post, we address those of you who find yourself unable to work during this unsettling period of self-isolation, who take to exercise instead. During this...

  A Message from our Clinical Director, Jonathan I imagine your inbox is filling up with a wealth of emails concerning the unfolding Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. I wanted to reassure you that as always, the health and wellbeing of our customers and of our...

Healing Timescales Ever wondered how long your injury will take to heal? Based on the current science, research and our experience at Jonathan Clark Physiotherapy, below lists how long 20 of the typical injuries that we see take to heal with a comprehensive...

What is Shockwave Therapy and how can it help me? Shockwave therapy is an effective and clinically proven treatment for pain, acute and chronic soft tissue injuries. A shockwave is an acoustic wave which carries high energy to target areas. The energy waves gradually...

A Female Runner with Lateral Hip Pain Louise came to me with right sided lateral hip pain, which is a very common area of pain in runners, and an area in which I also experienced pain when I initially started building up my training volume and frequency. Louise was...

A Runner and Gym-goer with Costochondritis Jess came to me with a 7-month history of Costochondritis, which is the medical term for inflammation of the cartilage that joins your ribs to your sternum (chest bone). This area is known as the costosternal joint, and we...

A Runner with Achilles Tendinopathy George came to me with 9 weeks to go before his first ever London Marathon, presenting with a right sided achilles tendinopathy, which brought his training to a complete stand still. His achilles tendon was sore after 10 minutes of...

Ankle pain can be a real nuisance, particularly if it's not rehabilitated fully.  Keeping our ankles strong, stable and mobile is critical for daily activities and sporting performance. A wobble board is a great way to help work on this stability, exercise...

Tendons are thick, strong metabolically adaptive structures found all over the body. They are what join a muscle to a bone and are key structures for transmitting force i.e causing a joint to move. Common areas of tendon pain include, heel, knee, side of hip, elbow...