Approximately 30% of patients present with lower back pain, making it one of the most common disabilities for people aged between 16 and 45 and the second most common reason for doctor visits, estimated at 7 million per year. Back pain costs the NHS approximately £400 million per year; with private consultations accounting for an […]
Did you know that whiplash accounts for over approximately £3 billion of healthcare costs annually, this number continues to rise every year. Between 2008-2012 whiplash was accountable for 72% of insurance claims. At Jonathan Clark Physiotherapy we are faced with numerous cases of whiplash; a soft tissue neck injury most commonly caused by motor vehicle
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What is it? The rotator cuff is formed from 4 muscles: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis and teres minor which lie across the scapula and converge into a single tendon which inserts on the greater tuberosity of the humerus. Potential Injuries Injuries to the rotator cuff can be caused by acute trauma or degeneration of the rotator
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Your medial and lateral menisci are located between the femur and the tibia; this layer of cartilage acts as a shock absorber and load transmitter when forces are applied through the knee. Medial meniscal injuries are common in sporting activities which involve bending, weight bearing, twisting or turning forces to the knee. These injuries can
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Problems with tendons develop in response to overuse or overloading. Historically, the term Tendinitis has been used to describe inflammation of the tendons in response to this overload. This results in redness, swelling and heat as the body’s inflammatory process kicks in! It can affect multiple sites across the body, the most common being shoulders,
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Trigger points are naturally distributed across our bodies; however, it is only when they become irritable and we start to experience pain or discomfort that we notice them! These points are palpable nodules of taught muscle fibres which develop through muscular overload, imbalance, trauma or injury. They can result in the referral of pain to
Joyce was diagnosed with Raynaud’s phenomenon, a common disorder in which the small blood vessels in the extremities are over-sensitive to changes in temperature and spasmodically contract, thus restricting blood flow to the hand and fingers. The discolouration is remarkable. There may be considerable pain, numbness or tingling. For the past few weeks Joyce would
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Is a Marathon on the horizon? Many runners experience hip, knee, shin, ankle and foot pain when they are training for events. It’s the sheer volume of training, combined with any underlying biomechanical issues or muscle imbalances which can lead to such pains. We routinely offer our Physiotherapy assessment skills to identify the cause of
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A recent study has shown that chronic back pain, which has lasted many years, responds well to a combination of Physiotherapy exercises and Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). A trial conducted on 245 patients showed a significant reduction in pain relief and a dramatic reduction in the use of painkillers after an eight week programme. CBT
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Shingles is an infection of a nerve and the area of skin supplied by that nerve, which is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that results in Chickenpox. If you’ve had chickenpox, there is a 1 in 5 chance that you will have Shingles at some point in your life, as particles of the
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