Ever wondered what your knee joint looks like? It’s a very complex structure containing ligaments, cartilage, synovial fluid and menisci. At Jonathan Clark Physiotherapy, we routinely diagnose and successfully treat knee injuries – so why not book your appointment now?!
A knot is a small area within a muscle that is constantly contracted, not relaxed. The knot is often the size of a 2p coin. These knots, or trigger points as they are technically described, are abundant within muscles throughout our body. They are natural and part of our anatomy. Usually, knots are latent and
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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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http://jonathanclarkphysiotherapy.com/ Suffering from any post Christmas aches and pains? Finally want to do something about that lingering issue thats been bothering you? Feel free to pop in for a Physiotherapy Consultation, Acupuncture or a Sports Massage treatment at one of our two clinics in Southampton. We have a wide scope of morning, evening and weekend
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The answer is, yes. A recent well conducted randomised controlled trial, including 198 participants diagnosed with Tennis Elbow, showed that Physiotherapy can alleviate pain and dysfunction in both the short and long term. Interestingly, corticosteroid injections showed significantly better effects at 6 weeks, but significantly poorer outcomes in the long term compared with Physiotherapy. Tennis
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Jonathan Clark – Owner and Clinical Director ‘Let me tell you about Richard Fraser and let me tell you about the excellent effect Acupuncture has had on him.’ ‘I first saw Richard Fraser in September, with a one year history of chronic back pain and sciatica, which was completely affecting his life. After a course of
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There is a lot of skepticism surrounding Whiplash claims, but in our experience, Whiplash is a very real injury and can cause people a lot of pain and dysfunction. It is classified as a neck injury caused by a sudden movement of the head forwards, backwards or sideways. A common cause for Whiplash is a
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Gone are the days where tendon pain was labelled tendinitis (itis = inflammation). In fact, an abundance of clinical studies now illustrate that there is in fact no signs of inflammation what so ever in the tendon. So where does the pain come from? What happens to the tendon? The new term ’tendinopathy’ has replaced
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