When looking to find a massage therapist we would recommend you look to use a therapist who is Registered with a recognised, reputable Professional Association, which ensures your Therapist has the qualifications required to carry out the treatments advertised and operates under a strict code of conduct. All members of the LCSP Register of Remedial…
Before psychiatrists or psychologists are allowed to work with patients, they have to undertake personal therapy to ensure they’re in the best mind to help. As physical therapists, we don’t technically have to do this. We’re just treating the body, not the mind, aren’t we? I think anyone who works in clinic knows this isn’t…
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week run by the UK’s Mental Health Foundation (https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/) and we are sharing our first post about Mental Wellbeing. Today we’re asking members to take a moment & consider how their mental health is – pause for a minute and ask yourself – ‘How am I…?’ We’d love to hear how you are,…
Now you have learnt how to use deep breathing techniques, it is also important to know you need mobility in the upper back and muscle around the rib cage to allow the breath to move freely
Wishing everyone a merry and peaceful Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year
Whilst sitting at your desk it is important to keep moving to help prevent aches and pains building in the neck and back. Try this little sequence at different points in your day to keep you mobile and improve your posture at your desk.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month in many countries. However, the effects of Breast Cancer surgery can stay with the patient every day for years. Find out what can be done to help
Knowledge and an understanding of the human body and how it functions is the starting point of sports massage theory. The more we understand about how the body functions, what may interrupt this functioning (such as trauma and injury), and what influence increased activity has on the systems that combine to make it function, the…
Sports massage is a form of massage involving the manipulation of soft tissue to benefit a person engaged in regular physical activity. Soft tissue is connective tissue that has not hardened into bone and cartilage; it includes skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia (a form of connective tissue that lines and ensheathes the other soft…
Shoulder issues are common as they are a highly used part of the body which is put under frequent strain. It is also an area of the body that is particularly interconnected with integral joints, such as the neck, ribcage, scapula, clavicle, and spine. All too often clients come to me after being diagnosed with…
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