I get asked a lot of questions about physiotherapy assessment. What do we do at my clinic? How do I assess? How do I teach assessing? In my previous blog A Different Perspective On Your Physiotherapy Assessment, I mentioned that the first and most important thing is to have a safe, quiet environment that builds…
How can I relieve neck pain? The first thing to understand is how this happened, neck pain can be caused by other conditions such as muscle weakness in the shoulders, perhaps lifestyles such as workplace seating or even sports. Take a moment to consider what could be causing yours. While doing this, think about the…
Like a traditional massage, sports massage more intensely manipulates the soft tissues and tendons. In addition, the masseuse uses more strength to purge the muscles, which helps to loosen and condition the essential structural integrity. As a result, you are less likely to become injured during sports or physical activity. Sports massage also helps to…
Rotator Cuff Physiotherapy Many have heard of the rotator cuff in the shoulder and, not surprisingly, believe it to be a single part of the shoulder. The rotator cuff is, in fact, a group of four muscles that work together to provide dynamic stability of the shoulder joint, helping to control the joint during rotation:…
Physiotherapy Treatment For Vertigo Caused By BPPV Vertigo is a problem that affects around half the population at some point in their lives and is more common as we get older. Fortunately, the symptoms usually only last for a few seconds to a minute or so, but the symptoms are very unpleasant including: • Nausea…
You can now book your next appointments online via our website www.painreliefclinic.co.uk You will see an orange box at the top left of each page. Click on that and it will take you to the launch page. Online booking is only suitable for existing clients: You are an existing client AND You are being treated…
At Nicky Snazell’s Wellness & Physiotherapy Clinic, we get to treat quite a lot of sports injuries and by far the number one sport for injuries we see is for horse riding, perhaps not surprising given how popular this pastime is in the area A recent large scale study in the USA supported our observations,…
You Spoke Recently we asked for feedback on your thoughts on our clinic and most importantly, how you would like us to improve. I’m really pleased to say that we had some great responses which have given us plenty to think about. We have given all who responded a free massage and of course…
This may be difficult to grasp at first, but if you were to be able to look inside your body, down to the tiniest detail, you would see you are a community of cells, trillions of cells. Development of humans started from a single cell structure. For growth, the only opportunity was to get bigger,…
Many patients I see have experienced chronic and sometimes severe pain in a specific part of their body. Pain that’s lasted years, decades even. Pain that won’t go away and no conventional treatment seems to work. These patients are resigned to suffering their pain for life. In many cases I find that their pain is…