Expert insights, health tips, and the latest in physiotherapy
The 2025 London Marathon will take place on Sunday 27th April, where approximately 50,000 runners will follow the traditional course from Greenwich to...
When running with sciatica, every foot strike sends shockwaves through your body, creating compression forces in your spine and on surrounding nerves....
Most of us can run through minor injuries with the help of a warm up routine and painkillers, but lower back pain is one of those horrible things that...
Hip pain from cycling tends to start either along the front inner hip crease (groin) or radiates outward from the outer hip or bum cheek. The pain mig...
There's nothing like flying down a snow-covered mountainside with skis or a snowboard strapped to your feet.But with great powder days come potential...
Fractures range from minor cracks in a bone to severe breaks that can displace the bone and pierce the skin. Physiotherapy can promote healing and rec...
Calf pain when running is a relatively common complaint, and even more so if there is a history of trauma to that area. However, sometimes it can occu...
What Is Arthritis? The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis occurs when the cartilage that p...
When thinking about the typical types of injuries associated with running, what springs to mind for many of us are the knees and lower limbs. However,...
Strains and sprains are common types of sports injuries that affect the muscles and the ligaments of the body, and they typically occur as a result of...
The shoulder joint, also referred to as the glenohumeral joint, is a ball and socket joint and one of the largest in the body. It is responsible for a...
The joints in our bodies are where two or more bones meet; they are surrounded by connective tissue and allow us to move. Sometimes our joints make a...
What Is Sciatica? Sciatica refers to a painful and sometimes debilitating set of symptoms generally experienced through the lower back, buttocks and i...
Sports physiotherapy is a specialised branch of physiotherapy that aims to treat injuries and issues that have occurred as a result of practising spor...
Running a marathon is one of the ultimate challenges for runners, and it is both highly physically and mentally demanding. Runners spend months traini...
There is no right time, moment or age to decide to get into shape and improve fitness levels and exercise self-care. Getting back into shape is benefi...
What Is Pain? Pain is an unpleasant sensation that occurs when specific nerves in the body known as nociceptors, detect tissue damage. They transmit t...
Tennis Elbow, medically termed as Lateral Epicondylitis, is a condition that causes pain around the elbow. It occurs when the tendons of the elbow are...
Regular exercise offers a wide range of benefits to all aspects of the body from physical to mental well-being. It helps to build strength and flexibi...
Tendinopathy is a general term used to describe painful conditions occurring in and around the tendons in response to overuse or wear and tear. Lower...
Some people are scared to come to physiotherapy as they do not know what to expect – this is made even worse at the hospital, because we get people ou...
The menopause is a natural part of the ageing process where women stop menstruating and are no longer able to get pregnant naturally. This change typi...
What Is Wellbeing? Wellbeing is sought by everyone. It is a general term which could loosely be described as happiness and satisfaction with life, goo...
Physiotherapy is a degree-based profession based on the scientific study of physiology, anatomy and neuroscience. It aims to alleviate pain, restore m...
Pelvic or back pain during pregnancy is common, affecting an estimated 80% of women according to Bastiaanssen et al, 2005. Back pain can occur at any...
A high proportion of the population will experience some sort of back pain at some point in their lives. Both specific and non-specific back pain are...
Personal trainers are popular right across the globe and there are many reasons for this. The benefits of using a personal trainer are prolific. Safe...
It may seem almost impossible to exercise in these current times of lockdown and working from home – with the weather not always being optimum for goi...
Men and women are both biologically and physiologically different which results in a set of health concerns unique to women, many of which being relat...
Winter marks the time of year for many to take their skiing clothes and equipment out of storage and get packing for a ski holiday. Alpine skiing not...
Yoga has existed for thousands of years and continues to be an extremely popular form of exercise, practised by men and women of varying ages and phys...
Pilates is a dynamic form of exercise involving a series of postures, movements and stretches all of which have an emphasis on core strength. It is of...
Pilates is a low impact activity, particularly suitable for pregnant women as it puts minimal strain on the joints as well as providing an effective w...
Who Is Yoga For? Yoga is for everyone, including pregnant women. The fact that there are so many different styles of yoga means that there is somethin...
Having a baby will significantly change your life and your body – there are numerous reasons why exercise is so important after giving birth to your b...
An ancient multi-purpose spiritual, mental and physical practice which originated from South East Asia over 3000 years ago – Yoga encourages mental an...
A couple of short videos for anyone suffering from tendinopathy or crepitus in knee pain: 10 truths about tendinopathy Crepitus on knee pain patients
Yoga and Pilates are mindful, low impact exercises, with a number of similarities as well as a number of differences. Pilates is frequently described...
Running a marathon may be one of the biggest challenges of a life time for some, many will not even make it to the start line, let alone the finish li...
Most women experience aches and pains of some description during pregnancy – this is perfectly normal, as the ligaments in the body soften and stretch...
Winter ski holidays have become increasingly popular over the last few years, gone are the days when such ski breaks were considered a luxury holiday...
People who participate in strenuous sporting activities are more likely to suffer from muscle and tendon injuries. In some cases, anatomical variances...
The benefits of sports massage are extensive, and massage itself has been an accepted modality for many centuries, dating back as far as ancient China...
Everyone knows that exercise is good for your health and wellbeing – however, very few of us actually stop to think about why it is so good for us and...
Physiotherapy is a widely used method of treatment for a range of knee injuries – providing an effective method of rehabilitation and pain relief. The...
Completing all 26.2 miles (42km) of a full marathon is one of the toughest endurance tests around – the intensity of marathon training is well known,...
Many of our patients report of problems that relate to how they sit – tightness at the tops of their shoulders, neck pain and headaches, pain between...
What to expect from your physiotherapy visit? It doesn’t matter whether you are a veteran of physiotherapy practices or a new comer. Sometimes it’s ni...
So the marathon is on the horizon. Everything has been planned. What about your hydration plan? Laura Clark, our in-house Dietitian (www.lecnutrition....
After having done two of the worst runs of my life (half marathons), I decided to check out local running clubs. I think the time has come to properly...
We charge £95 for home visits – that includes our travel time. The areas we cover are Earlsfield, Wandsworth, Streatham, Mitcham, Tooting, Balham, Cla...
Here’s another gem from Tom Goom (www.therunning-physio.com). The two injuries we see most commonly during this time of year is Runners knee and calf...
I could wax lyrical about the foam roller. It is the best method we have for stretching out the difficult bit of tissue called the Iliotibial band tha...
Our Raynes Park Physiotherapists Our clinic in Wimbledon Village is located right in the centre of Wimbledon Village in the Borough of Merton. We have...
Our Wimbledon Physiotherapists Our clinic in Wimbledon Village is located right in the centre of Wimbledon Village in the Borough of Merton. We have a...
Our Clapham Physiotherapists Our clinic in Earlsfield is located in the Borough of Wandsworth. Coming from Clapham, we’re about 10 minutes by car or 3...
Our clinic in Earlsfield is located near Balham in the Borough of Wandsworth. If you’re looking for a Balham clinic, we’re only about 10 minutes by ca...
ProPhysiotherapy Southfields Clinic Our Earlsfield physiotherapy clinic is located in the Borough of Wandsworth approximately a 10-minute drive (or 15...
Our clinic in Earlsfield is located near Tooting in the Borough of Wandsworth. Coming from Tooting, we’re about 10 minutes by car or bus. Our Tooting...
Our clinic in Earlsfield is located in the Borough of Wandsworth. Coming from Wandsworth town, we’re about 10 minutes by car or bus. Our Wandsworth Ph...
Being pregnant can often make you focus on what you’re eating more than at any other time in your life as you take on the responsibility for someone e...
Wimbledon may have ended and it’s raining – it must be another British Summer that’s ended before it’s begun! Even though it may not be scorching outs...
Research has shown that these symptoms can occur in 1:36 pregnancies (Owens at al 2002) and therefore it can affect a large number of women. These sym...
