When you go for a massage, you perhaps don’t always think about what’s happening to you physically beyond being incredibly relaxed while your therapist is kneading your muscles and bringing relief to your aches and pains. However, one of the biggest benefits of being massaged is that it helps clear out the lymphatic system and […]
If you’ve been feeling an aching sensation, stiffness, tingling, numbness and weakness, as well as reduced joint mobility, in your upper body (hands, wrists, shoulders and arms), it may be that you’re experiencing some kind of repetitive strain injury (RSI), a condition that manifests as a result of doing repetitive movements… hence the name. It […]
A common injury that often brings people to see us here at Clear Physio are Achilles tendon ruptures. This is where the tendon that connects the calf muscle to the heel bone is torn somehow, usually because of exercise or playing sport. Interestingly, the Achilles tendon is the strongest of all the tendons in the […]
As we get older, it’s inevitable that our bodies will start to change and it’s possible that you will begin to experience issues such as reduced mobility, less muscle strength and power, poor coordination, reduced balance, poorer eyesight, painful joints and so on. Because these changes typically happen quite gradually, it gives us time to […]