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Why Shouldn’t You Increase Physical Activity Suddenly?

As good as exercise undoubtedly is for your health, it’s essential that you don’t jump into high-intensity training if you’re not ready for it, as this can cause pain and injuries if you’re not careful. How do I start exercising after years of inactivity? If you’ve been very inactive for [...]

09
Dec

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5 New Year’s Resolutions To Protect Your Physical Health

With the start of a new year just around the corner, no doubt many of you are thinking about what goals you’d like to achieve in 2026… and, of course, health and wellbeing often takes centre stage at this time of year. So, with this in mind, here are some [...]

02
Dec

Why Are Tendons So Prone To Injury?

Sports injuries are very common among active people, whether they’re down to overuse, overtraining, poor posture and form, an accident during play or ineffective warm-ups and warm-downs. One very common issue that athletes experience is damage to the calcified fibrocartilage connective tissue, which connects tendons to bones. Damage to this [...]

25
Nov

What Is Gait Re-Education?

It’s entirely natural and to be expected that we all take walking for granted. It’s something we learn as a very young child and, as such, we don’t give it much of a second thought… until something happens that affects our gait. What is gait? Gait is our natural walking [...]

18
Nov

Broken Legs Revealed As Most Common Winter Sports Injury!

Winter sports are a lot of fun, but you’ve got to make sure you do all you can to stay safe while out and about skiing and snowboarding – or you could find yourself dealing with an injury, if you’re not careful. New research from Aviva has found that the [...]

11
Nov

5 FAQs About Physiotherapy

We often take our physical health for granted, not giving our bodies a second thought – until we suddenly find ourselves experiencing stiffness, aches and pains, and loss of strength and mobility… and then it’s all we can think about! In such circumstances, it can be beneficial to go and [...]

04
Nov

What To Do About Hip Impingements

Aches and pains are typical and to be expected over the years, but it’s still important to listen to your body and pay close attention to the signals it gives you. If you experience any pain or discomfort that you would consider to be out of the ordinary, it’s essential [...]

28
Oct

Winter Sports Injury Prevention: 3 Top Tips

The first snowfall of the winter has been forecast for parts of the UK this week (October 20th), so now’s the time to make sure you have all your winter woollies close to hand and that the central heating system is fit for purpose! But it’s also time for many [...]

21
Oct

Growing pains can be upsetting for children but seeing a physiotherapist can help them reduce their discomfort. Find out what physio programmes involve.

Can Physio Help With Growing Pains?

One very common physical complaint that children make – particularly those of primary school age – is that of growing pains, which can manifest during periods of especially fast growth. It’s not entirely clear what causes growing pains in some children, but experts suggest that it might be down to [...]

14
Oct

Back Care Awareness Week: 6 Top Tips For Back Pain

This week is Back Care Awareness Week, running between October 6th to 11th, so now’s the perfect time to prioritise back health, check in with yourself and make sure that you’re doing all you can to look after yourself. Back pain is one of the most common conditions that people [...]

07
Oct

How Online Fitness Trends Increase Injury Risk

New health and fitness trends come to the fore online all the time and, of course, it’s incredibly tempting to tap into them all to see if they can help you hit your goals. This year alone has seen everything from yoga flows combined with strength training, dancing with functional [...]

30
Sep

What Is Trigger Finger & Can Physio Help?

If you find yourself waking up in the morning with stiffness in your fingers, as well as pain and tenderness, and difficulty in straightening one or more of your fingers, it may well be that you have trigger finger – also known as stenosing flexor tenosynovitis. It’s thought that this [...]

23
Sep

Can Physio Help With Shin Splints?

If you get a lot of exercise or are generally physically active, you may well experience shin splints at some point, characterised by pain in the lower leg, around the shin bone. Also known as medial tibial stress syndrome, the condition is not usually a serious one but, even so, [...]

16
Sep

Healthy Ageing Tips For World Physiotherapy Day

World Physiotherapy Day has just taken place (September 8th), with this year’s theme set as healthy ageing, with a focus on preventing falls and frailty… which is something that everyone can benefit from, regardless of how old they are. Preventing frailty Research shows that the average age of frailty onset [...]

09
Sep

Why Swimming Is Good For You

While there’s no doubt that getting regular exercise is excellent for your physical, mental and emotional health, it’s important to make sure that you train within your remit and listen to your body so you don’t cause undue stress and strain. If you’re keen to increase your activity levels without [...]

02
Sep

How To Protect Your Knees: 4 Top Tips

While it’s essential to protect all your joints over the years, it’s particularly important to make sure that you look after your knees as you get older, as they’re one of the biggest and most complex joints of them all, helping to support your weight and keeping your legs moving [...]

26
Aug

Is There A Link Between Back Pain Medication & Dementia?

Chronic lower back pain (that which lasts for longer than three months) even after the root cause has been treated is incredibly common, the second leading cause of disability around the world… and it can have a huge impact on your daily life, taking its toll physically, mentally and emotionally. [...]

18
Aug

How To Look After Your Body As You Get Older

People are now living for longer than ever before, thanks to medical advancements and innovations, improved disease treatment and prevention, improved sanitisation, immunisation programmes, healthcare access and lifestyle changes… which, of course, is great news! However, it does mean that we need to think about how well we’ll navigate older [...]

12
Aug

Can Walking Prevent Back Pain?

Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints that we see here at Clear Physio and it’s likely that you’ll experience issues with this at some point in your life. Typically, symptoms will improve within a few weeks but they can last for longer and they can recur [...]

05
Aug

Are Tall People More Prone To Spinal Problems?

Maintaining proper posture and seeking assistance when experiencing aches, pains and twinges is advisable for us all, but if you’re above a certain height it’s perhaps particularly important to make sure that you put preventative measures in place, as studies show that there may be a link between height and [...]

29
Jul

Why You Shouldn’t Wait To See A Physiotherapist

It is entirely inevitable that you will experience aches, pains and physical complaints from time to time. We ask a lot of our bodies and they largely serve us well, but life can certainly take its toll, no matter how careful we are, and as such it’s important to listen [...]

22
Jul

Physiotherapy For Hammer Toes: Can It Help?

A common physical complaint that many people will suffer from is hammer toes (also referred to as either retracted toes, mallet toes or claw toes), where the toes are permanently bent. This can be caused by wearing shoes that are too small or which don’t fit well, or because of [...]

15
Jul

4 Common Injuries For Tennis Players

With the second week of Wimbledon now underway, and some exciting tennis matches having already been played, no doubt there are many of you out there keen to demonstrate your own sporting prowess on the tennis courts this summer. But, as with any physical activity, it’s important to know what [...]

08
Jul

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The Problems With Prolonged Sitting & How Massage Can Help

Sitting culture is relatively pervasive these days, with many of us confined to chairs at work for hours and hours, with very few chances during the day to get up for a walk and a stretch. It’s easy to simply accept this as part of life in the 21st century, [...]

01
Jul

What Is Bursitis & How Can Physio Help?

If you’re experiencing a dull aching pain in your joints, have swelling or are finding that the skin surrounding the joints is more tender or warmer than it usually would be, or if you’re experiencing pain when you move or press on the joints, it’s possible that you might have [...]

24
Jun

What To Do About Tennis Elbow

If you’re experiencing pain around the outside of your elbow joint, it’s possible that you might have developed tennis elbow, which is caused by inflammation in the tendons (the cords that connect muscle to bone). The condition can be caused by activities that involve gripping objects and repeatedly twisting the [...]

17
Jun

How To Tell If You Need A Massage

As we get older, it’s entirely normal to experience aches and pains, as general wear and tear starts to take its toll on our joints and muscles. However, the good news is that you don’t have to sit back and accept your fate and there’s a lot you can do [...]

11
Jun

Pregnancy-Associated Osteoporosis: Can Physio Help?

Physical changes are an expected part of pregnancy, including everything from morning sickness and swelling to back pain, abdominal separation, skin and hair changes, heartburn, pelvic girdle pain and so on. One rare complication, however, is pregnancy-associated osteoporosis, where bones fracture easily around the time you give birth. Osteoporosis is [...]

03
Jun

AI-Powered Insoles Could Help Prevent Sports Injuries!

Keeping active and getting regular exercise is important for our general health and wellbeing, but it doesn’t come without associated risks and sports injuries are by no means uncommon. Research from the University of Bath shows although serious injury risks from the majority of sports and other forms of exercise [...]

27
May

How Massage Therapy Can Help With Osteotomy

In some circumstances, if you’re experiencing pain and instability in your joints (perhaps because of conditions like osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia, bow legs or scoliosis), osteotomy may be a necessary course of action, where bones are surgically cut to allow for realignment. This procedure is typically carried out in order to [...]

20
May