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How to Future-Proof Your Knees – Supported by the BBC At Plym Physio, we’ve always been passionate advocates for strength. The benefits of strength training are wide-reaching — from preventing injury to improving performance and quality of life — and we’ve talked about them many times across our blogs. The message remains the same: strength…
I’m a massive advocate of everyone doing ‘activity’ and sport. It has huge benefits for both the body and the brain. So aside from the obvious health benefits for our hearts and cardiovascular systems it develops interoception/proprioception (knowing where are bodies are in space as well as in relation to other parts of us), mobility,…
According to the Family Resources Survey (2023/24), about 5.4 million people in the UK are providing informal care. When we are acting as carers we often forget to care of ourselves. As physiotherapists, we often remind our patients that movement is medicine, but it’s not just advice for those recovering from injury—it’s also a lesson…
To introduce Tom to everyone we though we’d ask him some quick fire questions. He agreed but only if we all did it. Soooo…here they are!
What is the difference between sports massage and physiotherapy? If you have ever had an ache or injury, chances are someone has suggested to get a massage or see a physiotherapist. Understanding the difference can be helpful in choosing the right treatment for your body and goals. Sports massage is a targeted form of massage…
Hello, I’m Lily, and If you’ve phoned or emailed Plym Physio in the last three years, chances are you’ve been speaking to me. My responsibility is predominantly being the first port of call for new patients, whilst accommodating existing patients on their road to recovery in a non-clinical capacity. Here’s a little insight into how…
Over the last month or so we’ve had a few people in following surgery or fracture clinic. One common theme is they come in with a generic exercise sheet and say “this was all I got…” On the whole the exercise sheets are there to make sure people are doing ‘something’ following their hospital ‘intervention’…
A draught of cold air, not wearing a scarf and getting neck pain is what your Granny used to say caused a cricked neck. It has had quite a few names over the years, acute wry neck, acute torticollis. We’re all taking about the time where you wake up and think you’ve slept ‘funny’ and…
The short answer is not always. The long answer….Hypermobility is often called double-jointedness and can be quite common (5-18% in caucasian population, up to 43% in non-caucasian). There is benign hypermobility where there is no disease process causing it or it can be an hereditary connective tissue disorder (such as Ehlers-Danlos, Marfans, Osteogenesis Imperfecta). Symptoms…
No….but, maybe, probably. We’ve just finished our Strength and Conditioning course for Physiotherapists and it’s been very revealing. The course was run by Dr Claire Minshull who is nationally renowned Physiotherapist with a special interest in Strength and Conditioning (S&C) who also conducts a lot of research into all things muscle and strength related. The…