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A client presented after having bilateral shoulder operations over a decade ago. The NHS assigned a physio post operatively, but restricted range of motion, and pain on certain movements has persisted ever since. It’s disappointing when surgery doesn’t deliver the kind of results you’d hoped for. For the last few months we’ve (its very much…
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I love what I do, but I don’t mind admitting I am a little envious if other people’s jobs, or more specifically, lifestyle choices sometimes 🤩 A returning client, and long term friend, works through the winter, saving the pennies, and then goes off cycling with their partner for 4-6 months through Europe. Awesome! Now…
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So I’ve had a couple of people (therapists) ask how such results were achieved with the shoulder yesterday. First we examined the dynamics of the fall, including a pretty picture (client drawn 😉) of impact sites, and angles of arms / rotations etc. From this it seemed likely there would have been some eye dysfunction…
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An existing client presented with severe shoulder pain after a fall. They have been taking diazepam and naproxen to help with the pain (but not today for a clean assessment). First video shows RoM, to the point of pain. 10 minutes detailed break down of the fall. 40 minutes detailed assessment. 10 minutes soft tissue…
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Pain and discomfort across the top of the shoulders and lower neck when riding your road or mountain bike? It could be your Serratus posterior superior is part of the problem – it’s an accessory muscle of inhalation. Correcting breathing issues, optimising inspiration and expiration patterns, can have such a profound effect not only in…
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A client presented at clinic with chronic shoulder pain and restricted range of motion. They’d been unable to put their put their arm behind their back (as if doing a bra clasp) or lift their arm above their shoulder since falling up their front step and jarring their arm as they tried to protect themselves….
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When you play piano, the left hand does a fair amount more of the intricate work than the right, on balance. Typically relegated to chord work or thumb sliding it has a pretty easy life as long as you have enough reach to span an octave. I had a client come in this weekend who…
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Did you know that left handed brick layers are in demand? Me neither. Apparently when you lay bricks you either push the line or pull the line. If you’re right handed it’s easier to push the line, and not so easy if you have to pull. Left handed brickies find it easier to pull. It’s…
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Anytime a health professional utters the word ‘syndrome’ in your diagnosis, question everything, as there is a likelihood there is a misunderstanding around your particular set of symptoms and how best to treat them, but they want to give it a name so they can get you on your way with either medication or surgery…
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What a morning! WARNING! Long post, but worth the read 😉 Theres always with a little trepidation mixed in with the excitement when a fellow therapist books in to clinic 😳🤩 Presentation: A long history (years) of left shoulder discomfort and a LOT of clunking when performing internal and external rotation – you could feel…
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