Do you have a game plan for rest? Every day we treat patients who need to be rested to allow an injury to heal. This may be total rest for example for the first few days after major surgery, or this may be relative rest. Relative rest involves staying away from any of the activities […]
When you are considering elective surgery such as a total hip of knee replacement, we know the fitter you go into surgery, the better your post operative recovery will be. You might find this video useful: We have some tests that we do to help determine outcome and best advise you on the next step. […]
On Saturday the 25 August 2018, our physio team, Rangers of Motion will be part of the Everest challenge. As a relay team of 6 we need to complete 170 laps of the Westcliff stairs in 17 hours. To put into perspective, one needs to get up and down the Westcliff stairs in under 6mins […]
Thoughts for the next few weeks: “Exercise is medicine and this is my daily dose” “Each day I get better and better” “Recovery is a process” Things should be starting to improve. In my experience of working with patients, from being sore most of the time, there are good times in the day, patients still […]
Patients post a hip replacement do well. One of the risks post a hip replacement is a dislocation. To help prevent this we have put some precautions in place to help prevent this. These precautions are in place for the first 3 months (unless otherwise indicated). In hospital you did exercises with the physio. In […]
The World Health Organisation defines a fall as “an unexpected event in which the participant comes to rest on the ground, floor, or lower level”. Some people extend this definition, qualifying it with: “(a fall)… other than as a consequence of a sudden onset of paralysis, epileptic seizure, or overwhelming external force” Falls are […]
In the last last article we covered three common knee injuries: ITB, patella femoral knee pain and osteoarthritis of the knee. To help prevent these injuries, we bring you six exercises to activate your glutes and strenghtening and flexibility around the pelvis in order to unload the knee. There are hundreds of exercises that can be […]
Once discharged from hospital, your recovery begins. When you were discharged you were sent home with some pain medication. You probably were sent home with an exercise sheet from your physiotherapist too. This is where I believe in the saying “Exercise is Medicine”- as important as your take home medication, so too are your daily […]
Causes of osteoarthritis (OA) can be from mechanical causes (a previous injury or trauma to the joint), metabolic and inflammatory factors. We have all heard the old adage “running is bad for you knees”, and it has been repeated many times to me. Yet if I look at a cross section of my patients there […]