by Helen How | Mar 5, 2013 | Knee Injury, Knee Pain, Osteopathy, sports injuries
Getting a knee injury when skiing is a rather common. A friend injuried his knee when skiing by dislocating his knee cap (patella) skiing in France. The Doctors immediately took x-rays and gave him a full leg brace. His knee was hugely swollen so taking my advice he iced it regularly for 10 minutes every hour using the free ice snow from outside. The swelling reduced and he walked carefully around with his knee brace and I gave him simple safe isometric knee exercises to try to stop the quadriceps from atrophying or wasting. He had dislocated his patella and here is Everything you Need to know about Patella Dislocation Video
by Helen How | Apr 3, 2012 | Electrotherapy, lower limb pain, sports injuries
My 21 year son recently fractured his right lower leg down in Sheffield playing American Football. We would like to thank the brilliant paramedical team who stretched him off and transported to The Rotherham General Hospital to their A & E Fracture Team. Their senior consultant and his physiotherapists had my son up walking within 7 days. I would like to thank Better Perform as I took with me Cefar Compex Electrotherapy used by Premier League Football and English Rugby and many more . The cefar compex rehab 4 has special programmes to prevent atrophy and wasting of the muscles and programmes to increase the rate of healing and removal of debris, bruising and healing of the bones.
by Helen How | Nov 11, 2010 | Knee Pain, Prolonged Sitting, sports injuries
The most common course of chronic knee pain is anterior knee pain which occurs under & around the knee cap. There are many theories about the causes of such pain, and many exercises to do to prevent this type of pain.
by Helen How | Aug 29, 2010 | Elbow Pain, Focus Shockwaves, sports injuries
Tennis Elbow occurs when the muscles which attach to the elbow become overloaded and start to tear the tendon attached to the elbow. The arm – in particular the forearm – can experience muscular spasms and a local weakness which serves to protect it from further damage.
by Helen How | Jun 30, 2010 | Osteopath, Osteopathy, sports injuries
The sciatic nerve is a large nerve which we use all our life and which can develop problems, resulting in pain or compression if there is a prolapsed disc.
by Helen How | Jun 14, 2010 | Knee Injury, Knee Pain, Osteopath, sports injuries
It’s common to have front knee pain at some stage of your life as your patella – knee cap – is in constant use as you walk up and down stairs or hills.
A properly-functioning knee cap travels up and down a small narrow groove. Sometimes, however, it gets slightly diverted, resulting in increasing soft tissue irritation which is aggravated by walking up and down stairs
