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A Knee Injury from Skiing –  Patella Dislocation

A Knee Injury from Skiing – Patella Dislocation

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

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Physiotherapy Electrotherapy Techniques combined with Osteopathy: The best of both worlds

Physiotherapy Electrotherapy Techniques combined with Osteopathy: The best of both worlds

Physiotherapy Electrotherapy was first introduced to me over 30 years ago by a wonderful physiotherapist were I worked in a well known Health Spa used by many celebrities. Physiotherapy Electrotherapy has come on a long way and there are many more approaches, machines and diagnostic advances of which many are used in the States and Europe. At the moment, here in the Great Britain physiotherapy is restricted to exercises and hands on. The use electrotherapy has been greatly reduced with the result that I combine physiotherapy electrotherapy with many of my treatments as electrotherapy has been well evidence based and researched by Professor Tim Watson. He has a new website and here is a link to Key Concepts in Electrotherapy

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Arsenal FC SEMS Conference 2013

Dr O’Driscoll has asked me to make practitioners aware of the 2013 Arsenal FC SEMS Conference, run by the AFC Medical Department and held at Emirates Stadium on 25 March 2013. Please find current information below.

To register online and secure your place, please go to www.eventelephant.com/arsenalsportsmedicineconference2013

There is limited capacity of 30 attendees per tour for the two tours of Emirates during the day. If you wish to join one of these, please confirm this when you register.

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MRI Scan ALLIANCE MEDICAL £270

MRI Scan ALLIANCE MEDICAL £270

  Everyone knows about MRI scans there is now a massive demand for an MRI scan which cannot be meet with the aging population   For this reason one is not longer able to arrange MRI scans of the spine but only of the knee hip and foot  or the shoulder but the...

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