TENNIS ELBOW EXPLAINED My physiotherapist told me I have tennis elbow but I don’t play tennis?! Unfortunately, you don’t need to be the next Andy Murray to be given a diagnosis of ‘tennis elbow’ (or ‘lateral epicondylitis’, to give it it’s Sunday name). This commonly presents as pain on the outside of the elbow, which [...]
US Open Injury Watch Common tennis injuries The final Grand Slam of the tennis season began at the US Open on Monday 28th August. Normally we would be talking about how all of the top players are descending on Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York. This year however there has been a recurring theme: injury. [...]
Start the New Season Injury Free With the new Scottish football season now in full swing, the number of injuries – professional and amateur – will no doubt rise! A combination of overzealousness and complacency will be sure to contribute to a number of injuries, ranging from small, fairly innocuous niggles to painful, potentially longer [...]
Sooth Injuries with Sports Massage Sports Massage is an essential component of any comprehensive physiotherapy plan. It helps with serious injuries, strains and conditioning. It allows you to lie back and let a qualified physiotherapist examine your physical condition to determine the specific spots needing treatment and what massage techniques to use. Don’t let the [...]
An Introduction to Clinical Pilates Pilates were once the oft-forgotten, never-mentioned cousins of yoga. Now they have become a hugely popular, widely recognised method of improving and maintaining fitness in their own right. Developed by Joseph Pilates in the 1920s, who rightly believed mental and physical health were closely connected. His method was developed out [...]
How To Avoid Tennis Injuries It’s that time of year again. Wimbledon. The tennis racquets are fetched down from the attic, dusted off and – weather permitting – taken to local tennis courts. It is the 2 weeks of the year where the whole of the UK is joined in mutual appreciation and enjoyment of [...]
