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It's exactly the same service as you would have received when attending my clinic but with the added bonus of no travel & more flexible time /...

You have impaired tissue oxygenation and there are three reasons why this is happening to you; (1) the cells in your body lack oxygen they...

"The hardest part of being a Musculoskeletal Specialist is to be able to have these conversations with patients who believe that their symptoms...

Female Patient 44 years old, was diagnosed with a 11% retrospondylolisthesis (Backward slippage of the body of a vertebra that moves it out of...

One morning in December 2007 I woke unable to feel or move my legs. Upon arriving at the Hospital my first diagnosis was...

This part of the rehabilitation programme for discogenic low back pain is focusing on mobility and thereby improving ability during active daily living tasks,...

I know, crazy right?  I must be mistaken?  It has to be some kind of black magic?  I'm pain-free because of some other factor?...

When I was first introduced to the Dynaspine my first thoughts were 'oh dear, here we go again - another promise to the members...

What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease where the automatic immune system attacks the central nervous system because it...

Causes Multiple Sclerosis If you research this question using Dr. Google You’ll find the most common answer remains ‘the exact cause of MS is...

Disease Modifying Drugs (DMD) Disease modifying drugs (DMDs) are a group of treatments for people with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). They reduce the number...

Disease Modifying Nutriment (DMN) First thought To build a new brain, we have to take advantage of the inherit regeneration and renewal (RnR) process...

Summary of improvements Often, most MS Consultants will request their patients to have per annum high contrast MRI’s to check the behaviour of their...

Therefore, if we wanted to build a new nervous system her gut needed to be able to break down and absorb specific cell building...

A Journey on injuries Tissue Mechanics Join me on a journey exploring injuries, here is your ‘open-ended ticket’ and I invite all disciplines involved...

Personal Trainer to Clinical Anatomist When I worked at a Personal Trainer, with a successful client base, I quickly learnt that my anatomy education...

What goes wrong? Compromising the sciatic nerve and its components by particular treatments, surgical interventions or injuries, limit day-to-day activities by affecting the lower...

Bigger Picture Stuff Full Patient/Client History is nothing to be taken likely when exploring sciatica – it is a quarter (see image below) of...

Exploring in vivo Sciatica Case Studies – Strongman Competitor The following Strongman Case Study have been supplied by a Private Facebook Group.  Thank you...

Narrative from a Personal Trainer “Client came to me with “sciatica”, diagnosed by GP many years ago, and this time self diagnosed by client...

Do we really ‘fix’ people? Or do we facilitate change? More and more disciplines in Manual Therapy are starting to report the importance of...

Injury Mechanisms How do we move optimally, with no relevant risk (RR) of injury? The fundamental component of athletic activity is efficiency of movement....

The most common and major cause of movement dysfunction The most common and major cause of movement dysfunction is joint immobilisation accompanied by length-associated...

Musculoskeletal properties related to movement effectiveness Movement effectiveness can be any task i.e. stand-to-sit, lunge, walk etc.  For this blog we shall be looking...

The Study of Biomechanics 1. Capacity: Static (Quiet standing) A state of constant motion at rest or at a constant velocity. Forces controlled by...

Thoughts for Rehabilitation In the 11 previous Blogs, we have identified and supported the following statements: Poor movement can be referred to as inefficient...