How can we help? Working with patients to promote wound healing and manage scar tissue formation is a very legitimate use of a therapists skills and knowledge. Guiding a patient through their recovery and including thoughtful and targeted interventions can...
What a year it has been, certainly one we will never forget, although we would probably like to! Without question we have all been forced to adapt and make changes in order to cope with the pandemic, social lockdown and the knock-on economic challenges. As an example,...
By Fred Braithwaite (Rock Doc & Owner at www.stronglines.co.uk) The human body is remarkable. It has the ability to adapt and change to the stimulus we place on it day to day, what is more, it actually super compensates to the stimulus we place on it. This...
By Paul Coker from Move Cornwall Physio & RockTape Instructor Just like rollers guns aren’t doing what most people say they are. Vibration is a potent way to make the nervous system sit up and pay attention. Here I’m using Flow Pro Gun stacked with ACM,...
The main purpose of my role is to assess and manage acute injuries ‘on-race’ and to then problem-solve for a solution to keep the riders competing each day. I will also oversee and co-ordinate rehabilitation programmes and ‘Return to Racing’ protocols with...
England Rugby Physio Phil Pask (and RockTape fan!) talks ‘Integration’, ‘Professional Growth’ and ‘Life with England Rugby’ with Rock Doc Fred Braithwaite (www.stronglines.co.uk) Phil’s experience as England Rugby Physio is second to none, showing serious...
Have you made some post-pandemic predictions and found like-minded souls in a Facebook echo-chamber? Yep – me to! Well one of my predictions is: Working from home will not be good for our long term physical and mental health. Appreciating the situation can be very...
Manual therapy has been challenged over the past few years but is it the clinical outcomes or the suggested mechanisms that have been challenged? I don’t think we are really adjusting, breaking and releasing in the manner we were taught but patients continue to be...
The Research Titans seem determined to knock Orthopedic special tests off their pedestal. Here I give my opinion on the latest article titled: It Is Time to Put ‘Special Tests’ for Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain Out to Pasture. (Salamh & Lewis 2020) This means...
Touch a hot plate and your arm immediately withdraws before you feel the pain. This withdrawal reflex is protective and faster than the brain issuing a pain response and then moving which would be a much more damaging scenario. The withdrawal reflex occurs...
