Tip of the week: Pain-free present wrapping You finally get a moment to yourself and start wrapping your presents. Yes you know that ideally everything should be set up on a table, with a perfectly adjusted chair and everything to hand at exactly the right height for you. But this is the real world, and […]
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“I was first diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in my very early twenties. The pain and inflammation started in my hands and feet in the mornings initially but wore off after around 20 minutes or so of moving around. One morning I woke up and couldn’t straighten my arm, which is when I thought it
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Our top tips for cooking without pain: Don’t let pain stop you!
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No pain, no gain?Not true! The myth of “no pain, no gain” can be particularly misleading for patients undergoing hands-on treatment. While some discomfort is often a natural part of the healing process, equating pain with progress can lead to unnecessary suffering and potentially hinder recovery. Many of our patients come to us after trying
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‘It is estimated that around 7 million people in the UK have urinary incontinence (5-10% of the population).’ https://www.incontinence.co.uk Your pelvic floor is a sling of muscles that attaches to the bottom of your pelvis, supporting your pelvic organs and giving you control over your bladder and bowels. It is as important for men as
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Knee replacements are routinely performed when the knee joint is very arthritic, causing a lot of pain and stiffness. Although they are very common now, often the results are not what the patient hoped for. The post-op exercises are hard going and very important in getting optimum results from the operation. However these exercises can
So you’ve perfected that tricky yoga pose , then you look round at the rest of the class and realise that everyone else is moving much further into it than you. They must be moving further because they are better than you and they want it more, right? Believe it or not, we once had
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Listen to your bodyDon’t wait for pain—a lot of the time your body will start to tighten up a long time before the pain starts in response to activities. This is its way of trying to protect itself from overuse and injury, and if you respond to it straight away, it will relax again once
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Long Covid is thought to have affected over 2 million people in the UK and according to the NHS, it is defined as when symptoms last more than 12 weeks after getting Covid-19 and those symptoms cannot be explained by any other condition. Over 200 different symptoms have been reported and these may change over
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