Foam Rolling – What’s It All About?

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Foam Rolling  Should I Be Foam Rolling? This self-release treatment has been growing in popularity over the last few years. With increasing numbers of gyms offering of different rollers to customers. Our physiotherapists are all big fans of foam rolling and often encourage patients and athletes to regularly roll areas which are symptomatic or prone […]

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The Stages Of Normal Tissue Healing

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Normal Stages of Healing Understanding how an injury heals and the stages it progresses through allows our physiotherapists at K.M. Woods Physiotherapy  to accurately plan your treatment and rehabilitation to ensure the best outcome from an injury. The following is a brief overview of normal healing of soft tissue; muscles, ligaments, tendons.       […]

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Do You Actually Have A “Bad Back”?

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  In physiotherapy, one of the most curious trends we see is the amount of patients who report having a “bad” back. Often this issue is longstanding, over many years and even decades. What is even more curious, however, is that many of these patients presenting with a bad back have come to regard their […]

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Pilates Vs. Yoga…Thoughts of a Physiotherapist

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By; Liam Roberts M.C.S.P. Primarily, when dealing with conditions such as lower back pain and sports injuries, our patients often ask for our thoughts on their commencing a course of either yoga or Pilates classes, with many unsure of the difference between what is encompassed in each discipline and what the actual aim of each […]

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That Famous Question – Heat or Ice…?

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Heat or Ice Application Post-Injury? One of the most common questions we receive from our patients is whether to use heat or ice treatment on a certain injury or symptom site. The lack of clarity on this matter is understandable, due to a multitude of contradictory online information, conflicting advice from friends or family, or […]

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