Neck Pain: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments
There are a number of causes of neck pain and depending on the cause, a number of treatments are available to help deal with the problem.
Tips for Running in Winter
There is more to running in winter than simply plucking up the motivation to do so. Here, you can find a number of steps that will help make running in winter safer, easier, and more comfortable.
Lower Back Pain and Stress: How Are They Related?
While the emotional ramifications of stress are enough to make the condition far from attractive, it can also cause some people lower-back pain.
Improve Your Sleeping Posture
Given that most of us sleep around 8 hours every night, it should come as no surprise that the position in which we sleep can have long-term effects on our bodies. Here are the 6 most common sleeping positions, each listed with pros & cons.
How to Care for a Sprained Ankle
Given the fact that our ankles are used in almost all of our daily activities, a sprained one can be quite an inconvenience. Properly caring for a sprained ankle can help reduce pain, recovery time, and the chance of further complications down the line.
Link Between Physiotherapy & Heart Attack Recovery
A heart attack can be a major and unexpected disruption to anyone’s life. While certain lifestyle choices or genetic predispositions can make our level of risk easier to assess, anyone can suffer a heart attack. Despite this, few people think of this as something to consider, and there is a lack of information regarding the realities of surviving a heart attack. In this blog, we will look the role physiotherapy plays in heart attack recovery.
Common Rugby Injuries
Rugby is one of the most popular sports in Ireland, as well as one of the roughest. Although many sports are classified as contact sports, few take this classification as literally as rugby. There are very few parts of the body that can escape from a match unscathed, although usually the injuries are inconsequential.
VHI Women’s Mini Marathon
The VHI Women’s Mini Marathon has grown to be the biggest all-women’s event of its kind in the world. With over 40,000 women taking part each year, it is inevitable that there will be a few injuries. Although there are first aid points dotted along the route, it’s always better to take preventative action when it comes to exercise, so here are a few things you can do to help prevent any injuries.
Essential Elements of Good Posture
Most of us have been scolded our whole lives by parents, teachers, and relatives who have told us to sit up straight. Most of us have also ignored that advice. Posture is a difficult thing to stay conscious of, because it is something that is constantly developing throughout our whole lives.
Women’s Health Physiotherapy
Although large parts of physiotherapy apply to both men and women, there are a number of areas that are more common in or exclusive to one of the sexes. In this blog, we’ll look at some of the specific issues that a women’s health physiotherapist would address.
Growing Pains
Like teething, growing pains are often seen as inevitable and something that simply must be endured. Fortunately, that is not the case. Physiotherapy can be used to alleviate growing pains, and you may be surprised at how quickly you will see results.
The Importance of Keeping Kids Active
Even more important than keeping ourselves active is keeping children active. Encouraging children to engage in physical activity is crucial to their lifelong health, we will outline the reasons why here.
Physiotherapy and Asthma Treatment
While there is no substitute for medication, physiotherapy can help reduce the severity and frequency of asthma attacks, as well as the dose required to treat them.
The Benefits of Yoga
Yoga has always been a popular form of exercise and relaxation, and with good reason. Research from institutions as reputable as Harvard has shown time and time again that yoga has measurable benefits in many different areas.
Common Football Injuries
As with any sport, there are certain injuries that are more common than others in football. So in this blog, we’re going to look at what the most common injuries are and how to prevent them.
Gardening: Tips to Avoid Injury
Gardening may not seem like the most dangerous pastime in the world, but like most things in life, it can be damaging if done incorrectly. We’re going to look at what some common gardeing injuries are, and what you can do to prevent them.
TRX
TRX (Total Resistance eXercise) is a relatively new but extremely popular form of suspension training. Developed by a former Navy Seal in the 1990’s, and first introduced to the market in 2005, TRX training has become a favourite among people who frequently need intense, full-body workouts.
Respiratory Problems and Physiotherapy
While many people may assume that physiotherapy is the last thing that a person with respiratory issues should be doing, the opposite is in fact true. Proper breathing technique is a major part of most physical therapies, and physical training in general.
