Is ligament damage worse than muscle damage? This is a question I hear from every client when I tell them they’ve damaged their ligaments and usually it’s going to take a little longer than it would be to heal the same degree of damage in a muscle. In order to fully answer thisRead More…
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Category: Achilles Tendon
How To Avoid An Ankle Sprain By Not Doing Just This One Thing
This question came in via email from a fan of the column: “Paul, any tips for recovering from an ankle sprain quickly. I’m a middle distance runner and couldn’t resist the temptation to get out and do my usual route despite the ice on the ground. The ice unfortunately, got the better of me. AndRead More…
Chronic Joint Pain: Does Acupuncture Really Work For Joint Pain?
This month I’d like to talk to you about Acupuncture… Now a lot of people have heard of it but aren’t entirely sure what acupuncture actually entails… so let me explain: Acupuncture is a form of physiotherapy used at Paul Gough physio rooms however from my experience it is one of the lesser known/understood formsRead More…
Sports/Exercise Injuries: Tendonitis How Resting Will Make It Worse
Kev the massage king here, nice to see you’re back again! Now lets get started and the topic for this month’s blog from me is…Tendonitis. I’ve had a few cases of tendonitis to different parts of the body this past month and they’ve got three things in common…. There’s a weakness in the muscle orRead More…
How To Avoid An Ankle Sprain And Owning A Pair Of “Glass Ankles”
Even if you’re big Chelsea fan, you’ve got to feel for Jack Wilshere! Another ankle injury this week this is likely to keep him absent for the best part of the rest of the season. It was only about 3 months ago when I wrote in this same column that Wiltshire would likely be theRead More…
Calf Strains – Why “I Felt Like I’d Been Shot In The Back Of My Leg” Is Common (…And What To Do About It)
One of the main things people (and some of our patients at Paul Gough Physio Rooms) remember with calf strain and pain is the feeling of being shot in the back of the leg… Calves can tear and snap with very little prior warning and will often as a result of being overly tired, dehydratedRead More…
How To Avoid “Plantar Fasciitis” And “Shin Splints”
I’m still seeing a lot of Sunday morning footballers out running at the minute… “And that’s a good thing!” But what I’m about to write comes with a bit of warning that I had brought to my attention by a chance conversation that took place in my local cricket club on Monday, whilst watching HartlepoolRead More…
Free Help To Keep You Exercising, Active And Healthy
Got something for you… It’s your invitation to come and find out what’s going wrong, if you’ve got an exercise or sports related injury causing some frustrations. It could be that you’ve a niggle from a hamstring, pain in an achilles tendon or even some kind of knee pain that you want us to lookRead More…
Achilles Tendon : How To Avoid The Common Summer Issue Of Achilles Tendon Pain By Changing what You Wear On Your Feet
Got this question asked by a friend who recently got back from a three week trip to Thailand: === “Paul… about half way through my trip I noticed a horrendous pain in my Achilles that seemed to be worse on a morning, getting worse as the days went on… it was so painful I wasRead More…
Back & Achilles Pain: “Why RUNNING Up Hills Is Dangerous (…And painful)”
“TOP” Sports Injury Tips here: www.paulgoughphysio.com/sports-injury-clinic This question came in from a reader of one of my newspaper columns who asked: === “Paul… At present I meet with my friend twice a week to do some running “up hill” in an attempt to loose weight. We meet at Parklands Way on West Park in HartlepoolRead More…