If you’ve NEVER played a round of golf, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there’s not much to it, and that there’s very little chance of you being injured if all you’re doing is a bit of walking and striking a few balls every once in a while. But that’s not the case. Golfers areRead More…
It was just the other day when I was sat people watching whilst having a coffee that it got me thinking about high heels. I must have saw about twenty different girls and women walk along the streets of Durham, stumbling about in high heels. Now I myself love a new pair of high heels,Read More…
Let me tell you a quick story. So yesterday my little by Harry made his debut at gym club. He’s just 16 months old and despite his occasional reluctance to follow the instructions of the tutor, he had a fun time running around in an environment set up by the Hartlepool Gymnastics club which encouragesRead More…
Hey guys Jo Here (the massage queen) 🙂 Got something to ask you… Are you experiencing restricted movement and pain when moving in general? Typically your neck and shoulders? Sudden onset post stress? Many people suffer from sensitive spots in their muscles, often called trigger points. What are these I hear you say? Well…when youRead More…
This week my physio clinic took a call from a reader of the column who wanted to know the answer to this question on doing household tasks: “Is there anything medical – like stretches, that I can do to prepare for doing tasks such as moving furniture and decorating and the like. It’s often strenuousRead More…
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…
Here are 4 questions I got from tuesdays email about back pain: Before you learn from them, please know you can use this short form here to have your specific problems solved by me personally: – What’s The Biggest Health Challenge You Face Right Now >>> It could be about back pain, about knee pain,Read More…
My name is Paul Gough – a low back pain Expert from The North East and in this article todays I’d like to show you 6 “different” ways of finding relief from low back pain that I give out to patients of my clinic. I say different, because they are ways that don’t include theRead More…
Hi guys, It’s Sammy here I’ve got two stories to share with you today about PGP… True Stories. Late Thursday afternoon last week we received a phone call from a lady (let’s call her Janet) asking for our help. Nothing unusual at this stage… But, the difference was when Sarah from our Customer Care teamRead More…
About the “freebie” NHS option… Yesterday I had a LONG conversation with a new client of mine suffering with back pain who reminded me of a few of the reasons many people choose to PAY money to come and see me. (Rather than get if “free” off the NHS). My clients name is Bryan, worksRead More…