For golf lovers, playing a round is a great way to relax, socialise and have fun. It’s also an enjoyable way to stay fit and healthy. However, if lower back pain stops you playing as often as you’d like, or leaves you in agony for days afterwards, it can be really frustrating. In this blog,Read More…
Golf is a popular sport, especially during the summer months, but wrist injuries in golf are common, and they can really wreck your game, leaving you unable to enjoy a round at the weekend with your family and friends. As with any sport or hobby, injuries can occur and often show up more frequently forRead More…
Nearly everyone will experience some form of lower back pain at some point in their lifetime. Lower back pain is a major cause of missed work. How many of you suffered from lower back pain during lockdown when you started working from home? That’s because the lower back supports the weight of the upper bodyRead More…
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…
Hello lovely people, hope you all had a great weekend. Here is a little something for all the cricket, sport lovers out there. Now I don’t know if you’ve been watching the cricket World Cup but what an innings by AB De Villiers. It was just pure natural clean hitting……..but it did get me thinkingRead More…
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…
Jo here the newest member of the Paul Gough Physio Team: I’m writing to tell you’s about sports injuries and what is the BEST advice I can give you IF you do manage to get one (and yes they are a very common factor of sport 😉 ) but first I’m going to tell youRead More…
The 9 Steps That Any Person Considering Buying Foot Orthotics MUST Take Before They Enter Their Credit Card PIN!… Step 1 – “Know The Reason”…There MUST Always Be A Reason AND A Goal For Wearing Them… If you don’t know the precise reason WHY you’re wanting to wear orthotics, then no matter what type ofRead More…
Over the last few months in this column you’ve read about the injuries that are common in sports like football, running, cycling and cricket and tennis. And just about every sport has its injury nemeses. In football it’s the hamstring, tennis it’s an elbow, runners suffer ankle sprains and in cycling, it’s often a kneeRead More…