What Do I Do When I Pull A Muscle?

At Paul Gough Physio Rooms many of our patients are surprised to hear about how easy it can be to pull a muscle… especially when you do something as simple as sneezing!   Have you ever pulled a muscle?  Chances are you have… and when you do, believe me, you’ll know about it!   Most people, including myself, don’t realise how detrimental pulling … Read more

Is Your Nighttime Routine The Reason For Your Neck Pain?

When I get patients ask me ‘why do I get neck pain?’ it can sometimes be difficult to answer. Not because I don’t know how to ease neck pain, but I don’t know their personal circumstances.

What I can suggest however, is that it is your nighttime routine that is causing you neck pain.

Why you ask? let me explain…

What many people don’t seem to know is that the head is designed to be in a position where your ears are vertically in line with your shoulders. By having your head in line with your shoulders, it gives stronger support to your head from your neck.

If your head is tilted slightly, then the support won’t be as great and it will cause your neck to feel the pressure.

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Shoulder Pain: Simple Exercises You Can Do From Your Desk, To Maintain A Healthy Looking Posture

Sometimes, it can often surprise us how the smallest things in life, can actually affect our health. Small things like wearing that heavy bag on the same shoulder everyday, or that terrible posture you’ve learnt at work, but so desperately want to get rid of. That’s right everyone… it all adds up. Today I’ll be … Read more

Suffering From Neck Pain? Here’s One Way We Can Help Ease It Fast…

Here’s a quick blog post all about Neck Pain from our top Physio Jonny :-)… === When patients come to see us with Neck Pain – Acupuncture is becoming more and more popular in treating what we class as musculoskeletal conditions… (Basically muscle strains, ligament sprains, sciatica etc, etc…) At Paul Gough Rhysio Rooms we do … Read more