Say Goodbye to Pain in 2025: Your Journey to a Healthier Life Starts Now Pain is something we all encounter at some point in our lives, whether it’s a mild ache or debilitating discomfort. But living with pain day after day, month after month, or even year after year doesn’t have to be your reality. … Read more
Chronic knee pain is something many cyclists suffer from and everyone wants to reduce knee pain when cycling. It may have started off as a twinge, a slight feeling of discomfort, but that can develop into regular, constant pain that stops you from the enjoyment of cycling – and could even lead to surgery. Whatever … Read more
Blog by our sports physio, Jo. With everyone increasing their fitness to get that ‘summer body’ and enjoying the outdoors a bit more now the clocks have gone forward (thank god!!!) I have witnessed a few side effects to this health kick.. Many people especially the runners have reported a ‘cramping’ symptom… What is a … Read 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 thinking … Read 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 this … Read more
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 or … Read more
Kev here again and I’d like to talk to you about recovery… The more health conscious we get as a nation the more this question pops up in the clinic….. “Will I return to 100% and be able to do everything I used to be able to do, again?” The answer to this I find … Read 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 you … Read more
Sometime the SIMPLEST advice for runners is the best… Consuming water is vital. And lots of it and you should do it little and often. Don’t make the same mistake as many people do and think that it’s ok just to stop off at the garage on the morning of the race and just buy … Read more
Let me tell you a story: …About why “rest” never works for ANY sports or muscle injury. I’d go so far as to describe “rest + sports injuries” much the same as I would “oil and water”… They just don’t mix. Anyways… Back when I was in the Physio Room working with the Professional Footballers … Read more
