Clinical Pilates for Back Pain: Why the ‘Clinical’ Part Matters

Back Pain and Sciatica, Pilates / By Fiona

Clinical Pilates for Back Pain: Why Individualised Exercise Matters Pilates has changed enormously over the past 25 years. Once a relatively specialist form of movement used by dancers, performers and a small number of rehabilitation professionals, Pilates is now everywhere. You can find it in gyms, large studios, online subscriptions, leisure centres and boutique reformer

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What to Do for Back Pain: 8 Practical Steps

Back Pain and Sciatica / By Fiona

What to Do for Back Pain: 8 Practical Steps to Ease Pain and Support Recovery If your back pain has recently flared up, it can be difficult to know what to do. Should you rest? Keep moving? Use heat or ice? And how do you know whether you need professional help? The good news is

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BackCare Awareness Week

Back Pain and Sciatica, Physiotherapy, Pilates / By Fiona

BackCare Awareness Week every year highlights the importance of preventable back injury and pain and the significance of protecting and looking after our backs. Here at goPhysio we are experienced at assessing your back pain and have a range of treatments and services that benefit those with low back pain, aiming to improve physical function and problems

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On Your Feet Britain!

1 Comment / Work Related Issues, Back Pain and Sciatica, Neck Issues, Overuse Injuries / By Klatch

This Friday On Your Feet Britain are challenging the nation to get On Your Feet when 1 million workers across Britain will be encouraged to sit less & move more.

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What exactly is sciatica?

Back Pain and Sciatica / By Klatch

Sciatica? What exactly is sciatica? You may have heard the term banded about a lot. Even this last week, we have heard Adele and Chris Evans speaking publicly about their struggles with sciatica. Like many medical terms there can be a lot of confusion about what it really means! But don’t worry, even clinicians can

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A Cocktail of Healthy Ageing

Healthy Ageing, Arthritis, Back Pain and Sciatica / By Klatch

We all like the idea of ‘ageing healthily’ – keeping as active, mobile and independent as we can. Being able to enjoy life, keep doing the things we enjoy and love for as long as possible and not feel like a deterioration of our health is an inevitable side effect of getting older. But what’s

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Strong, Steady & Straight – Osteoporosis & Pilates

1 Comment / Back Pain and Sciatica, Health, Fitness and Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Osteoporosis, Pilates / By Klatch

Osteoporosis comes with much worry and fear surrounding it so it’s great to see some updated guidance around exercise and physical activity for osteoporosis.

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How’s your desk set up?

Computers and desk work are now an integral part of our daily lives, both for our work and home admin! Whether you work from home, go to the office or a mixture of the 2, there’s no getting away from a desk nowadays for many people! There used to be a huge focus on ergonomics

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10 Back Pain Facts Everyone Should Know

Back Pain and Sciatica / By Klatch

Back pain can be painful, frustrating and sometimes frightening. However, the amount of pain you feel does not always reflect how much physical damage has occurred, and most back pain is not caused by a serious medical condition. Understanding what back pain means, and what it does not mean, can help you feel more confident

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Posture – “Sit Up Straight!”

Back Pain and Sciatica, goPhysio / By Klatch

Posture is always a big discussion point – “I’ve got terrible posture”, “My back hurts because of my posture”, “My posture at work is really bad”…..all comments we regularly hear in the clinic and in day to day conversations. It’s a common belief that back, neck and other aches and pains are caused by sitting, standing,

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