• Sports Injuries

    PhysioRoom’s Top 5 Cricket Injuries

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    It’s back! Cricket’s County Championship is set to enthral us once again with its latest chapter as all 18 teams across both Divisions One and Two gear up to fight for domestic cricket’s biggest prize. It gets under way on Friday the 13th (April), an apt date given strange things tend to happen in this … Read more

    Can Poor Posture Make you More Susceptible to Injuries?

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    What is Posture? Do you remember that time in school when your teacher insisted that you ‘sit up straight!’? Sure, it’s likely more of an obedience and respect thing, but it was also some great advice for your posture, did you take it? If not, these days you might find yourself with random aches and … Read more

    The Commonwealth Games

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    The Commonwealth Games got under way on Wednesday, and while the 71 nations come together to joyously celebrate Britain’s colonial past, we thought it would be a good time to remind you of some common track and field, cycling and general injuries. It was the beloved Prince Charles who kicked off the pomp and ceremony … Read more

    Proprioception Exercises

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    In today's PhysioRoom Blog, we're going to look at some exercises you can use to improve or rebuild your proprioception after injury, or even to help prevent it in the first place. What is Proprioception? Proprioception allows humans to control their limbs without having to look directly at them, it's that overall sense of body ... Read more

    What are Ligaments? Injury and Repair

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    In today’s PhysioRoom blog we’re going to dig deeper in to ligaments. Not literally, of course, as that would be rather painful, but we are going to take a more in depth look at the process in which ligaments are injured and how exactly they repair. If the bones are the bricks, the building blocks ... Read more

    Harry Kane’s Ankle Injury

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    Ah, so here we are again. It’s a World Cup year and England fans find themselves on the precipice of disaster. That’s right, England’s best player is injured heading towards a major tournament, and this 2018 edition features Harry Kane and some troublesome ankle ligaments. England are no strangers to a tournament-threatening injury in the … Read more

    What is a Rotator Cuff Injury?

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    If you’ve ever experienced shoulder pain in the rotator cuff, you’ll know that it can be one of the most frustrating areas on the body to injure. That nagging dull pain that can limit just about everything you do in normal life. Simple things such as picking things up and moving them can become an … Read more

    What are Shin Splints?

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    Shin Splints is a condition that affects millions of people around the world, however unnervingly many people, and in some cases even the sufferers themselves, are unaware of what shin splints is. It is important for those who are hampered with Shin Splints to understand the condition, so that they can then build towards reducing … Read more

    Returning to Sport After a Knee Injury

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    We welcome Michael O’Doherty of Chiropractic Moves to give us some wise words on how to return to sport after a serious knee injury…   So you’ve had a bad knee injury and you’ve been through the surgery and done some rehab, but how do we decide when it is time to go back to sport? It’s … Read more

    What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

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    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Today’s PhysioRoom blog is going to take a look at Carpal Tunnel syndrome, one of the most common injuries there is. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome stands out as a scourge to all people, it doesn’t discriminate based on fitness or activity level, it can affect everyone in a similar way. In fact, if … Read more