• Shoulder Injuries

    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

    5 Common Ice Hockey Injuries

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    Winter Sports are very much in at the moment in the UK thanks to the Winter Olympics, and none more so than Ice Hockey. Here at PysioRoom, we have form for keeping an interest in Ice Hockey, following our link-up with the GB Ice Hockey team last year, and we’ll of course be cheering the … Read more

    James De Gale’s Shoulder Injury | PhsyioRoom.com Blog

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    One of Britain’s brightest boxing talents gets the chance to get back on track this this Saturday as former British gold medallist James DeGale takes on American Caleb Truax. The boxing world hasn’t seen De Gale since his fight with Badou Jack back in January, which ended in a majority draw and saw revelations post-fight … Read more

    Next Gen ATP Finals | PhysioRoom.com Blog

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    It’s the newfangled Next Gen ATP Finals this week, and if you’re a raging sexist who uses words like “phwoar”, then you’ll have certainly enjoyed the finals draw. But fear not tennis fans, as once the dust settles on that almighty PR gaff, the players take centre stage. And it’s the next generation of tennis … Read more

    The Best way to Apply a Cold or Hot Compress

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    It’s the 85th minute, your team is 1-0 down when the ball is headed from your area and falls in to your path. There’s green grass ahead of you, the counter is there, this is it, your chance at glory, equalise and become a hero. But just as you get in to your stride, that … Read more

    Top 5 Tennis Injuries

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    Every summer Wimbledon inspires so many of us to get out onto the court, whether we're a complete tennis newbie or an avid racket-swinger. As with any sport, tennis always comes with its associated injuries but though tennis elbow might be the first ailment that comes to mind, there are many more problems often found in ... Read more

    Infographic: Common Sports-Related Injuries and Recovery Time

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    Recovery˔ime Keep tabs on your club’s sidelined starsˡnd follow their expected period of rehabilitation. Match up the general recovery time from their injuries to their estimated return date with our Premier League Injury Table. Our guide to three injured players according to our infographic: Vincent Kompany, calf Having suffered another calf injury against Dynamo Kiev, … Read more

    Golf Injuries (The Ridiculous from the Sublime)

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    Injuries are just part of the job for professional sportsmen and women. You could even argue that they are expected to happen. When you are putting your body under such intensive fitness scrutiny, in order to become the very best in your chosen discipline, itֳ pretty much a given that you are going to suffer some sort of injury along the way.

    So as Rory McIlroy sits on his couch watching the delayed 144th Open Championship final round unfold without him, we thought we would try and make him feel a little better about his injury plight with a look at some of golfֳ other self-inflicted injuries and weֶe even thrown a cool infographic in there to help you deal with your recovery, should you fall foul of the golfing injury demons.

    Happy golfing and get well soon Rory!

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    From Murray Mound to Tennis Elbow…PhysioRoom does Wimbledon

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    Itֳ’s that time of year again. Hundreds and thousands of normally reserved and laid-back Brits (and a few other nationalities too) will descend upon SW19 in London, turn into a raging horde of tennis aficionados, clamber up Murray Mound and proceed to wail and cheer for two whole weeks of unadulterated tennis frivolity. Thatֳ’s right … Read more

    Electrostimulation: A Guide to Buying the Best TENS Machine

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    As a sports enthusiast, or a fitness-freak, you will be no stranger to the effect that keeps you from training after a particularly intensive workout (well, maybe just after a normal workout; we don’tִ all have the same aptitudes, right?). You might have also been wondering why the chap training next to you at the … Read more