Shoulder Pain – 4 Simple Exercises
Tracy at The Therapy Rooms Newcastle shows you how to get rid of shoulder pain How many times do you catch yourself hunching your shoulders at your desk? Look around. How many of your colleagues…
Total Hip Replacement – Part 1 Preparation for surgery
My journey started about five years ago. As a massage therapist, I was increasingly aware that the range of movement in my hips was poor. But as a reduction in range of movement is often gradual,…
Why Quadriceps Switch Off
In my article about knees, I mentioned that knee problems can be associated with the quadriceps muscles ‘switching off’. I wasn’t terribly happy with this state of affairs – as a big fan of how…
Knee Pain and Possible Treatments
As massage therapists, we often see clients with painful knees. Professionals working with knees often bandy around the term VMO as the possible cause of the pain but what exactly does it mean. It stands…