It’s time you get introduced to effective desk exercises, or “deskercises.” These, as the name suggests, are exercises you can do even while you’re at your desk and engrossed with work. But why even do them in the first place? After all, deskercising will eat away at your precious time, and might even make you […]
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Often when patients want to find out more about a symptom or condition before visiting a professional healthcare service – their first port of call is probably to look online. Yet when it comes to medical advice on the internet, there is a lot of unverified information out there. Even when people are able to […]
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Back in March 2020, we launched a new online healthcare service for assessing common muscle and joint pain. We partnered with Greenshoot Labs, a leading UK based AI and Chatbot agency to help create a new future in healthcare services. Our pain assessment tool is an expert-driven system powered by conversational artificial intelligence. By combining […]
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Elbow sprain symptoms are typically pain, soreness and redness in the elbow joint. You may be experiencing pain in the elbow following an accident through playing sport or via some other kind of trauma. There are three types of elbow sprain ranging from mild grade 1 through to severe which is a grade 3. The […]
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Should you use heat or ice for Sciatica? Well, if you’ve been diagnosed with having sciatica and are not really sure what to do next, then read on and we’ll tell you a bit about what Sciatica is, what actually causes it and how to actually resolve it. What is Sciatica? Sciatica is the term […]
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Osgood Schlatter Disease – is it really a disease? You may have heard the term ‘Osgood Schlatter Disease’ which is often referred to in medical literature or information on the internet as a ‘disease’, but Osgood Schlatter is not a disease, it’s actually what’s called a traction apophysitis. Traction apophysitis has two different meanings, traction […]
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Almost all low back pain causes can be reduced down to a single common reason. Most people think that the cause of their low back pain is due to a muscular or skeletal problem. In fact it’s neither, it’s actually chemical. Low back pain is an extremely common condition that affects about 1 in 3 […]
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Osgood Schlatter stretching exercises are an important step in resolving this painful condition. Osgood Schlatter is a repetitive strain injury and it tends to be caused by growth spurts in youngsters. When the femur bones lengthen they put heavy load on the point where the quadriceps muscles insert onto the tibia below the knee. Some […]
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The causes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be extremely difficult to treat if you don’t know what’s causing it. A range of activities that involve repetitive movements can contribute towards this painful condition. What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? The carpal tunnel is a very small space between the hamate and trapezium bones. In that space […]
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Stretches for Osgood Schlatters or Jumpers Knee as it’s more commonly known can be started after a period of rest to reduce any inflammation. Osgood Schlatters is a repetitive strain injury. The condition is caused either through a shortening of the quadriceps muscle or excessive load that’s been placed on the muscle because of a […]
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