Do you wake up with a stiff back but you don’t have any pain? Have you tried stretches on the bed but you’ve still got stiffness and tightness in the back? This easy standing routine takes about 3 minutes and is a great way of loosening the back and getting you ready for your day. […]
Imagine the scenario: You wake up, you’re suddenly in pain and need help now. Perhaps you leaned over to pick something up and you fall to the floor from the amount of back pain you experience (check out our other blog post about back pain). Perhaps you have had a dull ache but the pain […]
Are you in Pain? Then check out what we’re offering virtually: Coronavirus may have stopped all face to face treatment and all of our group Pilates classes but we have spent the last three weeks researching, planning, trialing, improving and rearranging so that we can offer you a fully functioning Virtual Clinic, which includes Virtual […]
Rehab gym Lisburn ready for your sports injury We have some very exciting news about our Lisburn based physio clinic, advance physiotherapy & sports injury clinic. Our brand new rehab gym is now open and ready to use!!!! It’s been a long time in the making. The walls have been drilled back to the bricks. […]
Your beauty problems solved We are holding a VIP Tropic skincare experience to help raise money for our charity of the month ANIMAL CONNEXIONS. You’ll be able to try some of their latest best selling skincare products, get a facial and get expert advice from the Tropic skincare ambassador. ANIMAL CONNEXIONS is a local Northern […]
Ever heard of RICE for acute sports injuries? Well DO NOT use RICE. Recent evidence (Vuurberg et al 2018) has shown that using only one of the components of Rice (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation) for an acute lateral ankle sprain does not have any significant positive effect on pain, swelling and function. Recommendations from […]
Here at advance physiotherapy and sports injury clinic based in Lisburn Northern Ireland, we treat a number of different injuries and painful conditions. One of the injuries we will often see is whiplash Associated Disorder (the official term – WAD). It’s a condition that has bad press because some people see money signs when their […]
As a little taster of our physiotherapy led pilates classes here’s our TOP PILATES EXERCISE FOR RELIEVING LOW BACK PAIN: the simple but effective, knee rolls. It’s a fantastic stretch. As a physiotherapist it is definitely up there as one of my all time favourite stretches for back pain. It helps to gap the joints in the […]
As physiotherapists we all have our specialist interests (mine is back pain!) (Tim@advancephysio here). The point is we get interested in something we can help or have personally experienced, and then we read and read and explore the topic until all avenues have been learnt and mastered to some extent (we’ll never fully master anything […]
