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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: October 2014
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014. Autumn news from the Physiotherapy Centre. One of our physio's has damaged his cruciate ligament in his right knee and has undergone surgery to re-construct it. Here he writes up his experiences and gives some insight into the structure of the ligament, why it may have snapped on him and what the reconstructive surgery involves. My name is Nigel Howell and I am one of the physio's at the Physio Therapy Centre in Haywards Heath. Soon after the incident I went to visit a consultan...
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: Bone-Patella Tendon-Bone ACL Graft.
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Wednesday, 19 November 2014. Bone-Patella Tendon-Bone ACL Graft. Which Graft should you consider for ACL reconstructive surgery? This is an often debated question and the literature has many references to which is most appropriate for an individual. The broad categories include. Autograft (Patients own tissue). Allograft (Harvested tissue from a donor). My reasons and beliefs for my choice of graft are set out below. Hamstring, and quadriceps tendon. I choose BTB as my graft of choice as I have most expe...
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: July 2014
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Saturday, 5 July 2014. Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain. An Update of the Cochrane Review. Luis Enrique Chaparro, MD, Andrea D. Furlan, MD, PhD, Amol Deshpande, MD, Angela Mailis-Gagnon, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Steven Atlas, MD, Dennis C. Turk, PhD. Systematic review and meta-analysis. To assess the efficacy of opioids in adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Summary of Background Data. Opioids for CLBP has increased dramatically. However, the benefits and risks remain unclear. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: November 2013
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Saturday, 30 November 2013. Pilates and its Benefits. The 6 benefits of Pilates. Targets the muscles of the abdominals,back,hips,pelvis and shoulders and helps to make them strong yet flexible; balanced with good tone; it helps to give them endurance and helps you cope with stress. Pilates focuses on precise body movements to target different parts of the body and it also helps you develop good breathing techniques, better posture with strength, balance and flexibility. Exercise causes the release of hor...
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: October 2013
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Sunday, 27 October 2013. The positive effects of exercise have been strengthened by a recent review of the latest evidence of papers related to depression and exercise. There was no conclusion as to the best types of exercise or whether there was any lasting effect if exercising stopped. To find out more about the. We can offer to help you with exercise, please contact us. Today for more information and to book an appointment. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. There is a need for controlled prospective injury ...
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: March 2013
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Sunday, 17 March 2013. Being active increases survival rates from colorectal cancer. The more you walk the more likely you are to survive after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. In a study of 2293 patients who developed colorectal cancer it was shown the more you walked and were active, the more likely you were to survive from this disease. The less activity you did the more likely you were to die from it. "Get out of that chair" was the message from this study. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: September 2013
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Sunday, 22 September 2013. Ageing, sugar and living longer. Scientists have done work with small round worms on the matter of ageing. They have managed to make these worms live twice as long by partially disabling one of their genes-daf2. The worms appear to be healthy until the end. They also managed to shorten their lifespan by adding sugar which revved up their insulin pathway. Observer March 2013 Discover in Review. To see how we can help? Exercise,diabetes,weight loss. Monday, 9 September 2013.
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: January 2015
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Wednesday, 28 January 2015. NIGEL's BLOG - WEEK 10 - 16. This takes us up to now! Sorry I haven’t written about my experiences recently, but I have been too busy in gyms and more recently I have been out cycling on a road bike, but only about ten miles and avoiding steep hills, it has to be said! My knee is slowly recovering and becoming stronger, but it takes time and a lot of hard work, to try and build the muscles of your thigh (quadriceps and hamstrings) and the muscles around your hip back up. Altho...
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: November 2014
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Wednesday, 19 November 2014. Bone-Patella Tendon-Bone ACL Graft. Which Graft should you consider for ACL reconstructive surgery? This is an often debated question and the literature has many references to which is most appropriate for an individual. The broad categories include. Autograft (Patients own tissue). Allograft (Harvested tissue from a donor). My reasons and beliefs for my choice of graft are set out below. Hamstring, and quadriceps tendon. I choose BTB as my graft of choice as I have most expe...
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The Physio Therapy Centre Blog: May 2014
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Thursday, 15 May 2014. Does Eye Colour Predict Response to Pain? The colour of our eyes may predict our response to pain. Pain is known to be linked to many factors including gender; age; hair colour and so on and is likely to be governed genetically. For instance having red hair can mean an increased resistance to anaesthetics and and increased propensity to anxiety. This indicates a genetic control the molecular physiology of pain. American Pain Society 33rd Annual Meeting. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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