Back pain is an enormous problem that impacts upon individuals and society. Most people will experience back pain at some point in their lifetime and a proportion will suffer continuing and recurring problems. Those who do continue to experience pain require effective treatment and strategies so that the impact and the distress that it can […]
Mindfulness
December 9, 2011 by
Mindfulness has grown in popularity over recent years, and for good reason. Those who regularly practice mindful meditation and mindfulness on a day-to-day basis will tell you about their clarity of thought, their sense of ease and their good physical health. The practice is recommended by NICE for depression as well as the frequent teaching […]
Using neuroscience to understand and treat pain
October 21, 2011 by
I love neuroscience. It makes my job much easier despite being a hugely complex subject. Neuroscience research has cast light over some of the vast workings of our brains and helped to explain how we experience ourselves and the richness of life. An enormous topic, in this blog I am briefly going to outline the way in […]
Mastery (2): practice, practice and then….practice
October 9, 2011 by
Mastery is defined in the Oxford dictionary as: comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity control or superiority over someone or something The concept of mastery is often applied to a musical instrument, golf, martial arts or a language. The word is rarely used in conjunction with the rehabilitation of an injury […]
Dysmenorrhoea & Pain
September 26, 2011 by
You may wonder why I am writing about dysmenorrhoea. It is because in a number of cases that I see, there is co-existing dysmenorrhea and other functional pain syndromes. These include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraine, chronic low back pain, pelvic pain, bladder pain and fibromyalgia. Traditionally all of these problems are managed by different […]
Problematic Sports Injuries
September 20, 2011 by
Sustaining an injury is a common problem for athletes. Unfortunately, a number of these injuries become enduring and the player struggles to regain fitness and cannot return to play. There are known reasons why this can happen, including the effectiveness of the early management, accurate diagnosis of the problem and how the player initially responds […]
Neuropathic pain Update
September 14, 2011 by
I have looked at recent papers that focus on neuropathic pain, one of the common pain types seen in CRPS. I’m afraid that some of the research is ‘sciency’ but of course it has to be, so do not worry of you don’t fully understand the methods or the physiology. At the end of the […]
Physiotherapy Clinic in Chelsea
September 12, 2011 by
Situated just off Sloane Square in Chelsea at 2, Lower Sloane Street, the physiotherapy clinic is in a convenient location close to the tube (Sloane Square) and bus stops. The Specialist Pain Physio Clinics are dedicated to treating pain and injury with modern strategies and therapies based upon the latest neuroscience to promote normal movement and healthy […]
Treatment Update
July 21, 2011 by
Come and see the updated treatment programme page. We are regularly updating the site so do check back. This is when there is new knowledge or research that adds to our understanding of pain and how we can best treat on-going problems.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS/RSD)
April 19, 2011 by
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), is undoubtedly a nasty condition in many cases. It can be hugely disruptive in the desire to lead a normal and fulfilling life due the experience of sheer pain and the difficulty in doing day to day activities. I hear a huge range […]