What do you know about your forearms? The forearms are quite complex structures which may not be apparent from looking at them. Under the skin are a series of small muscles that work your fingers and thumbs as well as helping to move your elbow. The muscles are...
Introducing the Thoracolumbar Fascia (TLF) It’s a bit of a tongue twister and you might not have even heard of it before but it’s an important structure in your body and it’s intimately involved in chronic lower back pain. Breaking it down: Thoraco – of the thorax...
National Complementary Therapy Week 20th – 25th March 2023 is upon us. Myofascial release is one of many complementary therapies and is particularly effective for the treatment of chronic pain. This being the case you may wonder why it is not offered on the NHS along...
Sprained ankles can happen for all sorts of reasons – walking or running on uneven ground, tripping off a kerb or landing awkwardly. Whatever the cause, the injury occurs when you roll, twist or turn your ankle, usually outwards, beyond its normal range of movement....
Using myofascial release to help rotator cuff The shoulder joint is the most mobile in the body allowing full 360° range of movement. This is possible because, unlike most other joints, the shoulder is held together mainly by soft tissues - muscles, ligaments and...
About migraines Migraines are very common and affect over 6 million people in the UK, that’s over 10% of the adult population. Migraines are much more than just headaches and as well as head pain symptoms can include nausea, sensitivity to light & sound, visual...
“A highly irritable localised spot of exquisite tenderness in a nodule in a palpable taut band of muscle” (Travell & Simons 1993) This may sound familiar if you have ever found tender spots when massaging or pressing on an area to relieve tension or pain. What you...
Repetitive Strain Injury, otherwise known as RSI, is an insidious problem in the workplace, and one about which there are many myths. Two such myths are the suggestions that RSI takes years to develop and only affects very specific areas of the body in limited ways....
I recently participated in a panel discussion with an osteopath and a physiotherapist, in which complementary therapy students quizzed us about our respective professions and how we treat certain medical conditions. What interested me were the differences in perceived...
There’s a survey currently online at the US website www.massagetoday.com asking people to vote for what they feel is the most important issue facing the massage therapy profession in 2012. There are four possible issues to vote on (the %s are of the current votes at...
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