Introduction If you are having your hip replaced in Colchester, you are likely having it at either Colchester General Hospital or the Oaks. Both have fantastic surgeons, who will set...

Back pain is an incredibly common musculoskeletal condition causing time off work in the UK (source). We see it a lot at Reflex-18, and it seems to be a condition...

If you’re living with persistent pain, the advice “just get active” can feel like a slap in the face. When every movement feels like a gamble—where the stakes are a...

If you’ve ever felt guilty for not having a 5-day-a-week, high-intensity gym habit, we have some news that might make you breathe a sigh of relief. The American College of...

You know what I mean right? Sitting in the physio clinic having had a diagnosis and now being shown your exercises. The thought going through your head is; ‘am I...

Congratulations! Whether you just smashed a PB at the JobServe Community Stadium or completed your first 13.1 miles for the Robin Cancer Trust, your body has just undergone significant physiological...

Colchester half marathon is this weekend, and the London marathon is just around the corner. This means the weekly mileage is high and that those training are waking up most...

Completing a marathon is tough! And getting to the start line can sometimes getting to the start line can be the hardest thing. Preventing injuries when training for a marathon...

Recovering from surgery can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re unsure what’s normal, what’s safe, and what could slow your progress. Whether you’ve had orthopaedic surgery, joint replacement, or a soft-tissue...

Whether you are a weekend warrior, regular gym goer, or just someone who enjoys exercise from time to time, it’s not uncommon to find that parts of your body can...

Back pain is one of the most common things seen in a physiotherapy clinic. There are so many stats that show how much it affects the economy, but to be...

How are personal trainers that shout at you and make you feel bad about exercise similar to weight loss injections? I have felt the need to write this blog, despite...

If you’ve been told you have sciatica, it can sound like a big and scary diagnosis. But let’s break it down in a way that makes more sense—and hopefully makes it...

Massage is not our specialism On my degree course, if I remember right, we did exactly 0 minutes of massage practice or teaching. I know that’s a bit of a...

Can physio help with my torn meniscus? Historically, when you had been diagnosed with a torn meniscus, you would quite quickly be referred to the surgeon for an arthroscopy to...

Ever feel like your recovery or rehab is taking longer than you’d like? Or maybe you’re looking for ways to boost your fitness without always pushing your body to its...

Here goes nothing, my first blog, about me – simple. OK, so I have decided to add a blog to the website. This is something new to me, so bear...

My approach to treatment and why. Exercise, pain relief and shockwave therapy. So many people I have seen and spoken to recently seem to have been suffering from plantar fasciitis,...

Here is a brief patient information leaflet on subacromial pain. It details the signs and symptoms and a brief explanation of what it is… Although the physios reading this I...

Signs, symptoms and treatment advice if you have pain on the outside of your hip. Lateral hip pain is a pain in the butt……. quite literally. The pain of lateral...

An x-ray or scan is just part of the picture, it doesn\’t necessarily tell you how to get better or what you can and can\’t do. Last week I posted...