Having recently been awarded his Masters by Research from Leeds Beckett University, our Senior Sports Therapist Tom explains how this will inform his practice at Kinetic Clinics going forwards: “My masters thesis explored dysfunctional breathing and its current...
Every scar tells its own story and each scar is as individual as you are. Some scars will happily remind us of those silly incidents we make as a kid when you maybe fell from a climbing frame or in my case trapped my fingers in a door hinge…OUCH! But some scars...
Many people insist that the cold, damp weather that the winter months in the UK bring can worsen their pain. Patients often relate their increasing symptoms to a change in the weather pattern. So, in this blog we’re going to take a look at whether this really happens...
Often the terms sprains and strains are used interchangeably, but this shouldn’t be the case! The two mean very different things and in medical lingo it’s very important to get these right. It’s difficult to confuse the two, however, once you understand the difference...
“Osteo” relates to the bones. “Arthro” refers specifically to the joint. “Itis” means inflammation. Put these three words together to make “Osteoarthritis” and you have the perfect name for a condition which results in inflammation of the bones within a joint. But...
Adhesive Capsulitis, more commonly known as ‘Frozen Shoulder’, is a condition affecting the joint capsule surrounding the shoulder.Each synovial joint in our bodies has a joint capsule, constructed of connective tissue and ligaments, which helps provide stability,...
