Back to School – Physiotherapy Degree Year 3

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Yes, here it is at last. 3rd year of my physiotherapy degree. Hasn’t time flown?! Well, this summer we’ve really been keeping the pace up and doing as much as possible and it has gone past pretty quickly. All of a sudden I find myself, along with my classmates, staring down the road of our final year at University. This year promises to be quite challenging, as you’d expect. The work volume notches up, the number of placements goes up, the number of things we need to have ready to hand in on consecutive weeks increases, and, of course, the … Continue reading →

From Flagging to Finishing

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As you may know, we are both fell runners and members of Glossopdale Harriers. Each September our club organises a race from Glossop up onto the wilds of the Bleaklow plateau, across featureless peat bog moor and back down to civilisation. This year Shelf Moor Fell Race took place on 7 September, starting at 11am. In the run up to any event there is a whole list of jobs to be done, and in a fell race many of those fall to the responsibility of the Race Organiser. However, being a club organised event, on race day, and indeed the day … Continue reading →

Research focus: tendon healing and ibuprofen

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Like a lot of research studies undertaken, this one is not based on findings from human subjects. The results do however make an interesting read. We’ll keep an eye out for other research in this area as it’s a topic we are often asked about.  The detrimental effects of systemic Ibuprofen delivery on tendon healing are time-dependent Brianne K Connizzo, Sarah M Yannascoli, Jennica J Tucker, Adam C Caro, Corinne N Riggin, Robert L Mauck, Louis J Soslowsky, David R Steinberg, Joseph Bernstein Clinical Orthopaedics and related Research 2014, 472 (8): 2433-9 BACKGROUND: Current clinical treatment after tendon repairs often includes prescribing NSAIDs … Continue reading →

Qualified Personal Trainer

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Three years ago, when we first moved to Glossop, we wrote a business plan for Global Therapies. One thing that we were clear on was that we would be constantly learning. Body work, manual therapies, making people move and feel better are all areas which constantly need updating and whilst we don’t want to be CPD course collectors, there is a requirement to ourselves as professionals to keep our knowledge relevant and up to date. Along the way our plans changed just a little bit – we didn’t originally think Tim would be qualifying as a Physiotherapist (or will be in about a years time). But … Continue reading →

End of Year 2 – Physiotherapy

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Well. It’s been quite a ride to get to this point so far. More than halfway through the degree, and it is astonishing just how fast time flies. Equally, it seems like an age away since we were at the Olympic Games and I decided that the academic path was a good idea. This year started off with a lot of time in University, looking specifically at Neurological, Respiratory and Spinal physiotherapy. This was followed swiftly by post-Christmas exams, which messed up my fell racing schedule somewhat, but sacrifices have to be made somewhere… Happily, the marks I got were … Continue reading →

Research focus: trigger point therapy for calf pain

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We are constantly reading, researching and investigating issues relating to the work we do. In our recent research we’ve read an interesting research study looking at calf (triceps surae) dysfuntion and whether trigger point therapy is an effective treatment. Alongside the trigger point treatment that was administered, subjects were advised on home care using a programme of stretching and foam rollering. The abstract from the paper is in the text below, if you want to have a look – the results show that following treatment to deactivate trigger points the subjects had better range of movement in the ankle, less pain and better function. … Continue reading →