In these difficult times we have had to make changes to our services to keep the public and the staff at Joints and Points Healthcare Safe. We are now offering video appointments with our qualified physiotherapists. What to expect To … Continued
Stress can be useful, it can motivate us to push on and finish a job. However, sometimes dealing with stress (especially during exam season) can be a difficult thing to do. And, year on year the pressure on students to … Continued
Key points Lifting with a flexed spine has been shown to increase force on the spinal discs and repeated bouts can cause disc bulges (“slipped disc”) Lifting with a neutral spine may be beneficial for sports due to this posture … Continued
What is whiplash? Whiplash describes an injury to the neck caused by sudden movement of the head in any direction (forward, backward and side). However, this is an extremely general term and could pretty much relate to any injury to … Continued
Warm down protocols after exercise are common Warming down is unlikely to speed up recovery Warming down is effective in some markers Overall, you can warm down but it might be that you don’t really need to… What is a … Continued
Last week we looked at Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ 5 stages of grief, this week we are going to look at J William Wordens task-based model which aims to enhance the client’s self-awareness and instils belief in their own ability to accomplish … Continued
Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi (half) replacement. The hip joint … Continued
Grief counselling models In the next two parts we are going to look at two well-known models that are associated with grief and bereavement counselling: the 5 stages of grief, theorised by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and J William Wordens 4 tasks … Continued
Bereavement refers specifically to the process of recovering from the death of a loved one. Grief is a reaction to any form of loss. Both encompass a range of feelings from deep sadness to anger and everything in-between. The process … Continued
To begin with it is important to understand that all of the above professions treat musculoskeletal conditions and each clinician is what is called an “autonomous practitioner”. This means that if the professional can justify a treatment method in a … Continued