back pain

Back Pain - A Self Help Guide

Back Pain - A Self Help Guide

Back pain is very common. It’s frustrating at best and debilitating at worst. This guide will help you develop strategies for long term change to get rid of back pain and stay pain free long term. No magic bullet or ‘Guru’ advice here, just sensible and actionable tips allowing you to take control and start your journey to a pain free back.

Stiff back? Try our simple six step mobility routine

Stiff back? Try our simple six step mobility routine

6 step mobility stretch routine to ease back stiffness and relieve back pain. Practice daily and you will see improvements in your range of movement and alleviate tension, stiffness and pain in your back.

Back Strengthening Exercises for Desk-Based Workers

Back Strengthening Exercises for Desk-Based Workers

Let one of our Physios, Danny Wray, take you through a set of exercises which will help to strengthen your back and hips and that help counteract the negative effects of sitting.

#KnowledgeShare – Shoulders Month – Mobility Exercises

#KnowledgeShare – Shoulders Month – Mobility Exercises

Physio Effect physiotherapist Jonny Kilpatrick demonstrates some exercises to improve overhead range of movement using small equipment you’ll find in your gym

Foam Rolling: What is it? What’s the Evidence? How to apply it!

Foam Rolling: What is it? What’s the Evidence? How to apply it!

Self-myofascial release is a name given to the use of equipment or tools to perform self-massage and stretching with the aim of increasing joint range of motion and improving muscle recovery and performance. One of the most commonly used tools is a foam roller. You will often see people in gyms attempting to manoeuvre their bodies in various positions over one of these rollers.