My Pelvis is Out if Alignment! We often hear our patients describing their pelvis of being out of alignment, which is why they are in pain, and that their previous therapists have been kind enough to put it back in place for them! Which all sounds very plausible but is it actually true? No Evidence […] Read More
Category Archives: Back & Neck Pain
Acupuncture Treatment
At Kensington Physio, we offer musculoskeletal acupuncture treatment as part of our physiotherapy service. Patients often ask us how acupuncture works from an Eastern and Western stand-point. In basic terms, the ancient traditional Chinese acupuncture method involves inserting needles along specific meridian lines. The aim is to restore the flow of our ‘Qi’ life […] Read More
Forward Head Posture
Assessment As physios we see many clients who suffer from neck and upper back symptoms, as well as recurrent headaches. Many present with a ‘forward head posture’ where the head sits in-front of the normal alignment, thereby placing excess stresses to the neck. As a first point of call, we take photos to show our […] Read More
Stretching – is it Helpful?
Does static muscle stretching help or hinder? For many years our pre-exercise routine consisted of some form of cardiovascular warm-up and various static muscle stretches. In recent times there has been a trend to eliminate static stretching due to the proposed idea that these may cause a decrease in muscle performance immediately after. So we […] Read More
Pilates Vs Yoga
As Physios we are often asked by our patients which is better for them to do.. Yoga or Pilates? Pilates We have physios and Pilates instructors who work with both mat and specialised equipment, to help incorporate lots of the proven benefits of Pilates into their rehab therapy. For our hypermobile patients, we often find […] Read More
Pain – what is it and how does it work?
27 Nov
Unpleasant Experience Pain is an unpleasant experience, that makes you want to stop or change what you are doing. Pain is not a sign of damage to your body, as sometimes you can have lots of damage and no pain, like when a footballer finishes a match despite a broken ankle; or no damage but […] Read More