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Muscle ache and statins

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

At PhysioQinetics, we work very closely with our director physician and cardiologist Dr Joshua Chai to provide cardiac rehabilitation to patients with heart disease.

One of the common questions we get asked a lot is - "Is my muscle ache related to my cholesterol (Statin) treatment?".

Huge congratulations to Olympic Silver medalist Tom Barras

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

We are all incredibly proud of TeamGB Rowing Team and Tom in the HEROIC performance in Tokyo Olympics Men Quadruple Sculls winning Olympic Silver Medal

Road to Tokyo Olympics - Part 3

Sunday, April 11, 2021

In last episode of the "Road to Tokyo Olympics" series, Tom told us how his physiotherapy and Pilates training has helped him maintain and improve his performance. In this final Part 3 of the mini-blog series, Tom will share with us how the Team GB National Training Centres had adapted in recent COVID time.

Road to Tokyo Olympics - Part 2

Monday, March 8, 2021

In this Part 2 of the blog series, Tom will tell us more on how his physiotherapy and Pilates training helps him improve his performance, as well as how the pandemic and interruption of normal training in fact allows him to be more flexible and creative in designing his own training regime.

Road to Tokyo Olympics - Part 1

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Tom Barras joined us at PhysioQinetics in 2016 and continues to pursue his dream in representing Team GB in the international rowing scene. Tom is currently training for the re-scheduled Tokyo Olympics in Summer 2021. In this 3-part series, Tom will tell us how the pandemic has affected elite sportsmen / sportswomen like him and how he has adapted to the "new normal" in his life as an athlete, with his training and preparation to represent Britain in the Olympics.

Swimming to improve your health

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Swimming is great general exercise that strikes that fine balance between aerobic energy burning to improve cardioascular health, as well as core and upper-body muscle strengthening. Besides, it is a fantastic recreational sport for people of all ages to enjoy regardless of your level of ability or fitness!

Chronic Achilles tendinopathy - what are the treatment options?

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

We are often visited by patients with Achilles tendonopathy at PhysioQinetics. The Achilles tendon connects the calf (the back of the lower part of your leg) muscles to the heel bone, and helps you to push up on your tiptoes.

Female working cross-legs on the floor with laptop with poor posture

Working from home, your posture, and your wellbeing

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

With the current COVID-19 pandemic and country-wide social lockdown, the majority of us are currently either furloughed off-work or working from home. Either way, being stuck at home is never fun, and it does take its tolls on our body and mind in a number of ways.

Lady self-isolating at home during COVID pandemic

How to cope with COVID-19 - Video Consultation

Saturday, March 21, 2020

With the global outbreak of COVID-19, the UK government this week followed other European and Asian countries to recommend social distancing and home working. However, it is important to remember that other health condition does not simply disappear and it is time for innovative technology to help us continuing our care for our patients in the coming weeks and months.

CoRe - COmplete REhabilitation / Prehabilitation (Part 2)

Saturday, March 7, 2020

In Part 1 of the CoRe series, we discussed about the evolving concept of complete rehabilitation and how this has rapidly expanded in the field of cancer rehabilitation. In this Part 2 of the series, we will delve into how we can apply CoRe in "prehabilitation" before certain invasive treatment and how we at PhysioQinetics are stepping up to help patients with heart disease.

Pie chart showing proportion of our patients with different pain

2020 PhysioQinetics Patient Survey

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Our PhysioQinetics Patient Satisfaction Survey conducted between June 2019 and Jan 2020 confirmed that 94.3% of our patients who had previously visited other physiotherapists, chiropractors, or osteopaths before coming to us think we are better than our colleagues and 100% of those surveyed would recommend us to their friends and family

CoRe - COmplete REhabilitation / Prehabilitation (Part 1)

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The "core" concept of physical rehabilitation is to promote physical manipulation, education, and facilitation of graded exercises to improve patients' physical functional outcome. Physiotherapists are uniquely placed to become the central piece in the COmplete REhabilitation (CoRe) jigsaw in coordinating multi-modal rehabilitation programme across different therapeutic fields in complex medical conditions.

Pillow talk - with wearable tech

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Our physiotherapists get asked about what type of pillow is best for neck pain all the time - so often that we think maybe we should start making our own PQ branded pillows! Finding the right pillow for you is important not only for good quality sleep but pillow plays a therapeutic role in the rehabilitation of neck pain. This blog will discuss how to find the right pillow for you and how wearable technology may help to improve your sleep.

Sleep and cardiovascular health

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

The breaking results of the unprecedented Apple Heart Study announced this week at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference in New Orlean, despite all the caveat of its limitations, provided a glimpse of the future of how wearable technology can be utilised to improve our health being. We are all too familiar with how wearable technology can help track our physical activity / running distances / steps taken each day, etc; but one important area that wearable technology can really transform our understanding is that tranquil few hours each night when our conscious mindfulness rests - our sleep.

Never too late to start exercising

Monday, March 11, 2019

Even increasing physical activity in midlife reduces mortality by a third A study published in the JAMA Network Open this week (March 8th, 2019) provided further evidence that regular exercise reduces the risk of dying by 29% to 36%. More shockingly, for inactive individuals, even increasing physical activity during midlife was associated with 32% to 35% lower risk for mortality - this translates to a reduction of death by a third!

Human evolution and low back pain

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the commonest complaints in today’s GP surgeries across the Western world. Some evolutionary biologists hypothesise that while humans are the most successful primates on the planet, our bodies wouldn’t win many awards for good design! The “rapid” evolution of humans' ability to walk on two legs may have a significant impact on human health. The gain of humans walking upright might have come with its own set of pain – namely in the lower back.

The Achilles' heel of running... [with exercise video]

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Running for leisure or fitness is a marvellous pastime. Not only can running improve our cardiovascular fitness and reduce our risk of heart attacks and strokes, it also give us a sense of mild euphoria from the release of endorphins and serotonin. But is pain in your heel stopping you from your favourite pastime? If you answer yes to the above question then you may be suffering from a condition known as Achilles tendonopathy.

Exercise and protein intake to combat frailty

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Frailty is a common and important geriatric syndrome characterized by age-associated decline in physiologic reserve and function across multiple organ systems. Anti-frailty intervention needs to be multi-faceted to tackle the many layers of physical, social, and psychological challenges. Approaches combining strength training and dietary protein supplementation were consistently ranked the most effective in improving the frailty scores.

How can acupuncture help your 2019 personal fitness programmes?

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Acupuncture can be a useful addition to many different sports or fitness programmes as it can help boost performance and wellbeing in many ways. It is already recognised as a treatment for some illnesses and conditions, such as regular headaches, arthritis or sometimes even problems with infertility. However, sportsmen and women are also beginning to understand that it can help them maintain a complete fitness regime, too.

Happy 2019 and new NICE recommendation for exercise

Friday, January 4, 2019

At PhysioQinetics, we understand how important physical activity can improve your motivation, mental wellbeing and help you achieve your goals in the new year. In fact, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) just published its new draft quality standard paper last week and advised that local authorities should prioritise cyclists, pedestrians, and those who use public transport when building or upgrading new roads in order to encourage greater levels of physical activity.

Our physio Tom Barras won Bronze at World Rowing Championship

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Tom joined us at PhysioQinetics in 2016 and continues to pursue his dream in representing Britain in the international rowing scene. At the recent World Rowing Championship at Sarasota, Florida, Tom helped Team GB add a bronze medal to its tally on the final day by holding off sprinting Rio runner-up Damir Martin to claimed his 3rd place. He was cheered from the grandstands by Olympic legend Greg Searle, who managed the exact same feat twenty years ago - Tom is only the fourth Briton ever to win the men's equivalent!

Exercise leaflet for knee pain for knee pain

How to treat patellar tendonopathy

Sunday, February 15, 2015

With rugby Six Nations in full swing and England beating Italy on the pitch on Valentine's Day, PQ blog this week will discuss a common problem of the knee not only commonly seen in rugby players but also in runners and cyclists - patellar tendonopathy.

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