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“Have you eaten anything in the last hour or so?” I shake my head. “How about liquid, have you drank anything?” The man asking the questions is a rep from a DNA testing company, the same man I’d seen no less than an hour earlier giving a speech at The Body Power Expo, praising the […]

One of the more difficult aspects in medical care is explaining to patients what their problem is in terms that they can understand. For example, ‘the extrusion of the nucleus pulposus through the annulus causing nerve root impingement at the level of L4’ probably means sweet FA to the person on the street, but tell

Climbing the stairs I can hear the thumps getting louder. Thud. Thud. THUD. And then I see it, through a small window in the door. The Lifting Room. As I open the door the smell of sweat and chalk reaches into my nostrils, it isn’t unpleasant, but then its no bouquet of roses either. Inside,

Having worked throughout the North West as a physiotherapist, it always felt inevitable that one day I would ply my trade in Bury. I grew up in Bury, went to school & college in Bury, and learnt many important life lessons on nights out in institutions such as the Sir Robert Peel, Ronny’s and the

Gone are the days where every patient through the door of a physio clinic is treated with manual therapy, electrotherapy, and given a sheet of exercises that they’re likely to leave on the kitchen table. Sure, some injuries respond best to a combination of treatments including manual therapy and soft tissue work, but more and