Falls Prevention week 16th-22nd September 2024 As the summer months come to a close, leaves begin to colour and fall, and it’s unfortunately also a sign that “slips trips and broken hips season” will soon be upon us. What a perfect time to talk about Falls Prevention Week. According to data collected by Taking Care Personal Alarms, an elderly person (over 80 years old) falls every 6 seconds in the UK. Studies suggest that 1 in 3 people over the […]
Power to the (Meno)pause What happens to oestrogen levels in menopause and how does this affect the body? We have all heard about oestrogen and know that there is an impact on this hormone as women age, but what is the effect of oestrogen in menopause? Did you know that the hormone oestrogen affects more than just reproductive health? It is also directly linked to bone and soft tissue health. Oestrogen affects bone turnover, i.e the production of bone cells […]
World continence week 17th- 23rd June 2024 Incontinence can refer to both the bladder and the bowel, and both men and women, but in this blog I’m going to focus on urinary incontinence in women. Affecting almost 50% of women at some point in their life, urinary incontinence is described as poor control of the bladder causing involuntary leakage of urine. This can vary in severity. Unfortunately, when discussing the condition, a lot of women are met with excuses such […]
We’re thrilled to announce that physiotherapist Esther gave birth to baby boy Daniel on 1st December. Mum and baby are doing really well and settled in at home for a very special Christmas.
Achilles Tendon Injury – causes & treatment By Esther Gallick, HCPC Registered & Chartered Physiotherapist at JRM Physiotherapy. What is the Achilles and what are Achilles tendon injuries? The Achilles is a tendon. A tendon is a rough fibrous cord of tissue that attaches muscles to bone. The Achilles tendon is the thickest and strongest in the body. It attaches the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles (calf muscles) to the calcaneus (heel bone). The Achilles pulls on the heel when the […]
June is Pelvic Organ Prolapse Awareness Month! What is a Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP)? A pelvic organ prolapse is when organs such as the uterus, bladder or rectum move out of place and press against the vagina. Are there different types of prolapses? Yes! The different types are: Cystocele: When the connective tissues around the bladder and vaginal wall are weakened and stretched, causing the bladder to press against the vaginal wall. Rectocele: When the connective tissues around the rectum […]
Did you know that in hospitals, physiotherapists are often found working on wards and in clinics with respiratory patients. Respiratory physiotherapy is a vital part of the healthcare plan for many lung conditions, and in 2020 JRM Physiotherapist Esther Gallick was deployed to work within the local hospital providing physiotherapy to many of the covid patients on the wards. In this post she demonstrates how some simple exercises you can do at home can help to ease chest congestion and […]
Does shockwave therapy work and is it expensive? Physiotherapist Thomas Osborne, from JRM Physiotherapy discusses how this modern and non-surgical treatment is used by physiotherapists. Shockwave therapy has been used within professional football and other elite sports in recent years to provide a non-surgical and non-invasive treatment for injury. It can often be an expensive treatment, costing upwards of £200 for one session! However, at JRM Physiotherapy we offer high quality extracorporeal shockwave therapy at no extra cost as one […]
Surgery is only the beginning – why is post-operative rehab with a physiotherapist so important? I worked in post operative care in the NHS for five years before joining JRM. I cannot emphasise enough how important your post operative rehab with a physiotherapist is in order to maximise your recovery. In this blog I am going to focus on lower limb orthopaedic surgery as this is what we as physios see most often, but post operative rehab is important no […]
Physiotherapist, Thomas Osborne of JRM Physiotherapy sets out some important advice for athletes about rest days. It’s so easy to get sucked into quite an intense training routine – we get used to our schedules of training that fit neatly into our working and family lives, and before we know it we are happily in a cycle of work-train-sleep-repeat. Why break this cycle? It’s easy to assume that as our bodies become conditioned we should be thinking about introducing […]
