Pilates Exercise of the Week No. 5 – Roll Downs
This week’s exercise is a great stretch for the whole back and legs. Great if you’re spending long periods sat in a chair working from home at the moment. Roll…
Keeping you safe for face to face physiotherapy sessions during this pandemic
We just wanted to let you know the precautions we are taking at The West Point Practice to ensure that we are COVID-secure: Clinic precautions: We have extended the physiotherapy appointment times from 45…
The West Point Practice – Standard Operating Procedures during COVID 19
As per current guidelines from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), remote triage must be completed using the CSP Covid-19 triage flowchart to determine the appropriate treatment channel between face…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update 16/03/2020
At this stage we have no reason to be concerned and do not want to induce any panic. That being said, please take a common sense approach to your appointment.…
Second Clinic – This is my: Sports medicine
We are delighted to announce that from next week (Monday 16th March 2020) we will be starting to offer appointments out of an additional clinic in Leeds.
Hamstring Injuries and Rehabilitation
In this blog, I will focus on a recent research article that looks at hamstring injuries. The systematic review looks at treatment and rehabilitation following hamstring strains.
Do your knees make funny noises?
What causes my knees to crack? Where knees are concerned, this must be the most popular question that I get asked. So in this blog I am going to explain…
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar Fasciitis In this blog I am going to take a look at heel pain (plantar fasciitis). This condition is common in runners. It is also something that I have…
Heat Treatment for pain relief – yes or no????
The use of heat for pain relief We are often asked for advice on heat therapy vs. cold therapy for pain relief. In this blog I will be looking at…
How to deal with acute ankle sprains
What to do with acute ankle sprains? This is a very common injury that we see in clinic and is usually due to rolling outwards or inwards on your ankle.…