Inline Therapies

03/09/2026

As oestrogen levels decline through menopause, we can’t rely as heavily on this hormone to support the maintenance of our muscle and bone. That’s why strength training becomes even more important in midlife. 🦴🏋️‍♀️ It doesn't need to involve a gym membership, regular PT sessions or waiting until you're feeling more energetic or more confident to get started.

Progressive resistance training can help support:

✨ Muscle strength
✨ Bone health
✨ Power and physical capacity
✨ Metabolic health
✨ Balance, coordination and resilience
✨ Confidence and independence
✨ Healthy ageing

How we load and challenge the body matters even more for our bodies now and what we want them to be able to do in the future.

Peri-menopause and the menopause is the reason to keep on training if you already are, and even more so to start training if you're not.

🎓 As a physio in musculoskeletal and women's health, and someone enjoying some (if not all) of the signs of oestrogen dropping - I understand the changing body and that exercising when energy, motivation and time might feel in short supply might not feel a priority.

If you have questions, are wondering where to start or where to go next, please feel free to get booked and check in. Together we'll find out why things feel the way they feel and what can be done to improve them!

31/08/2026

Ice or heat? General clinical advice for most small injuries is: use whichever feels better.

Ice can be useful for making a painful/swollen area feel more comfortable, particularly soon after an injury but not always. Heat can feel good at easing stiffness and dull aches, but it's not 100%.

While neither is likely to fix what's causing the problem, they can both be useful tools for managing symptoms.

So if putting a heat pack on your back makes it feel better, brilliant - use it! If a pack of frozen peas on a sprained ankle reduces the pain - great, let it help for a short while you get over the initial shock and physical responses.

Don't feel like you have to spend the next 3 weeks routinely doing either if it doesn't seem to change symptoms much, or worry that you're doing something wrong if you find one feels better than the other.

The body's pretty good at telling us which one it prefers - if you put on one and it starts to ramp up the pain after a few minutes and it doesn't settle, try the other and see if that feels better. Then find out what's happening underneath and how to treat it 😁 😁

29/08/2026

If you're having issues with your knee, some useful things to take a note of: what movements or activities make it more noticeable?

Does it…
• Catch or feel like it locks?
• Hurt more when using the stairs (up or down)?
• Hurt when you kneel on it?
• Hurt when you walk, but feel fine resting it?
• Feel fine walking, but hurts as you stand up and take a few steps?
• Feel worse after sitting for a while?
• Swell up after exercise?

These patterns can give us clues about what might be contributing to your knee symptom(s). Whether it's more likely the joint, the soft tissues around it, or how the knee is being loaded.

It doesn't mean you can diagnose your knee from a list on Instagram (sadly, not possible yet) but if your knee has been bothering you, it's worth finding out what you can do (or not do) next.

27/08/2026

14/08/2026

When something hurts a lot, it’s easy to assume something's badly damaged - but pain doesn’t work that neatly.

It's influenced by loads of things: stress, sleep, previous experiences, how much you’ve been doing, how worried you are about it, how sensitive your nervous system is and much more, on top of what may actually be happening in the tissues.💪

**That doesn’t mean the pain isn’t real.** And pain doesn’t automatically mean you need an injection, scan, ultrasound, massage, manipulation or surgery.

Often, the best place to start is much simpler: **Get it assessed.**🤓

You should come away understanding what might be contributing to your pain, what you can do about it, and what treatment is actually appropriate for you.

And if the only plan is for someone to keep *doing things to you* without much discussion about what **you** can do too, it’s worth questioning whether you’re getting the right approach. There are no magic hands or magic treatments. None. Not a single research paper has found any, anywhere across the world. Nil. Or we'd all be doing it.

**Start with an assessment and understanding what’s going on.** 🧐

11/08/2026

27/05/2026

When someone gets symptoms around their pelvis - whether it's pain or discomfort, leaking, bladder or bowel issues, it can be put down to a weak pelvic floor because that's what so many women know about.

Kegels are great IF your pelvic floor is weak and just needs a few exercises. But IF you've done these and there's been no change or maybe even made slightly worse, it could well be that the pelvic floor is actually a bit tight!

Tight muscles can indicate that they're being overworked and they can't cope with the load, so when you try and contract them, there's not a lot left to contract. If you're unsure and want to find out, you're welcome to get in touch. All information is confidential, it's a small private clinic with no waiting room - you come to the appointment and are seen straight away.

25/05/2026

The first 2026 UK heat wave ☀️

But guess who’s got air con? 😌

Physio… with air con.
Reflexology… with air con.
Indian head massage… with air con.
Finally getting to the bottom of that annoying ache/pain/stress that keeps hanging around… WITH AIR CON.

Honestly, at this point the cool room alone feels therapeutic.

24/05/2026

22/05/2026