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What is a “Stitch”?

A stitch is a commonly occurring cramp-like abdominal pain experienced during exercise.  Despite the regularity with which this condition is described by athletes, it remains uncertain as to what the exact cause of it is.  It has been suggested that …

July 31st, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on What is a “Stitch”?

The Trauma of Running Injuries

Runners don’t cope well with injury.  From years of experience treating various sports people and athletes at different levels, endurance athletes and, more specifically runners, find it most difficult to cope psychologically with being injured.  Advice that they must rest …

July 24th, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Trauma of Running Injuries

Arthritis and Exercise

Moderate and balanced exercise is key to the long term management of osteoarthritis as well as many other rheumatology conditions.  Despite advice to stay active patients often worry that by exercising with aching joints that they will accelerate the arthritic …

May 23rd, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Arthritis and Exercise

Bed Rest for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

It just doesn’t work.  We can say definitively that lower back pain and sciatica are not improved, even in the short term, by bed rest.  A review of several clinical trials, where patients were advised to take bed rest as …

May 21st, 2013|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Bed Rest for Low Back Pain and Sciatica