Working from home advice

Working from home advice

Working from home can be challenging, particularly in a stressful situation like the one our workforce is currently experiencing. Here are some tips to protect your health and wellbeing during this time. Routine Start and end the day with a routine. If you always get...
MRI scans and Back pain

MRI scans and Back pain

A large number of people who don’t present at the Doctor with pain symptoms have a lot of “abnormal” findings on MRI scans. So what can we deduce from this? This research by Brinjki et al (2014), illustrates the fact that changes happen in the spine as we age, these...
The fear of pain is worse than the pain itself

The fear of pain is worse than the pain itself

Persistent or chronic pain is a debilitating condition, in Ireland one person in four suffer from it. The condition affects people physically as well as psychologically. Physical activity has been shown to reduce the severity of symptoms and improve quality of life in...
Shoulder Stuff

Shoulder Stuff

Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body. A ball and socket joint like no other, one where the socket is a lot smaller then the ball, it has to work with (think of a golf ball sitting on a tee). This arrangement provides us with a hugely flexible joint, but...
Imaging, what is it good for?

Imaging, what is it good for?

There is no doubt that the advances in imaging technology has been a great benefit for healthcare. Being able to look inside the body and see what is happening is truly amazing and a time traveller from a recently as a hundred years ago would look on it as close to...