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The Treatment Plinth

The Treatment Plinth
A chartered physiotherapist, runner and all-round 'into his exercise' kinda guy, Matt sets about debunking injury and rehabilitation myths.
  • Running Injury: Tight Calf Muscles - Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

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    Here is a thought….If compression clothing is as good as it claims to be…why don’t people wear it in the summer? Too hot? But surely we still need compression in the summer too… Anyway, on this blog, I thought I could share...
  • Injury Advice: Listen to Your Inner Voice

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    Hey guys, I have been away from the blog spot for a while for a whole range of reasons but I hope to add something now on a regular basis. I have seen a few more runners come to the clinic in the past few months and I get a bit annoyed! I shouldn’t...
  • Weather and Pain

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    Hi everyone, Over the past few weeks the weather in the Southeast has been cold but not too bad. In the cooler months patients have come to clinic with complaints about how the weather has affected their aches and pains. Changes in the weather and...
  • Run When You Can

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    Hi everyone, I have been off the blogging scene as sadly my father-in-law passed away in early December. This was following his battle with cancer and so I have been concentrating on family for the past few weeks. He was a very gentle man who at the...
  • The much maligned ITB (Iliotibial Band)!

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    There are many articles dealing with the complexity of this anatomical structure and it is blamed for all sorts of problems. Firstly I wanted to say a few things about it. It is a long and broad anatomical structure from the pelvic bone (known as the...
  • Gems from the treatment room

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    Hi everyone. I am a chartered physiotherapist, runner and general all-round 'into his exercise' kinda guy. As a Chartered Physiotherapist who runs and treats runners and other people who break down, I felt that I was in a unique position to share...
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