Physiotherapy

This is quite a difficult review for me to write as I've recently come to the conclusion that years of physiotherapy (from this point for the sake of my fingers referred to as physio) has not achieved anything. I have some loose joints. One in my pelvis, one hip, one shoulder, some in my spine and both knees so I'm the complicated person who requires more stability which is far harder to achieve than loosening anything. Initially I saw 2 Osteopaths who didn't know what to do with me, then 2 Chiropractors who diagnosed the loose joints but made me worse with their aggressive treatments then my GP who offered me a life of painkillers and all that ...  Read the complete review

I was a gymnast for some fifteen years or so. Although never making it to anything higher than the county team, I trained heavily for a long time. Now, this is not a rant against gymnastics – I still love the sport and my eight year old daughter is now a gymnast – and if a child trains well under a good coach at a respectable gym club, you shouldn’t have any problems. I believe my health problems were due to gymnastics, but because I was stupid enough to train while injured and not take a sensible approach to my future health. Once I started studying for my A-levels, I was allowed to train by myself in P.E. class, so I would spend an hour or ...  Read the complete review