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Do you use Imagery to improve your mobility after injury

Rehabilitation after injury is both physically and mentally challenging, not only for the patient, but also for the people who support and care for them.  These therapists and carers play an integral role in the treatment and rehabilitation of people suffering from all kinds of disabilities.  What seems to be undervalued and under used however is the use of psychology and sports medicine to aid rehabilitation by both therapists and carers.  Read More

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS) i.e. the brain and spinal cord.  Read More

The Effect of Exercise intensity and Training Status on Performance

That old saying “the more you exercise the fitter you will be” was a line that has been around for many years.  Scientists have understood that the more physical the exertion the more energy and oxygen will be needed by the body.  Read More

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)

RSD is thought to occur as a result of abnormal healing within the sympathetic nerve following trauma.

It is characterized by segmental limb pain after an injury to a limb and the pain lasts much longer than would normally be expected for the given injury.1 It may also include a wider range of problems, involving skin, muscles, blood vessels and bone.  RSD has been known to affect parts of the body other than the limbs and it can also occur without an injury. Read More