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What to expect.
Had an innocuous fall some weeks back, and things haven't been right. Mainly my lower arm aches when I've not been using it and I have trouble pinching, but not gripping.
After some probing by the physio she found a point that sent me through the roof, then another then an action that caused a lot of pain.
So after falling on my back of shoulder I have aches in the back of my hand, the forearm and deep in my elbow, yet the probing found deep pain in my tricep (yet that doesn't ache)
This is all very new to me. As a rule does physio just speed up recovery?
Yes, speeds up recovery, specifically targets the injury and strengthens the required area to prevent chronic problems......and it hurts 🙂
Also - never skimp on the exercises you've been given to do. The physio [u]will[/u] know.
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In my experience, the smaller the physio, the greater the pain.
One thing i've learned with physio's is no matter how small they are or how placid they seem they know how to cause pain in the name of recovery 😀
LOL beaten by Onzadog.
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No happy ending 😥
That'll be a radial nerve issue then - probably.
Physio uses a mixture or hands on treatment and exercises to help your body heal itself. It can also help prevent the injury occurring in future and reduce and prevent and secondary maladaptive issues.
My guess with your injury if it is radial nerve related is that you'll get a mixture of nerve glides and some deep tissue massage to minimise the effects of any adhesions within triceps which are causing the nerve to stick. Might have been referred to as an interface problem.
It doesn't have to be painful, and I'd suggest that if your injury is as I suspect it is then it shouldn't be painful to treat as hurting you will only irritate the nerve and make it worse.
I've found a great one, Kate, in Wigan. She puts my ribs back into place when I pop them out, which I've done a few times.
Seen a few other Physios but Kate does a great job.
Booked into see her this Friday to hopefully sort the pinching I've got between the ribs that see out of place that she put back last week after the head man failed to sort three weeks prior to that.
A good physio is simply magic.
Puts ribs back into place does she? That'll be shining bright.
I have had good and bad experiences with Physios. The bad was no clear diagnosis and lets try 6 sessions of this and see how it goes. Good is clear chat about whats wrong and what needs doing. Nick is currently looking after me and my daughter but with very little contact
He knows that I'll do that I'm told and want to play an active role. So with my ankle he told me what to do stretches wise and said it would be no slower than him manipulating it. My daughter has a fatigue disorder which we mainly manage by e-mail
If hope you'll forgive me for assuming I know something about what you want. Your physio but should be giving you straight answers questions like "are you just speeding this up?" and "Can i sort this out myself if you tell me what to do?". It sounds to me your worried about being a passenger. You shouldn't have to be if you don't want to be
I think some of the advise and treatment from physios has resolved problems that I think would never have resolved themselves and i would never have worked out what to do without help
There's a great physio machine where you get four suckers attached to you around the injury. These suck in and out to maintain adhesion and then pass almighty electrical shocks through your leg/arm/knee/injury location. Physio turns it up to the point of unbearable pain, then backs it off a tiny bit. Great stuff!
It's great apart from the fact that it's clinically shit.
Who you using ? I believe you're relatively local to me, I'm always looking for good recommendations.
Quite a bit to take in on the first ever visit. Sure she mentioned C5 and C6 damage...or perhaps it was R5 and R6?
Ah well, it was a long time ago and it was new and tested out on me. Had some kind of bond villain-esque aura to it.
flap Jack it's Leighton Buzzard Chiropractors I know a lot of rugby players and paddlers that use them.
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C5-C6 sounds plausible.
That picture there is the wiring that goes down your arm. Nice and simple isn't it.
Are they physios or chiropracters?
When I went the first time, to get my itb mangled, I was quite impressed with the amount of thought that goes into erection management. Lots of discrete towel movement and the like. I'm not a total horndog so I didn't need it but it seemed like as much of a skill as the actual physio/massage stuff 😆
What to expect?
A look of pity accompanied by a comment like "As you get older these things happen, maybe you should try fishing and bus tours"
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A happy smile accompanied by a comment like " You are in great condition for your age,with some rest and these special exercises , you should be back on top form for the cross season"
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A happy smile accompanied by a comment like " You are in great condition for your age,with some rest and these special exercises , you should be back on top form for the cross season"
^This, plus 'yep those clipless pedals are a bugger'
In my experience, the smaller the physio, the greater the pain.
Years ago I was seeing a physio for ITB issues. He was going to miss one session so a colleague was going to see me. He told me "He's a pervert and he will hurt you."
Flapjack
where are you
ICE clinic in Ampthill are fab, I use Nick
In my experience, the smaller the physio, the greater the pain.
Definitely this. And the one I used to go and see kept a golf club in each corner of the room so I never even asked about the extras once I'd established that she didn't play golf!
It's been decided that I need an MRI scan.
I went to see one and was happy for him to tell me ".. never run a marathon .." not that I was planning to but I was happy to have a professional reason not to!
I have very flexible joints and he suggested I'd fall apart if I tried to run that far 🙂