Newsletter September 2026
September 2026 Thank you for subscribing to the Melton Mowbray PhysioPlus Newsletters. I started the newsletters in 2016 to use this opportunity to update everyone on clinic changes, what opportunities are available in the area and lastly to share interesting facts through my regular blog. I used to have many a night sitting next to…
Understanding Pain
Understanding how pain works and the impact that it has on an individual is an area that continues to fascinate me. I spent many years working in the field of chronic pain, understanding the impact that it can have on anyone’s quality of life. Pain research is an on-going development in the world of medicine…
Load Management
Load Management A tendon is the part of the muscle that attaches onto the bone. It is therefore part of the muscular structure, but its physiology is very different from a muscle. Tendons are fibrous connective tissue with the main function of transmitting the mechanical force of the muscle to the bone. This fibrous tissue…
Managing a Flare-up
Most of us have a repertoire of things we might do when we are unwell, have a headache, an ache somewhere. But sometimes when pain (wherever in the body) leads to us being unable to move, unable to sleep, we have a tendency to over-think. The system goes into panic and we develop brain-fog. Pain…