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By Mary Fickling on May 27 2021.
Chronic rotator cuff pain treated over three weeks with a Magcell Microcirc in self care with successful outcome.

By Mary Fickling on May 26 2021.
Professor Peter Mortimer, Consultant Dermatologist at St George's University Hospital, Professor Dominic Furniss, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at University of Oxford and LSN Nurse Advisor Denise Hardy discuss with Chair of LSN, Anita Wallace the questions of LSN members on the LSN YouTube channel. In this article, we hope to have placed the subject topics in alphabetical order for ease of reference to view the answers. Well done LSN (as always) - great initiative.  

By Mary Fickling on May 24 2021.
It's great when those delighted with their treatment take the time to write to express for their practitioner.

By Mary Fickling on May 06 2021.
"We have been using deep oscillation for the last five years, as a soothing hands-on interactive tool with manual physiotherapy skills, especially with dry needling. It’s now become an integrated part of our treatments.

By Mary Fickling on May 06 2021.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy is delighted to be hosting the 4th European Congress of the European Region of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (ER-WCPT). PhysioPod® are delighted to have been invited to exhibit and demonstrate award winning DEEP OSCILLATION® to international delegates

By Mary Fickling on Apr 29 2021.
Results of an on-going case study from Christine Talbot, Lymphoedema and Bowen Practitioner

By Mary Fickling on Apr 29 2021.
"With the Covid Pandemic it became clear in January 2021 that we would not be able to go out into the Community to educate, inform and raise awareness for Lymphoedema.  With Lymphoedema Awareness Week (LAW) in early March and World Lymphoedema Day (WLD) on the 6th March 2021 it meant that we could not take our campaign on the road.

By Mary Fickling on Apr 29 2021.

By Mary Fickling on Apr 27 2021.
"At the beginning of 2021, with no return date on the horizon to my job as a Tennis Coach, I decided to start running to keep my fitness levels up. I was running daily for around two months. The length of the runs ranged from 5/10k a day to 20k. I stopped a week before I returned to work on 27th March because I was noticing left knee pain (which I self-diagnosed as ‘runners’ knee’ (with the aid of Dr Google!). My symptoms matched those described, it was a sharp pain which worsened when running or walking downhill; the down force on the knee cap set the pain off. I stopped running to rest the knee hoping it would be okay for work as I can be on court up to 8 hours a day, sometimes 7 days a week.

By Mary Fickling on Apr 26 2021.
I have Osteoarthritis, which causes mobility problems. Luckily, I am married to a joiner/carpenter who has been able to make/fix and adapt parts of our home to make it easier for me to get around.