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Our Guide To Managing Chronic Pain
The definition of chronic pain can vary. Some will report it as pain lasting longer than 3 months and others will define it as pain lasting longer than 6 months. The pain can be mild or severe and it can occur in episode…
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How to Improve Your Core Muscles
What Are Core Muscles? When we talk about core muscles we’re generally talking about the muscles of your abdomen, specifically your deep abdominal muscles, and the muscles of your back and pelvic floor. Muscles such a…
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Can Dry Needling Help With Headache and Neck Pain?
Dry Needling Trigger point needling is a treatment approach where a needle is inserted into a tight area or ‘trigger point’ in a muscle. The aim of this treatment is to get a twitch or a jump in the muscle. This is a tr…
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Hip Bursitis
A bursa is a fluid filled sack which is designed to reduce friction between various structures in the body. The trochanteric bursa is the bursa on the outside of the thigh bone (femur) near where the gluteal muscles atta…
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How Physiotherapy Can Improve Your Health
At Ballsbridge Physiotherapy Clinic we also have expert Pilates instructors who are experienced physiotherapists. So how exactly can physiotherapy improve your health in an overall context?
Physiotherapy has expanded …
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Whiplash Symptoms and Treatments
Whiplash can cause pain and stiffness and can be extremely uncomfortable. There are a range of treatments that you can avail of at Ballsbridge Physiotherapy Clinic, but what is whiplash and how is it caused? Causes of W…
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How Many Injury Treatment Sessions Do You Need?
There are various types of injury which take different lengths of time to heal. Everyone is different and injury recovery time varies in people. Equally clients may need varying numbers of treatment sessions with their c…
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Are You Ready for the Dublin Duathlon?
If you are getting ready for any of this summer’s duathlons, no doubt you have been training consistently in the run up. With the next Dublin duathlon coming up in Phoenix Park, it might be time to make sure you have y…
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Keeping Active and Injury Free Over 60
There are so many benefits to exercise throughout your life. Keeping active as you hit and pass the 60 mark is the key to better physical and mental health. Good reasons to keep active or to get off the couch and get ac…
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The Benefits of Good Posture
Many of us remember being told to sit or stand up straight by a parent or teacher when we were children. It transpires that our parents were right to insist on good posture as it actually has health benefits, from decr…
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Flexibility In GAA Players – Increasing Your Performance
As the game has evolved, modern hurling and football players are finding a greater need to perform with increased flexibility and physical fitness to keep them competing to the highest standards. Care needs to be given n…
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What Is Arthritis?
Arthritis is a disease of the joints resulting in pain and reduced mobility. There are two types: rheumatoid arthritis, which can happen at any age, and osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) which is caused by wea…
