Visual Perception & the Brain

February 09, 2017 by Sian Smale

In January I enrolled for another awesome online course through Coursera on Visual perception and the Brain. I would have never anticipated to learn so much about the extent to which visual illusions exist in our everyday sight, and how many discrepancies exist between what we see and the physical reality of what we are looking at. The aim of this blog is to share this information about the visual brain and related it back to a pain treatment known as graded motor imagery.

Pain Education & Management Summarised!

February 02, 2017 by Sian Smale

Here is a list of all our blogs revolving around pain science, pain education and pain management.

Blowing up a balloon

January 26, 2017 by Sian Smale

Ever wondered about the best way to retrain breathing in clients who lack core control? The Postural Restoration Institute have created an exercise which aims to restore optimal breathing and the zone of apposition. This blog outlines the reasons for using a balloon during treatment to restore coordination between the diaphragm and abdominal wall.

Hip: Athletic Groin Pain Part 2

January 19, 2017 by Sian Smale

Welcome back to part two of the Athletic Groin Pain series. Here we discuss how the clinical assessment of groin pain correlates with MRI and what biomechanical analysis tells us about the AGP population.

Hip: Athletic Groin Pain Part 1

January 13, 2017 by Sian Smale

This week we continue to look at the hip by exploring the definition of athletic groin pain (AGP). This blog series dissects three research papers from Dublin about the clinical assessment, role of MRI and biomechanical changes with AGP. First up - what is the groin triangle and what does groin pain mean?

The Hip Summarised!

January 09, 2017 by Alicia Rayner

We have written many blogs on the hip & pelvis. Find them all in one place!