News & Information
Catch up with the latest news and information from our team
Getting ready for Summer Sports
Making your body stronger will improve your performance. Even if you don’t currently have an injury if you are thinking about increasing your activity, or have a few niggles that prevent you getting the best out of your activity.
Common Joint Problems – Frozen Shoulder
What is a Frozen Shoulder? The technical name for a frozen shoulder is adhesive capsulitis. Symptoms typically include stiffness and pain in the shoulder joint which leads to restricted movement. What causes a Frozen Shoulder? The pain is often caused by swelling and...
Behind the Mask – Who is the real Yulia?
Continuing on with our series where you get to know more about our team than just their professional profile. Today it is Yulia's turn to answer our 10 quick fire questions:- 1. What’s your favourite sport? I am a yogi through and through. Practicing yoga...
IDD – Treating Lower Back and Neck Issues
According to UNISON – “Back pain is one of the biggest causes of work absences, accounting for more than 12 million days lost every year.”
Behind the Mask – Who is the real Lloyd Clark-Morris?
We thought it would be fun for you to learn a little more about our team. Today we are looking at Lloyd who with his wife Ali visit India to treat people suffering from Leprosy. His professional biog is here - but what about the real person - so we asked a series of...
Back Pain
Following on from the success of our 'Common Foot Problems' series we will be introducing a new series on 'Common back problems. This is a great blog to lauch the series with. According to UNISON – “Back pain is one of the biggest causes of work absences, accounting...
Behind the mask – Meet one of our receptionists Brenda
Meet the team at Theale Wellbeing Centre
Blisters
What causes blisters? Blisters are caused by rubbing stress on the skin, this could be your shoe or sock rubbing on a particular part of your foot. Blisters can be painful or even dangerous so should not be ignored and need to be treated as soon as you see them. How...
Heel Pain
What causes heel pain? Heel pain is most commonly one of two conditions either Plantar Fasciitis (bottom of the heel) or Achilles tendinopathy (back of the heel) What is Plantar Fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common injuries that we see at the Theale...
Chilblains and Winter Weather
Common Foot Problems - Chilblains Although the weather has been fairly mild, the forecast, as you would expect for this time of year, is for it to get colder. With this in mind we thought we could remind you about this common, often very painful, complaint and things...