How We Treat Jaw Pain The jaw joint, also known as the temporomandibular (TMJ), acts like a sliding hinge that connects the jawbone to the skull. There is one of these joints on each side of the jaw. These joints play a role in your ability to talk, eat and sleep. TMJ pain is a [...]
Relieve Neck Pain Many of us are familiar with neck pain and the inconvenience caused when the neck is stiff and painful. It can develop over a period of time, occur after strenuous activity or simply appear when you wake up in the morning. Most of the time, neck pain or stiffness is only present at [...]
The Kinetic Chain Nearly everyone gets back or neck pain at some stage in their lives, but we all get it at different a point in our kinetic chain. Some people with a sprained toe feel sore in the toe, get it treated and have no further problems. Others don’t notice the toe pain because [...]
Working from Home? Stiff Neck? Sore Back? Over the last few months patients of mine have reported an increase in the time that they spend sitting…whether it be because they are recently working from home, not heading out and about on weekends or due to business lockdowns. This has resulted in aches and pains [...]
Headaches and Working From Home Headaches are a common complaint among the general population, the type of which can be classified dependent on their cause. Cervicogenic headaches can arise from 4 types of musculoskeletal structures of the head and neck: joints, muscles, neural (nerve) structures, and fascia (connective tissue). The cause of a headache originating [...]
Headaches While Working From Home Is working from home giving you frequent headaches? Getting migraines from looking at screens all day? Cause of headache The most common cause of headaches and migraines stem from the joints, muscles and tissue at the back of the head and neck. These can be called cluster headaches, cervicogenic headaches, [...]
How to Avoid Neck Pain It's quite common to experience acute neck pain. 2 out of 3 of us will experience it at some point in our lives. In most cases, the pain isn’t due to a serious neck problem or disease. While it can often be difficult to identify the exact cause, most of [...]
What Type of Pillow Would you Recommend? That’s a question I get asked at least once a week! My usual answer is “The one that feels most comfortable for you” I am a VERY untidy sleeper—arms and legs everywhere. I personally prefer a firm feather pillow that I can punch into shape around my neck. [...]
Physiotherapy for Whiplash Some of our patients come to Sports Focus Physiotherapy with a history of whiplash and ongoing shoulder, upper back or neck pain. These issues can be difficult to manage without immediate treatment. The key is to get physiotherapy for whiplash as early as you can, so you can return to activity sooner. [...]
Suffer from headaches or migraines? Are you suffering from Headaches or Migraines? There are numerous causes of Headaches and your physiotherapist at Sports Focus Physiotherapy can assess the causes of your headache and help you relieve the pain. Causes There are many different causes of headaches – some include: • Neck related Headaches – caused [...]
