Author: The Putney Clinic

Painkillers and NSAIDs versus Osteopathy

Painkillers and NSAIDs versus Osteopathy? This is an area of great debate. Painkillers (such as paracetamol) and NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such ibuprofen) are two of the most common pharmaceutical drugs used to treat musculoskeletal (mechanical) pain. However, recent evidence has shown that these types of drugs are very often ineffective, if not inappropriate, in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain. Here Osteopath Tim Goullet sheds some light as to why traditional forms of physical therapy […]

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Feeling January Blues

Fiona Worthington Clinical Hypnotherapist and Cognitive Behavioural Coach at the Putney Clinic takes a look at what’s behind the January Blues and what we can do about it, if we are starting to feel down at this time of year. In 2005 an article appeared claiming it’s possible to calculate the saddest day of the year. See above. Since then lots of very clever people have debated this and shown that there is absolutely no […]

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Avoiding Injury and Illness During Endurance Training

When training for endurance events such as the Marathon and triathlons it is easy to sustain injuries. It is equally important to take into account factors such as the weather and pre-existing illnesses and injuries when training for endurance sports. Failing to do so, you put yourself at risk of making yourself ill or making your injury worse. In this article, Sports Medicine Physician and Medical Director of the London Marathon, Professor Courtney Kipps, offers […]

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How Are You Doing With Your New Year Resolutions? 

Fiona Worthington Clinical Hypnotherapist and Cognitive Behavioural Coach at the Putney Clinic looks at how self-knowledge helps us change habits and keep those New Year resolutions. Do you ever wonder why you can’t keep New Year resolutions and why that friend of yours annoyingly always manages to keep hers ? Or maybe you are that friend who comfortably keeps them and doesn’t understand the struggle that you have.  If you want to do it why […]

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Happy New Year 2019

Happy New Year from Fiona Worthington, Putney Clinic’s Clinical Hypnotherapist and Cognitive Behavioural Coach “Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions”  Dalai Lama This is a 2019 Happiness Calendar It comes from a wonderful caring outfit www.actionforhappiness.org. It’s full of actions for you to be happier and bring more happiness to others. Fiona Worthington – www.fionaworthington.uk.com Fiona offers Hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Coaching at the Putney Clinic.

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Core exercises for cyclists

Core Exercises For Cyclists

Keen amateur cyclists as well as elite athletes require good core strength which enable the legs to generate maximum power without the back fatiguing, particularly during long rides and power sprints. In this article, Osteopath Adrian Dilworth suggests Core Exercises for Cyclists.

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Is exercise the best medicine?

Is Exercise The Best Medicine?

Is exercise the best medicine? This thought provoking article published recently in The Times leaves us with food for thought. When treating patients, have we become too reliant on prescribing medications? Are these drugs effective? Or are other forms of treatment more effective? For example, in the treatment of back pain, recent research has shown that gentle and regular exercise is a far more effective than NSAIDs and painkillers. As outlined in the article, social-prescribing […]

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Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITB)

ITB: Six Things I Have Learnt

Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITB) is a common sporting injury, especially among cyclists. Team GB Triathlete Nick Busca, who is a patient at The Putney Clinic of Physical Therapy, sustained this type of injury earlier in the season and it worsened after competing at the World Championships in the summer. In this article he tells us how a combination of massage, osteopathy and physiotherapy have helped him on the road to recovery from injury.

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