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Advice & Resources

Practical advice and free resources to help you better understand pain, keep moving and build confidence in managing your health. Explore our free guides, exercise and mobility resources, and practical articles from Midlands Physio.

Free guides and resources

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Free Back Pain Guide

A practical guide to understanding back pain, staying active, building confidence and getting back to the things that matter to you.

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Free Knee Pain Guide

A practical guide to understanding knee pain, managing activity, building strength and gradually getting back to the things you enjoy.

Latest Advice & Videos

March 9, 2023

What Is Causing My Knee Pain?

Why Do I Have Knee Pain? When someone comes to see me in the clinic with knee pain, often the first thing they will want to know is “what is causing my knee pain?” To answer this, the first thing that I need to understand is the patient’s story and what has happened that has […]

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February 28, 2023

Coming Soon – Physio Led Exercise Classes

Would you like to build your fitness levels, strength, mobility and become more resilient to pain and injury? This March I will be starting exercise classes in Moate with the aim of helping people improve their fitness, strength and resilience in a safe and progressive way to prevent the risk of injury. These classes will […]

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February 16, 2023

7 Key Things You Need To Know About Low Back Pain

Here is what you NEED to know about back pain.

The treatment for back pain has come on greatly in the last 20 years thanks to some great research and amazing work done by these researchers to help therapists change their treatment approach.

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September 15, 2022

Shoulders – part 1

Shoulders – part 1 Why do we have shoulders? Basically, we have shoulders so we can move our hands. If we couldn’t move our hands life would be very different. The shoulder is a very mobile joint with a great range of movement available, however this amount of mobility is compromised with the fact that […]

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September 14, 2022

5 Tips To Help You Be More Active

5 Tips To Help You Be More Active Have you ever heard someone say “I need to start doing more exercise” or “I want to get fit again”. This can be a common complaint for a lot of people in their 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s who lead busy lives with work, children and everyday […]

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September 14, 2022

Do I Need A Massage Or A Physio Treatment For My Neck Pain?

Do I Need A Massage Or A Physio Treatment For My Neck Pain? We get a lot of people calling the clinic with neck tension and headaches and often they will call looking for a massage to relieve their neck pain. However, as with all people who call us looking for an appointment, we first […]

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September 14, 2022

To Help Your Back Pain, Stop Looking At Your Back

To Help Your Back Pain, Stop Looking At Your Back It’s not all about the back We see people every week at Midlands Physio and Back Pain Clinic looking for help with back pain. It’s fair to say that pretty much all of these people will have already tried something to help their back pain […]

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July 11, 2022

Why You May Be Struggling To Get A Good Night Sleep

Why You May Be Struggling To Get A Good Night Sleep Welcome to part two of our mini-series on sleep. You can read part one by clicking here. Sleep plays an essential role in maintaining good health and immunity, yet many people struggle to get a good nights sleep. Researches claim that in first world […]

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July 11, 2022

How To Get Long Lasting Relief For Your Back Pain

How To Get Long Lasting Relief For Your Back Pain Have you ever noticed how your back pain doesn’t seem as bad when you are on holidays or siiting out in the sun sipping on a nice glass of wine? Why does this happen? The level of pain you experience can, and often is, influenced […]

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