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Do I Need Insoles
Do I Need Insoles? – 4 Common Questions Answered Are you suffering with knee, neck and shoulder or back pain which keeps coming back without any apparent cause? The problem, surprisingly, might be caused by your feet! Fortunately, there is a natural, medication-free pain relief solution which could be perfect for you – orthotics, or…
Why You Need A Sports Massage
Why you need a Sports Massage What is it? A sports massage is a form of soft tissue manipulation, used to elicit change on specific areas of the body. Different techniques are used to achieve different outcomes, such as increasing blood circulation, relaxing tired muscles and conversely, waking them up before sport. The Benefits…
Self Care – What You Really Need To Be Doing
Self-care is a bit of a buzz word nowadays, but what does it actually mean? Well, different things to different people. We are all at different stages of life with different pressures, demands and to-do lists. So self-care needs will vary from person to person, but mostly it is about filling your “cup”. They say…
How To Relieve Neck Pain
5 top tips to sort out that pain in the neck! Have you ever woken up with a stiff neck and put it down to sleeping awkwardly? Yes, me too. But what about when you’ve had a stiff neck for five days, and it’s the third time in as many months? Surely you can’t just…
Menopause And Physiotherapy
Some of you may be aware that October is World Menopause Month, so I though I’d write a piece today to cheer all the female readers up 😉 and hopefully provide a little insight for the men too. When the word menopause is mentioned, people typically think of hot flushes and mood swings. But there…
I’ve Got A Joke About A Tendon…. (Achilles Tendon Pain)
..but it’s a bit close to the bone….. Today we are going to cover tendon injuries (apologies for the dreadful title, but I did laugh out loud at myself writing it!). Jimmy and I have seen TONS of these injuries during and since the various lockdowns, and they can be a complete nuisance for…
Why Our Discs Can’t Slip And 4 Common Myths About Back Pain
Today I’d like to give you an overview of my newspaper article (in the East Anglian Daily Times), in which I dispel some myths surrounding back pain. The language that some professionals use surrounding back pain can be inaccurate and sometimes scary and has the potential to simply fill a person with fear and anxiety…
Should You Be Taking Vitamin D?
In short, regardless of your age, yes you should! Vitamin D is an interesting vitamin, because it is the only one that can be made in the body on its own – this happens with direct sun exposure and from eating some foods. It is said that between the months of May to October, most…
Lucy Turmel Joins the Alpha Team
Lucy Turmel, Professional Squash player, has joined the Alpha Physiotherapy team as a sponsored professional athlete. Lucy Turmel competes on the PSA World Tour, and is currently ranked 36 in the women’s world rankings. Lucy who is from Ipswich, Suffolk, had an incredibly successful Junior career where Lucy was a 4 time English Junior Champion…
Jimmy Joins Alpha Physiotherapy Full Time
Exciting news for Alpha Physiotherapy as co-director and Physiotherapist Jimmy will be in clinic on a full time basis having left Ipswich Town Football Club. Jimmy says “We are so excited to continue to grow our Physiotherapy clinic and continue to deliver the highest level of Physiotherapy care to the people of Ipswich, Martlesham, Woodbridge,…
COVID Vaccine!
As another week over level 5 restrictions lies ahead of us, I (Lyndsey) am proud to be going into it having received my first dose of the COVID vaccine yesterday. Being a healthcare professional we are able to receive them earlier in order to protect both ourselves and those that we treat (YOU!). I had…
It’s Our Birthday And We Have A Competition For You To Celebrate!
It’s Alpha Physiotherapy’s first birthday! We have had a fantastic first year, and despite the obvious hurdles to overcome in 2020, we have had the best time and loved helping people in our local community. To say thank you to everyone who has supported us, had treatment from us, attended our online webinars and generally…