Physio Unleashed

🤔 **WHY DOES MY THUMB HURT?

Pain on the thumb side of your wrist when lifting a baby, gripping a mug, opening a jar, or using your phone? It could be **De Quervain’s tenosynovitis**.

🦴 What is happening inside your wrist?

🔬 Discover the role of the APL and EPB tendons.
⚠️ Understand why repetitive loading can aggravate symptoms.
💪 Learn how activity modification and progressive rehabilitation can help.

Your thumb works hard every day. Understanding the cause of your pain is the first step towards managing it.

🎥 Watch Episode 17 to understand the condition and learn about a sensible rehabilitation approach.

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🦵🔊 **WHAT DOES THAT CLICKING KNEE MEAN?**

Does your knee click when you walk, squat, bend, or climb the stairs? 🤔

A clicking knee doesn’t always mean something is wrong. But when clicking comes with pain, swelling, or a feeling that your knee is locking, it’s worth paying attention!

💡 **What could be happening inside your knee?**

🔹 **Twisting injuries:** A sudden turn with your foot planted can injure the meniscus.

🔹 **The meniscus:** These specialised cartilage structures help distribute loads across your knee joint and support stability.

🔹 **Warning signs:** Pain, swelling, stiffness, catching, or difficulty straightening your knee may need professional assessment.

🔹 **Rehabilitation:** Appropriate strengthening, balance training, movement control, and gradual return to activity can help many people manage knee problems without surgery.

✅ **How can you help protect your knees?**
✔️ Strengthen your quadriceps, hamstrings, and hip muscles.
✔️ Warm up before exercise and sport.
✔️ Increase training intensity gradually.
✔️ Practise controlled turning, landing, and squatting.
✔️ Don’t ignore persistent pain or swelling.

⚠️ **Remember:** Clicking alone does not necessarily mean a meniscus tear. If your knee suddenly locks, you cannot bear weight, or you develop severe pain or swelling after an injury, seek urgent medical assessment.

🎥 Watch our educational episode to discover how knee clicking happens, what the meniscus does, and how physiotherapy can help!

👨‍⚕️ **Physio Unleashed — Move Better. Live Stronger.**

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⚠️ **TINGLING FINGERS? NUMB HANDS AT NIGHT? IT COULD BE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME!** ✋

Do you wake up with pins and needles in your fingers? 📱 Do you feel numbness or discomfort while driving, typing, or using your phone?

👉 These could be signs of **Carpal Tunnel Syndrome**.

🧡 **CAN PHYSIOTHERAPY HELP WITHOUT SURGERY?**

In many mild to moderate cases, appropriate conservative treatment can help reduce symptoms and improve hand function.

At **Physio Unleashed**, Physiotherapist Harry can help you understand your symptoms and explore a personalised treatment approach, which may include:

✅ Activity modification and wrist-position advice
✅ Night-time wrist splinting guidance
✅ Suitable nerve and tendon gliding exercises
✅ Individualised physiotherapy and rehabilitation
✅ Workstation and everyday activity advice

💡 **Don't ignore persistent numbness or weakness.** Early assessment is important, and severe or worsening symptoms may require medical evaluation.

🎥 Watch our video to learn more about carpal tunnel syndrome and how physiotherapy may help.

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🦴 **NECK PAIN Is Your Neck Really Out of Alignment?**

Neck pain doesn’t always mean your spine is out of alignment! Muscles, joints, nerves, and movement habits can all contribute to neck discomfort and stiffness.

💡 Understand what may be causing your pain.
💪 Improve mobility, build strength, and regain confidence with the right physiotherapy approach.

🧡 **Don’t ignore persistent neck pain. Get assessed and take the right steps towards recovery.**

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🦶 ANKLE SPRAIN — “THE 3-SECOND INJURY”

One awkward landing can cause an ankle sprain in just seconds. But the real question is: why did it happen?

Previous injuries, poor balance, weakness, reduced mobility and fatigue can all increase your risk.

Physiotherapy can help you:
✅ Reduce pain & swelling
✅ Restore ankle movement
✅ Improve balance & proprioception
✅ Rebuild strength
✅ Safely return to sport
✅ Reduce the risk of re-injury

Don’t just treat the sprain. Understand the cause. Rebuild. Return stronger.

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🏃 ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY — THE TENDON UNDER LOAD

Your Achilles tendon works every time you walk, run or jump.

⚠️ Pain or stiffness around the Achilles can be linked to changes in training load, hills, sprinting, or reduced recovery.

💪 Help build tendon capacity:
✅ Strengthen your calf muscles
✅ Increase running gradually
✅ Allow proper recovery
✅ Listen to persistent symptoms
✅ Get professional assessment when needed

Don’t ignore the warning signs. Build strength. Manage load. Keep moving.
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**LOW BACK PAIN What Actually Causes Back Pain?**

Back pain isn't always caused by a single problem.

Your **discs, facet joints, muscles, nervous system and movement** all work together and several factors can contribute to pain.

💡 Recovery isn't always about resting. It can involve:
✅ Understanding your symptoms
✅ Improving movement
✅ Building strength
✅ Gradually increasing activity
✅ Developing confidence in your body

At **Physio Unleashed**, we focus on understanding the whole picture and creating a personalized path toward recovery.

**Don’t let back pain control your movement. Keep moving. Keep progressing.**

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🦵 KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS IS YOUR KNEE REALLY “WORN OUT”?

Many people hear the words “knee osteoarthritis” and immediately think:

❌ “My cartilage is gone.”
❌ “My knee is worn out.”
❌ “I need to stop exercising.”

But osteoarthritis is more complex than cartilage wear alone.

The knee is a whole joint, and osteoarthritis can involve:

🔹 Cartilage changes to the smooth joint surface
🔹 Subchondral bone changes beneath the cartilage
🔹 Synovium irritation within the joint lining
🔹 The whole joint and surrounding structures can also be involved
🔹 Pain & sensitivity: pain is influenced by more than what appears on an X-ray

💪 So what can you do?

Physiotherapy can help you work on:

✅ Progressive strengthening
✅ Knee and hip muscle strength
✅ Balance and movement control
✅ Functional activities such as stairs and sit-to-stand
✅ Managing activity and joint loading
✅ Building confidence to stay active

And remember: you don't have to wait until knee pain becomes severe before getting assessed.

🏃 Understand your knee. Strengthen your body. Keep moving.

🎥 Watch our video to understand what is really happening inside an osteoarthritic knee.

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⛳ **GOLFER’S ELBOW: THE OTHER SIDE OF ELBOW PAIN**

Think elbow pain is always on the outside? Think again.

**Golfer’s Elbow** affects the inner side of the elbow and can develop when the muscles and tendons of the forearm are repeatedly overloaded.

You may notice pain or discomfort when:
🔸 Gripping a golf club or racket
🔸 Lifting or carrying objects
🔸 Using your wrist repeatedly
🔸 Opening jars or turning handles
🔸 Returning to sport after a sudden increase in activity

⚠️ **And it’s not just golfers who are affected.**

Manual work, racket sports, gym training, gardening, and repetitive gripping activities can all place extra stress on the elbow.

💪 HOW PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN HELP

At **Physio Unleashed**, we look beyond the painful area.

Our physiotherapy approach may include:
✔️ Movement and strength assessment
✔️ Load-management advice
✔️ Progressive forearm and wrist strengthening
✔️ Functional rehabilitation
✔️ Gradual return-to-sport planning

**Recovery isn't just about reducing pain; it's about rebuilding strength, confidence, and capacity.**

🎥 Watch our full awareness video to understand **Golfer’s Elbow: The Other Side of Elbow Pain.**

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🦶 THE FIRST FEW STEPS EVERY MORNING WERE THE WORST.

Emma had been dealing with persistent heel pain that started affecting more than just her mornings.

Walking around the house hurt.
Long walks became difficult.
And activities she enjoyed were slowly being avoided.

That’s when she decided to visit Physio Unleashed.

Harry assessed her foot and ankle movement, calf strength, daily activities, and the loads placing stress on the area.

Rather than simply treating the pain, the focus was on understanding the problem and progressively rebuilding the strength and capacity of her foot and calf.

💪 Gradual rehabilitation
🦶 Progressive strengthening
🚶 Building walking confidence
🏃 Returning to exercise

Over time, Emma's pain reduced and her confidence returned.

“Harry at Physio Unleashed helped me understand my heel pain and work towards getting back to normal.”

✨ DON’T LET HEEL PAIN CONTROL YOUR DAY.

If heel pain is affecting your walking, exercise, or everyday activities, professional assessment and a progressive rehabilitation plan can help you move forward.

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📍 1 The Rake, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 7AE, United Kingdom