Psoas Syndrome The iliopsoas is a group of muscles that connects your lower back and pelvis to the top of your thigh. Pain or irritation in this area can sometimes be referred to as psoas syndrome. You use these psoas muscles when you lift your knee, or bring your leg forwards, or steady your body. … Continued
Trapezius muscle pain The trapezius is a large, kite-shaped muscle that runs from the base of your skull, across your shoulders and down towards the middle of your back. It helps support and move your neck and shoulder blades. It is active during many everyday tasks, including turning your head, reaching overhead, driving, working at … Continued
Lumbar facet joint arthropathy Run your fingers down either side of your lumbar spine (lower back) and you’ll feel bony bumps. Beneath each sits a facet joint. One of paired joints linking each vertebra to the one below. They guide bending and straightening while limiting rotation (twisting) movement in your lumbar spine. Like knee cartilage, … Continued
A client once arrived at Kinematics at fourteen weeks pregnant with a reformer class timetable folded into her bag. She had trained consistently before pregnancy. She knew the springs, the footbar settings, the exercises she liked, and the ones she usually avoided. She wanted to know whether she should stop abdominal work. Whether lying on … Continued
Muscle pain is rarely just a tight spot begging to be rubbed out. Sometimes it’s a calf that feels completely fine on an easy jog, then locks up the second you push the pace. Sometimes it’s a neck that behaves itself all morning and then turns into a dull headache by three in the afternoon. … Continued
You know movement would probably help. The hard part is knowing what movement your body needs. When you are coming back from injury or struggling with recurring pain, a generic Pilates class can feel like too much, while repetitive gentle rehab drills can feel like a long way from the normalcy you are trying to … Continued
You wake up and your neck will not turn properly. Your calf starts tightening at almost the same point in every run. Or the ache across your shoulders improves after treatment, then quietly returns by Friday afternoon. You decide to book a massage. Then the appointment menu gives you two choices. Myotherapist or Remedial Massage … Continued
At around 22 weeks, a woman comes into a session and mentions she has been waking at 3am with a dull ache across her lower back. She has been doing the same side-lying hip stretch before bed for years. It used to help. Now it makes things worse, and she cannot work out why she … Continued
Somewhere between booking the appointment and leaving the clinic, the question forms. The physiotherapist introduced themselves as “Dr.” The assessment was thorough, the reasoning clinical, and the treatment plan specific in a way that felt genuinely considered. But on the way out you found yourself wondering what, exactly, that credential was, and how it related … Continued
Most people find a physio near them when something hurts. They get assessed, treated, and somewhere in that conversation, they hear the words: “pilates would be good for you.” So they go home, find a studio nearby, book into a Tuesday evening reformer class, and hope for the best. The physio never speaks to the … Continued