Care plans: What is an Enhanced Primary Care Plan?
An Enhanced Primary care plan, known as an EPC, was a Medicare scheme. It helped people claim some of the costs of their allied health service. It's n...
05 January, 2022 Health Tips
Health & Physio News
Injury blog: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Hands up whose new year’s resolution was to get fit? ...
03 January, 2022 Health Tips Injury
Understanding Hip Osteoarthritis
Throughout our lives, our joints experience a certain amount of stress and strain. ...
01 December, 2021 Health Tips Injury
What is Skier’s Thumb?
The terms Skier’s Thumb and Gamekeeper’s Thumb both refer to injury of a ligament at the base of the thumb. The ligament is called the ulnar collatera...
01 November, 2021 Health Tips Injury
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Despite the name, Osgood-Schlatter Disease (OSD) is not a disease at all - it’s a common knee injury that affects children and teenagers....
04 October, 2021 Health Tips Injury
Injury blog: Plantar fasciopathy
Most people probably couldn’t tell you where the plantar fascia is, but pain in this area of the foot is quite a common issue that we treat. If you wa...
01 September, 2021 Health Tips Injury
What to do about a frozen shoulder
Adhesive capsulitis, more commonly known as a ‘frozen shoulder’, is a painful condition that is characterised by stiffness and a loss of motion in the...
02 August, 2021 Health Tips
Bike Fit Assessment Service
At St Leonards Physiotherapy, we are pleased to have launched our new Bike Fit Assessment Service. Are you… Experiencing pain or injury as a res...
08 July, 2021 Our News
What is Sever’s Disease?
The rapid growth of your child’s bones, combined with the fact that children are often extremely physically active, can lead to a painful heel injury ...
01 July, 2021 Health Tips
Physiotherapy myths
There are a lot of myths out there about physiotherapy. Whilst some of them might give us a chuckle, others might be putting people off from getting v...
01 June, 2021 Health Tips
Watch our Get Fit to Ski workshop!
If you missed our Get Fit to Ski workshop, then don't despair - you can catch the replay below. This great session is full of useful information and p...
14 May, 2021 Health Tips
Metatarsal stress fractures
If your new year’s resolution was to take up running, or to step up your existing exercise routine, you might have found yourself developing pain in y...
03 May, 2021 Health Tips
Scoliosis: what it is and how we treat it
Have you ever been told that carrying a heavy backpack on one shoulder or sleeping on one side can warp your spine? This isn’t necessarily the case (a...
01 April, 2021 Health Tips
Watch our Osteoporosis workshop!
Did you want to attend our Osteoporosis workshop at Norths Fitness but couldn’t make it? Well don’t worry, we’ve got your back! We recorded it and it’...
10 March, 2021 Health Tips
Relieving Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pain
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition, usually caused by repetitive movements in the wrist....
01 March, 2021 Health Tips