Eaglescliffe Physiotherapy Clinic

Eaglescliffe Physiotherapy Clinic Extend scope practi
Physiotherapy and Sports Therapy
musculoskeletal disorders. BSc Sports Therapy
MSc Physiotherapy
PGcert Advanced Clinical Practice

24/05/2026

Pain is very real for all of us and at some times we will go through injury. What we need to understand is that our environment is what controls how much suffering we have and how quickly we recover.

What does this mean? Well pain occurs and it’s how we think about this pain that can have a huge impact on our recovery.

Also the amount of sleep we have, type of food we eat. If we are stressed or have recently suffered loss. If we smoke or drink. If we have high levels of sugar intake.

It all has an effect on how we recover from injury and how much pain we feel.

The injury is about 30% of the issue the rest is what we can all control. Most injuries are common and normal age related. No need to worry. To understand what’s wrong is something we need hence why physiotherapy can help put your mind at rest and get you doing what you need straight away.

Don’t wait and suffer get booked in for a physiotherapy assessment and get healing fast ❤️‍🩹

23/05/2026

There are now lots of studies that prove your diet effects you bone and tissue health.

If you eat poor quality food your body will age much quicker.

Having too much body fat will also compromise blood flow reducing the efficiency of the body to repair and damaging peripheral vessels that supply our body with vital nutrients to help in healing.

Other toxins such as alcohol and smoking all do the same adding more inflammatory effects which again age the body from within. These are changes you can’t see until you get an investigation or until you start to fail in range of movement or load capability.

It’s never the here and now it’s always the years down the line we feel these changes.

After years of abuse we suddenly have that acute flare up of bone or soft tissue pain. Then we struggle to improve it due to the length of time we have lived within our poor environments.

We then want a quick resolution.

Act now improve your environment and live a life with less pain and more activity.

23/05/2026

Early signs of getting old.

- Struggling to get off the floor.
- Needing to use your upper limbs to push off a chair to stand up.
- Using upper limbs to pull yourself up stairs.
- not being able to reach above your head with you arm touching your ear.
- not being able to squat down fully.
- not being able to kneel.
- struggling to bend your back and rotate your spine.

These are all movements we should be doing daily and this should be part of your daily functional exercise routine.

We need to add load so we can do these with body weight plus. Not struggle with our own body weight.

Focus on full range of movement and body weight plus functional exercise.


13/05/2026

📚 Exercise First for Subacromial Shoulder Pain — Better Long-Term Outcomes Than Surgery

A 10-year follow-up study has shown that patients with persistent subacromial shoulder pain who responded to a specific exercise programme achieved better long-term outcomes than those who underwent surgery. Non-operated patients had significantly higher shoulder function scores after 10 years, while the specific exercise group was also far less likely to choose surgery in the first place.

The programme focused on strengthening the rotator cuff and scapular stabilisers, rather than simple unloaded ROM exercises — and the benefits persisted a decade later. Patients who improved with exercise had the best outcomes overall.

🔍 Key findings:
✅ Specific exercise significantly reduced the need for surgery
✅ Non-operated patients had superior Constant-Murley shoulder scores at 10 years
✅ Surgery was helpful for some exercise non-responders, but outcomes remained better in those successfully managed with exercise
✅ Rotator cuff tear progression occurred similarly in both surgical and non-surgical groups
✅ Many patients continued using exercises independently to manage intermittent symptoms years later

💡 What this means for osteopaths

This study strongly supports:
• Exercise-based rehabilitation as first-line care
• Progressive loading of the rotator cuff and scapular muscles
• Combining manual therapy with targeted strengthening and education
• Helping patients build confidence in movement and self-management
• Avoiding over-reliance on imaging findings when discussing prognosis or surgical referral

The authors also highlight that psychosocial factors, coping strategies, and activity demands may influence outcomes just as much as structural findings.

📖 Study: https://zurl.co/SD3yN

💪 Details of the specific exercises used: https://zurl.co/rA7dL

I always get asked what’s the best for injuries. Well here’s a study that shows there is now real difference. So either ...
03/04/2026

I always get asked what’s the best for injuries. Well here’s a study that shows there is now real difference. So either is ok. 🙂

Always good to give back to the local community and to an amazing club that is helping to get kids active such a lovely ...
08/03/2026

Always good to give back to the local community and to an amazing club that is helping to get kids active such a lovely friendly community.

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