Motherwell Physio

Motherwell Physio Clinic offering physiotherapy, ultrasound scans, injections, and sports massage services.

19/06/2026

Here’s Kate showing us how to test upper limb myotomes >>> a myotome is a specific group of muscles innervated by a single nerve root.

17/06/2026

This is a staple for us as Physiotherapists >>> Here’s how we discover whether our patients are experiencing any sensory loss!

15/06/2026

Can you guess this week’s patient diagnosis?

A 27‑year‑old runner with gradually building outer‑hip pain that flares with side‑lying, long walks & stairs.
Some interesting findings on assessment too 👀

• Tenderness over the lateral hip
• Reduced hip abductor strength
• No lumbar referral, no swelling

🔥 What do YOU think is going on?
Drop your diagnosis below & tell us your reasoning.

Let’s see who nails it this week ⬇️

10/06/2026

Here’s how Kate tests your lower limb strength 🦵🏻💁🏻‍♀️

08/06/2026

It’s case study Monday 📚🧠 Can you guess the patient diagnosis?

We want to know your thoughts in the comments!!

The correct diagnosis will be revealed soon.

26/05/2026

ℹ️ This is a typical presentation we see with an acute flare up of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder.

Often comes on veey quickly over a few days where people go from full normal movement to intense pain and massive restrictions in movement.

The lack of movement in an acute flare up often looks similar to a frozen shoulder but the main differential is how quickly it comes on. A frozen shoulder tends to stiffen alot slower over weeks and months not hours and days.

The pain usually goes quite high that alot end up at A+E due to the high pain levels. They x-ray it and often find these calcium deposits. Then they usually end up with us for a corticosteriod injection or barbotage to get the pain under control as nothing else really touches it.

So a good rule of thumb to remember is that quick onset of pain and stiffness that looks like a frozen shoulder but has come on rapidly should lead you to thinking of an acute flare up of calcific tendinits as a differential diagnosis

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25/05/2026

GUESS THE PATIENT DIAGNOSIS 🧠🩻

We want to know what you think we diagnosed this patient with!

Tell us in the comments & we will reveal the answer soon 👇

21/05/2026

Plantar fasciitis signs!! 🦶

Here’s an easy way to check for signs at home!

20/05/2026

Not complicated just some hands on controlled passive movements to help get this stiff knee moving.

ℹ️ Patient has had partial ACL tear, MCL sprain and Medial meniscus tear- horizontal tear. Was put in a brace for 6weeks to help MCL sprain.

Has been unable to bend or straighten knee for 4 months in total now.

Seen NHS physio and goven exercises but feels minimal improvement with them, so we decided to get hands on and stuck in!

19/05/2026

ℹ️ Sometimes you just need to get hands on to get things moving.

Jan' 25- Patient got hit by dog on outside of knee and pushed knee in the way (valgus).

Fast forward- X-Rays and MRI done, partial ACL tear, horozontal meniscus tesr and MCL tear. Braced for 6 weeks for MCL tear. Been out of it now a while but movement hasnt changed. Has been getting seen on NHS and given exercises but doesnt feel her knee movmemrt has changed much in 4 months. (Cant fully straighten yet, cant bend past 30-40deg).

As there is no mechanical block on a scan by the structures invovled, I felt like the restriction is most likely a mix between gaurding, and capsular and soft tissue contraction due to minimising movment because of pain at the start and the initial bracing.

I did a mix of simple passive flexing, rotation and extension with a bit of distraction, with some isometric contractions. And you csn see how quickly it changes.

Comment "Knee" if you want to see the video of what I did to get it moving

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