Ivelina Vasileva Physiotherapist MSK Specialist

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HCPC Registered Physiotherapist , MCSP
8+ years experience
đź“Ť Business Park, Delta Cl, Vulcan Rd N, Norwich NR6 6BG
(Inside Fully Pumped Gym Norwich - no membership needed for bookings with me)
âś… Online appointment bookings available

Pain reduction matters- but progress in physiotherapy is measured by more than pain alone.I'm also looking for meaningfu...
30/08/2026

Pain reduction matters- but progress in physiotherapy is measured by more than pain alone.

I'm also looking for meaningful changes in function: sleeping better, managing everyday activities, returning to running or training, and doing more with confidence.
Because ultimately, progress is about what you're getting back to doing.

Pain-free is progress. But it isn’t the same as sport-ready. 👇A good real-life reminder from clinic this week:I first as...
23/08/2026

Pain-free is progress. But it isn’t the same as sport-ready. 👇

A good real-life reminder from clinic this week:
I first assessed a young footballer around four months after his patellar tendon pain had started. Rehab hadn’t yet begun while he was waiting for an MRI, which later confirmed the suspected patellar tendinopathy.
We’ve now been working together for around two months, and the progress has been really encouraging:
→ day-to-day pain has largely settled
→ jogging is pain-free
→ strength and loading tolerance are improving
→ but hopping and higher-speed, explosive loading are still provoking symptoms
Our regular retesting was still showing something important: hopping and higher-load explosive tasks weren’t quite ready yet.

Recently, when things were feeling much better, he tested some sprinting - and experienced a flare afterwards.
And that’s human.
When something finally starts feeling normal again, it’s very tempting to see what it can do.

The important part is what we learn from the response.
Patellar tendinopathy rehabilitation is usually measured in months rather than days or a few weeks.
Current guidance recommends at least 12 weeks of progressive resistance exercise, before even considering whether additional treatments are necessary. And research following progressive tendon-loading rehabilitation shows that many athletes are still rebuilding their return to sport between 3 and 6 months.

But time alone doesn’t clear someone for sport.
Before returning to sprinting, jumping and full football demands, we also need to see the tendon progressively tolerate:
• strength loading
• hopping and jumping
• faster energy-storage loading
• sport-specific movements
• increasing training volume and intensity
• the load not only during the session, but in the response afterwards

So a flare doesn’t automatically mean damage, failure, or being back at square one.

Sometimes it simply tells us:
We’ve made good progress - but this particular demand is still ahead of our current capacity.

That’s useful information.
The goal of rehab isn’t just to become pain-free.
It’s to build enough capacity for what you actually want to return to.

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Bulge. Protrusion. Herniation. “Slipped disc.”They describe disc morphology -not a pain score.MRI findings can matter, b...
16/08/2026

Bulge. Protrusion. Herniation. “Slipped disc.”

They describe disc morphology -not a pain score.

MRI findings can matter, but they’re only one part of the clinical picture. Rehab is guided by your symptoms, neurological findings, irritability, function and goals - not the scan label alone.

The scan adds information. It doesn’t write the rehab plan.

I went to get my car fixed this week and ended up talking about backs.My mechanic told me he’d recently been diagnosed w...
13/08/2026

I went to get my car fixed this week and ended up talking about backs.
My mechanic told me he’d recently been diagnosed with “mechanical back pain.” He wasn’t really sure what that meant -but I could see the words worried him.
Then he asked me:

“Is this fixable?”

And that question stayed with me.
Because mechanical can make it sound like something in your back is broken, worn out or needs repairing.
But your back isn’t a car.
Symptoms can be influenced by movement, position and load - and pain with movement doesn’t automatically mean you’re causing harm.
For many people, things can improve. The right assessment can help identify what’s contributing, and rehabilitation can gradually rebuild movement, strength, capacity and confidence.
A machine is repaired. A body can adapt.

Seeing words like “degenerative changes”, “wear and tear” or “osteoarthritis” on a scan can sound frightening.But struct...
09/08/2026

Seeing words like “degenerative changes”, “wear and tear” or “osteoarthritis” on a scan can sound frightening.
But structural changes are not the same thing as pain.

They can be seen even in young, pain-free adults and become increasingly common as we age. In one large review, signs of lumbar disc degeneration were found in an estimated 37% of pain-free 20-year-olds.

That doesn’t make scans irrelevant -it means they need to be interpreted alongside your symptoms, function and clinical assessment.

I’ve assessed a 94-year-old with severe “bone-on-bone” osteoarthritis who reported zero pain.

The scan described the joint. It didn’t describe the person.

Osteoarthritis does not automatically mean lifelong pain - or inevitable joint replacement.

02/08/2026

Can you spot what’s changed?

These clips were taken four days apart.
During the first session, we used a combination of soft tissue techniques and cervical facet joint mobilisation, followed by an individual exercise programme to continue building on the change at home.

It was encouraging to see improved neck mobility alongside reduced pain, but this is only the beginning. The next step is to reinforce that progress through regular movement, strength and gradual progression.

Every response to treatment is individual, and lasting change usually comes from what is built between appointments—not treatment alone.

Some people think strength training is about building muscle.Yes, it is.But that’s only a small part of the story.As we ...
28/07/2026

Some people think strength training is about building muscle.
Yes, it is.
But that’s only a small part of the story.

As we get older, strength becomes less about how much we can lift and more about what we’re able to keep doing.
Climbing the stairs without thinking about it.
Carrying the shopping.
Playing with grandchildren.
Getting up from the floor.
Remaining independent.
That’s what strength training is really protecting.

What’s becoming even more interesting is what we’re learning about the effects beyond our muscles.
Recent research has found that people with greater muscle strength tend to have a lower risk of cognitive decline and dementia, while regular resistance training is also associated with living longer and reducing the risk of dying from many long-term health conditions.

Strength training won’t stop us getting older.

Nothing will.

But it can help us age with more strength, more confidence and more independence.

The goal isn’t simply to add years to life.
It’s to add quality of life to those years.

16/07/2026

No two people walk into my treatment room with exactly the same story.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve worked with people experiencing everything from acute low back pain and sciatica to tendon injuries, sports injuries, neck pain and long-term rehabilitation.
Different ages. Different goals. Different lifestyles.

My role is to help people understand what’s going on, regain confidence in their body, and get back to the activities that matter most to them.
Every person is different. Every rehab plan should be too.





Strong. Fit. Active. ✅Yet somehow…Someone can deadlift 180 kg, finish a marathon, play tennis for hours and still strugg...
14/07/2026

Strong. Fit. Active. âś…

Yet somehow…
Someone can deadlift 180 kg, finish a marathon, play tennis for hours and still struggle after painting a ceiling, carrying a toddler or gardening.

How?
Because the body adapts to what it repeatedly practises.
Strength training is fantastic.
Running is fantastic.
Tennis is fantastic.
DIY, gardening and carrying your children are all valuable too.

The important thing is recognising that each activity places different demands on the body.
When those demands change suddenly, aches can appear-not necessarily because something is damaged, but because the body hasn’t had enough time to adapt.

The goal isn’t to avoid movement.
It’s to gradually prepare for the movements that matter most to you.

đź’¬ Have you ever been surprised by an activity that felt much harder than you expected?

One of the easiest mistakes to make after an injury? 👇Feeling better… and assuming it’s time to go straight back to norm...
05/07/2026

One of the easiest mistakes to make after an injury? 👇

Feeling better… and assuming it’s time to go straight back to normal.
A few pain-free days build confidence.
Sometimes, more confidence than capacity.

Back to the usual run.
The usual weights.
The usual sport.

Then…
The pain is back.

It doesn’t always mean more time was needed.
Often, it means the return needed a better plan.

Don’t just return.
Build back to it.

đź’¬ Have you ever had this happen after getting back to training?





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