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DC Injury Clinic

No-nonsense injury assessment, treatment and rehabilitation in Wroughton, Swindon

DC Injury Clinic is an Injury & Rehabilitation Clinic in Swindon, offering treatment of all manner of injuries - from soft tissue manipulation to joint mobilisations. On this page I will look to share the most recent evidence (often without opinion!) in injury treatment; post links to interesting blogs and articles; question some dubious practices; and also keep you up to date with appointment availability.

08/09/2026

Back pain is never about one muscle group in isolation.

It is often multifactorial, without a singular cause - despite what we may be led to believe by targeted adverts and poorly reasoned social media accounts.

And remember, we - therapists - desperately want all those gadgets and singular exercises to work, because my god the job would be easier if they did 😭😂

With over 15 years clinical experience, I have helped 1000’s of people regain control over their back pain.

Not with upsells of gadgets I just so happen to sell; not with treatment plans deep into double figures; and not with an Instagram friendly “One Magic Exercise”.

With solid reasoning, knowledge, experience, advice, and with programming which gives *you* the control.

Let me know if I can help 👍🏼

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⛔ This is not medical advice, and is for educational purposes only. Any exercises are carried out at your own risk.

06/09/2026

HERE ARE SOME TERMS I DISLIKE

You don’t have to agree, and that’s ok 😁

Please feel free to add yours in the comments - they don’t have to be “healthcare” related - all we need is a completely irrational dislike for words and sayings.

Things that get your back up for reasons that really aren’t worth stressing over, like mine…

1. (Injury) ”PREVENTION” – you can’t prevent injury. I know that’s hard to hear, but it’s the truth. There are no certainties in this field. Evidence Informed Practice follows solid clinical reasoning, and years of experience to guide you toward the best possible outcomes, which should include good practice in *reducing* your risk of the injury reoccurring. But if a dog wipes you out, or if you fall off a curb…

2. “CORRECTIVE EXERCISE” - You do not need correcting. You are not “wrong”, or “broken”. You need guidance, and graded exposure to (potentially) new stimuli to desensitise soreness. You do not need a movement guru.

3. “BULLET PROOFING” - This includes the exercises for your knee pain; the stretches for your lower back; the butter in your coffee. See “Prevention” for more info.

4. “BEASTING” - Being so “beasted” that you can’t get off the toilet the following day, or can’t exercise for 3-4 days because of it, limiting any “gainz” you may or may not have had from said session. Recover (& if you are the trainer, Educate) as hard as you get “Beasted”.

5. “FUNCTIONAL TRAINING” - without context, this is completely meaningless. Or to put it in the opposite (and equally nonsensical) way - *everything* is functional training ... depending on the function. Ultimately, it's just training for a goal, innit.

I feel better now.

You go.

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03/09/2026

How much money are you spending on training you can’t actually do?

Or can’t fully enjoy when you do? 🫣

Gym membership.
Running club.
Online coach/PT.
New gear.
ReCoVeRy gadgets.
Treatments.
That influencers Program.

And there’s nothing wrong with any of that (well, most of it 👀)

But it has to be frustrating being constantly injured, surely?!

You can’t use the gym properly.
You’re missing runs.
Your coach is having to program around the same pain again and again.
And you’re spending money trying to manage the problem rather than actually address it.

Treatment might make you feel better. A bit, for a bit.

New gear is great! For the endorphins.

A fancy recovery gadget always looks cool. On Instagram.

But none of them are a substitute for a bespoke plan, progressive rehab and accountability.

And how much money do you actually want to keep throwing at it?

And this is where Rehab Programming makes sense, for you recovery and your wallet.

You get a programme built around *your* injury, *your* training and *your* goals, by soMEone with over 15 years experience, and with soMEone keeping you accountable and progressing things when you’re ready.

And you get an end point.

I’m not trying to dig you out, but sometimes, the thing standing between you and consistent training isn’t another piece of kit.

It’s you and the choices you consistently make.

Online Rehab Programming works for people who want to get back to doing what they enjoy - and then, to stay there.

Yes, you 😜

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30/08/2026

Why (fully) Reading Research Really *Does* Matter … for your wallet!

(Or, ‘Why Choosing a Therapist Who Does Matters’)

I often talk about the importance of 'loading' the body when it comes to injury recovery, and this is particularly important with tendons.

“If nothing changes, nothing changes”!

Passive treatments often aid recovery, but active recovery is where the magic happens.

Or is it?

This research on Achilles tendinopathies did the rounds; it suggests that pressure massage may be superior to eccentric loading. This appears to support massage for Achilles pain over loading - no way!

However - as is often the way - the devil is in the detail...

60 patients were split into 3 groups - eccentric exercise (loading); pressure massage; and then the two approaches combined.

Improvement was seen in all groups, with the pressure massage group improving more than eccentric exercise after 4 weeks.

Again, no way!

But wait...

The massage group were seen a total of 18 (EIGHTEEN!) times and received intensive treatment. In contrast, the eccentric exercise (Loading) group had just 1 (ONE!) session alongside an instructional video.

After 12 and 24 weeks, there was NO DIFFERENCE IN PAIN levels between the 3 approaches.

This could be very useful for those last minute Achilles niggles a month out from event day.

However, the best recovery is often slow and consistent, and long term you should always be leaving your appointment with a list of to-dos - which will include some form of loading.

Your Achilles, and your wallet, will thank you for it 👍

📄Using Pressure Massage for Achilles Tendinopathy: A Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Novel Treatment Versus an Eccentric Exercise Protocol, Stefansson et al., 2019

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20/08/2026

I’m sorry 😔

We can but try, and my approach isn’t for everyone.

Less contact time, more accountability to the rehab that actually works.

It’s not for everyone and that’s ok 👍🏼

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11/08/2026

Fear of pathology can be the driving force in pain - sometimes even more than the pathology itself.

Do you not do gardening because you have a “slipped” disc, or have you *become* a “slipped” disc?

Do you not run because you have an arthritic knee? Or *are you* an arthritic knee?

And have you made this call yourself or have you been sold this idea?

Fear and apprehension can become self-limiting - where actually most conditions improve by some form of movement.

And whilst this is a very human response, our job is to help guide you through this, not worsen it through nocebic, income protecting language.

Until we are not needed 😃

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⛔ This is not medical advice, and is for educational purposes only. Any exercises are carried out at your own risk.

06/08/2026

Oooh, look at me jumping on a trend. Pathetic 🤣

Anyway I don't mean to offend, but ...

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04/08/2026

There are reasons that rehab fails.

I understand that pain and rehab is only one part of your life.

And so whilst I will often be heard saying rest is not best ("if nothing changes, nothing changes"), I firmly believe that there is such thing as too much rehab. Giving people 45 minutes of rehab to do, in a gym, every day, is not a realistic aim, and is actually the failing of the therapist not the person in pain.

I also believe that sending people home with stick men drawings, or expecting them to remember everything is not acceptable.

And I *also* believe that throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at people because of a lack of diagnostic understanding can only end one way!

To that end, I can guide you every step of the way.

I am trained in both Sports Therapy AND Strength & Conditioning, enabling a smooth transition from the version of you today - in pain - back to the version of you pre-injury, doing as you please when you please, whether that is out on the roads running, in the gym or walking the dog.

I can offer a specific, and bespoke approach for you, delivered to you weekly, 4-weekly, or as long as it takes - straight to your phone.

All of the programming and sets, reps etc, with videos, in your pocket wherever you go.

And throughout I will be at hand to offer support ... and an ear to moan at 😂

Time to consider getting off the physio/massage/chiropractic couch, and taking back control?

📄 Barriers to treatment adherence in physiotherapy outpatient clinics: A systematic review, Jack et al., 2010

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03/08/2026

DC Injury Clinic Poetry book coming soon 👌🏼

On a serious note, I’m seeing more and more low/no-evidence practices being sold, and more and more professionals straying way outside their professional lanes and, I’ll be honest, I find it hard 😔

I wholeheartedly believe that if you enter any health-based industry, you have an ethical responsibility to stick to evidence informed practices, not just popular ones.

Popularity isn’t the same as evidence.

The number of followers is not a sign of the quality.

Your mates giving it a dabble isn’t research.

The plural of anecdotes is not “evidence”.

Low Threshold Personality types tend to follow the crowd; get caught up in trends, or accepted norms; and they tend to allow these things to dictate their opinions, irrespective of fact, or evidence.

High Threshold Personality types tend to question more, and have less concern for popularity, being happy to go their own way, despite the social cost.

Which one are you?

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Address

Washbourne House Therapy Centre
Wroughton
SN49JU

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 10pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 10pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5pm
Thursday	9:30am - 10pm
Friday	9:30am - 10pm

Telephone

+447810483005

Website

https://dc-injury-clinic.uk2.cliniko.com/bookings

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