Penrose PT

A question I get asked a lot by clients and people who suffer with back pain is a really simple one: “When do I use ice and when do I use heat?” Rightly or wrongly, 9 out of 10 of my clients tend to favor heat–a nice hot water bottle, a soak in the bath, […]

Do you work in an office based job? Or are you one of the thousands who are now working from home? As a result, do you find yourself struggling with neck, shoulder or back pain after sitting for long periods of time? Well there is a solution to create a more healthy and comfortable working

Quick question: How much water have you drank today? For most people, the answer would be “not enough”. From everything we drink and swim in, to the ice that reduces swelling, water is all around us (and even in us). As a matter of fact – it basically is us! Water makes up around two

During the pandemic we have been home a lot more and that means doing a lot more housework. You could be doing something as simple as taking the trash out, gardening, folding your laundry, or even changing the sheets when all of a sudden you feel a sharp pain in your back and you can hardly

If you drive fairly long distances to and from work every day, if your job requires you to drive long hours, or if you’re the designated driver in your family – it’s likely you’ve experienced back pain. Around 30-60% of drivers report having back pain at some point in their life, and a lot of

If you or a loved one suffer from chronic knee pain, this article may be the most important thing you read. It may unlock the agonizing mystery of your knee pain and show you a way to get back to the life you deserve… A life where you can walk up and down the stairs

Over the last 10 years… I’ve been working on a daily basis to help people aged 45+ find relief from chronic knee pain. What I can tell you is that the cocktail mix of more rest and more painkillers will do absolutely nothing. No matter what most doctors say! Because I’m growing increasingly frustrated with

So far in this series on knee pain, we’ve covered a lot of different topics. We’ve looked at the 3 things you could be doing that make knee pain worse, which included wearing the wrong shoes, sitting with your legs bent and taking it too easy. We then looked at the 3 ‘quick fixes’ people

Many people just like you are becoming victims of knee pain – sometimes arthritis. This is quickly becoming one of the most common things we see at Penrose Physical Therapy, and one of the areas that we treat the most too. But before I tell you why, have a look and see if this sounds

Most people think that when they get knee pain, it’ll eventually “ease off” and go away on its own. That they’ll wake up one morning and like “magic”, knee pain will be a thing of the past… But then 6 months later you’re still living with the discomfort of knee pain and worry about knee