Tag Archives : Sports

Tennis – Summer is here, stay fit for the season!

Summer comes around and tennis courts across the country start to buzz with excited players once again so there’s no better time to swot up with the Physiotherapy Partners on how best to stay fit for the season!   The rhythmic and repetitive nature of playing tennis means that without proper care injuries can happen. […]

Physiotherapy for horse riders – improve your performance and that of your four legged friend.

Here at The Physiotherapy Partners, we have a lot of experience treating horse riders, whether it is working to improve posture and balance or in a remedial capacity. If horse riding is your passion, you are no doubt well aware that picking up injuries is very common. It’s not just the riding and the potential […]

Why does playing golf cause back pain?

The Physiotherapy Partners have many years experience in the treatment of of sporting injuries and a have a practise in both Kidderminster and Halesowen. Golf is a sport that many people enjoy. On the face of it, it doesn’t appear all that rigorous but yet injuries do happen and in fact affect a large proportion […]

Jumper’s Knee

The experienced physiotherapists here at The Physiotherapy Partners are experts at treating a number of sporting conditions. In this blog post, we are going to discuss patella tendonitis, more commonly known as jumper’s knee.

Stress Fracture Foot

A stress fracture is a small crack in a bone, or severe bruising within a bone. Stress fractures can develop over a period of time and are typically caused by overuse or a repetitive activity. The injury is common for those who participate in running activities, such as football. In the foot there is a […]

Ask The Physiotherapy Partners: Groin Strain

Ask The Physiotherapy Partners is our monthly feature where you can send us your physiotherapy questions and we talk through how physiotherapy may help you recover from your injury and what the process would typically involve. Our question this month was: Q: I regularly play football, and think I am suffering from a groin strain. […]

Tennis Elbow

Formerly known as Worcestershire Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinics, The Physiotherapy Partners have branches in Kidderminster, Birmingham and Halesowen and have a great deal of experience in treating a range of sporting injuries. Tennis elbow is clinically known as lateral epicondylitis, and is an injury causing pain around the outside of the elbow. The cause […]

Football Injuries: Hamstring Injury

The Physiotherapy Partners treat a number of different injuries and offer a great range of services as treatments. Pulling your hamstring or having a hamstring strain is a common leg injury for anyone. During sprinting activities, such as playing football, is when this injury is likely to occur and involves tearing one or more of […]

Importance of Stretching

The Physiotherapy Partners, are able to clinically diagnose and treat many different conditions including back and neck pain, sports injuries and whiplash, as well as advising on injury prevention. The key thing anyone can do to aid injury prevention is stretching. Regular stretching is as important as regular exercise and has many major benefits, but […]