Advice from a Physiotherapist to avoid running injuries

Advice from a Physiotherapist to avoid running injuries

As a Physiotherapist in Ballito with the lead up to the Comrades Marathon and as it cools down which makes it a perfect time to run, I have been seeing my fair share of runners. Although I see runners both young and old, new runners and runners who have been running...
How long should you wait before seeing a Physiotherapist?

How long should you wait before seeing a Physiotherapist?

A trend that I have noticed very often in my time as a Physiotherapist is the belief that if we wait long enough our pain will go away. So often a patient makes an appointment because they are desperate and in a lot of pain and I listen to the patient’s history and they have had the pain for weeks or months before they come for Physiotherapy treatment.