Persistent injuries

We expect painful injuries to resolve on their own over time, but sometimes they don’t, and instead they become persistent or recurring. This can be really frustrating at it often holds us back from physical activity and enjoying life to the full.

Persistent pain can happen to people of all ages and those of all levels of strength and fitness. From the Ulverston clinic, Michael can help you to understand why your problem has become so troublesome and won’t go away by itself. He has a special interest in treating people who have recurring pain that is triggered by specific movements or activities and has a track record of helping patients find sustained results when previous treatments or physio have only given temporary relief, or failed to make a difference.

Recurring pain is often triggered by the things we do repeatedly on a daily basis, both at work and in our everyday lives, such as driving or lifting. Worse still, they are often also the activities we most enjoy doing – such as walking, running, gardening, playing football, DIY, or training in the gym. They are part of our weekly routine and we have a strong desire to be able to keep doing them without pain.

Michael’s 3-step plan to get you back where you want to be

1. Make sense of it all and make a plan

Michael works to uncover the cause of your problem and provide you with a clear solution and recovery plan.

Examine whether there are any damaged tissues or chronically inflamed tissues.
Assess whether the way you move is contributing to the problem by repetitively irritating a certain part of your body.
Establish whether an old injury has created muscle weakness and another muscle is compensating resulting in overworked areas becoming injured.
Determine whether persistent pain is due to the body’s pain system being on high alert and becoming overactive.

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2. Make meaningful progress

Your treatment plan will be determined by your symptoms and what is found to be the underlying cause and will be delivered in a way that aims to give you continuous progress to get you back to the activities you enjoy doing.

It is likely to involve:

Hands on techniques for immediate relief to chronic and persistent pain
Strengthening exercises to address muscle weaknesses
Corrections to problematic movements explained in an easy-to-follow way
Muscle relaxation exercises – especially if your pain system has become overactive

3. Re-shape the future and enjoy life again

After treatment you should be in a strong position to live life to the full knowing that your health and fitness has turned a corner.

You should also have achieved your goals and be starting the feel the benefits of your treatment, such as:

No or significantly less pain
More active and able to do more of the things you enjoy
Reduced risk of the pain returning
Able to self-manage flare-ups easily
Improved sleep and wellbeing
Feeling more confident in your everyday life

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