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16 N E HEALTH September 2005 www.healthspectrum.co.ukh a i r & b e a u t yu n i s e xNew to Elite...Hot StoneTherapyTreatmentHot Stone BackMassage30 mins £21.00Warm stones glideover your skin as thewarmth radiatesthrough the body. Thecirculation is boostedand muscle tensioncan be released.Rebalancing HotStone Massage45 mins £25.00The warm stones willbe placed on yourchakras creating abalancing, medative experience leaving you comforted,soothed and feeling refreshed in the mind, body andsoul. Includes feet, hands, scalp and back.Full Body Hot Stone Massage 1 hour £39.00The full body is massaged using warm stones forultimate relaxation.Kerastase Specifique is a collection of in-salon treatments and homecare programmesdesigned to achieve and maintain the ideal scalp balance while preserving andenhancing the beauty of the hair.Specifique now introduces a revolutionary treatment programme to maintain thedensity of thinning hair: Intervention Antichute a L’Aminexil R .Figures show that approximately 22% of the UK population experience thinning hair,with men and women both affected.Clinical studies have demonstrated that using Intervention Antichute a L’Aminexil Rfor a 6-week programme twice a year improves hair density.Find out more about this breakthrough product by askingyour Kerastase consultants advice.65/67 Cockton Hill Road,Bishop Auckland. Co. Durhamh a i r & b e a u t yu n i s e xTelephone:01388 450368 or 01388 450706Rugby: can be particularly tough on the jointsA teamTHE long summer holidays are over.The rugby/football/hockey season isbeginning. Time to charge off downthe pitch with the team and throwyourself into the game. Time forsports injuries…“We get lots of people turning up at our doorwith sprains and pulled muscles at this timeof year,” says physiotherapist Anne Burrow,who treats sports injuries at the Star HouseClinic, just behind Horsemarket in BarnardCastle. “It’s really common to get pre-seasoninjuries because people who have not beenkeeping in condition over the summer suddenlywant to be as fit and good as they wereat the end of the last season. That’s when wesee a lot of muscle strains. They do too much,too fast.”The more serious injuries are usually fromrugby, football and squash. “If you want toavoid trouble, we recommendgood warmingup before exerciseand keeping fit oversummer,” she adds.At the other endof the year, theStar House Clinicplays host to aeffortSport is good for you, isn’t it? Well, not always. JENNY NEEDHAMmeets the physios who pick up the pieces and put them backtogether again when things go wrong on the pitch... or up a mountainPractice owner Sarah Johnson with mountaineer Alan Hinkesgrowing number of hobby injuries. “These arethe ones who do nothing over winter – and I’mthinking mostly gardeners here – and thensuddenly in spring they are out there madlyclearing everything up. We get heaps of backinjuries from that,” says Anne.The clientele at the clinic is split more or lessevenly between men and women, a lot of oldiesand a few young sportspeople. Backs andnecks provide around 50 to 60 per cent of theirbusiness.“Backs and shoulders only get worse if youleave them to get better on their own,” saysAnne. “The days when if you had a sore backyou would be prescribed two weeks bed resthave gone.”This is a good thing,says Anne, becausetotal rest just meansthat muscle massquickly deteriorates,leading to thelikelihood of morejoint problems.“You have touse it or
September 2005 www.healthspectrum.co.ukN E HEALTH17PHYSIOTHERAPY: THE TREATMENT1. Addressing the causative factor: why did the muscle tear, the disc bulge or thejoint sprain in the first place? There is no point in treating the pain without doingthis as invariably the same injury will recur.Advice may involve things like addressing posture at work/driving and addressingmuscle imbalances, footwear, mattresses and ergonomics.2. Treating the pain with massage, ultrasound, TENS machine3. Loosening restrictions/tightness by mobilising and manipulating joints4. Rehabilitation for sport/hobbies5. Educating patients about how to avoid problems and ergonomic advice6. Providing braces, supports, pillows, TENS machines for use while the patientrecovers7. Referring to doctor/surgeon if necessaryTREATMENT FOR PULLED CALFFROM FOOTBALL TRAINING1. Immediate treatment: RICE – Rest, Ice,Compression, Elevation2. One-two days post injury: ultrasound,therapeutic massage3. Day three: therapeutic massage, stretching,active movement (non-weight bearing)4. Week two: begin condition training,therapeutic massage, ultrasound, addressfootwear5. Week three: address muscle balance andwhy calf is overused and therefore strained6. Sport or hobby-specific retraining. By weekfour should be fully participating in sport/hobbyStar House Physiotherapy Clinic, Star Yard,Horsemarket, Barnard Castle DL12 8LY(01833) 695555It happens to the best... DavidBeckham limps off the field in 2001A mountain to climb: Anne Burrow treats Alan Hinkes before his last endeavourlose it – even on the space shuttle the astronautshave to exercise because otherwise theywould lose their muscle mass because of lackof gravity. We prefer to prescribe ‘relative rest’,stopping any aggravating activities but keepingas mobile as possible.”Kiwi Anne, who is over here with her husbandand living in Darlington for a couple ofyears, works with Canadian Diane Dupuis atthe Teesdale practice. The clinic is owned bySarah Johnson, who comes from much closerto home in the North-East. Receptionists ValGatenby and Rachel Sellwood complete the allwomanteam.Anne ended up in Teesdale after spotting anad placed by Sarah in a New Zealand newspaper.She had finished her four-year universitydegree and done a couple of years practice, andis now one of the many physios from abroadhelping to fill our homegrown skills gap. Thereis a real shortage of trained physios in Britain.Anne patently loves her job. “There is a misconceptionabout physios,” she says. “Peoplethink we’re just the ones you see in hospital toget you back on the road when you’ve had anaccident, but we are trained to treat whole personand get to the root cause of the problem.Our treatment varies between manipulation,massage, acupuncture and a personal exerciseor rehabilitation programme appropriate totheir needs. This is why one-to-one treatmentis the key to full recovery.”And when she sees results, it’s hugely rewarding.“A lot of older people who come herehave arthritis. They have sometimes put upwith it for years before hearing that they canhave something done about it. It’s great to seethem experiencing a pain-free life again.”At the other end of the scale are the top athletesand sportspeople, for whom injury is anoccupational hazard. Anne treated adventurerand mountaineer Alan Hinkes, who earlierthis year became the first Briton to climb theworld’s 14 highest peaks, for a prolapsed discand has also helped a marathon runner backonto the competitive road. “He couldn’t getpast a certain distance, because of posturaland lower back problems, but after treatmentand a change of running shoes, there was nostopping him,” says Anne.Older clients include those who just don’tknow when to stop playing games like rugby,and those who used to play a lot and are havingproblems when they get to 40 or 50. “Mostinjuries are cumulative,” says Anne. “Peoplesprain their ankles when they are young, forexample, but don’t do anything about it, getrepetitive injuries and then by time they are intheir 30s or 40s, they have a chronic problem.We often have to treat the later stages of injuryfrom years ago.”Added to all the problems associated withsports and ageing, a new breed of patient isincreasingly visiting the Star House Clinic.“Lots of back pain patients work on computers.Their bodies get to a point where they can’tcope with constant postural strain and muscleweakness and then they’ll go mad at the weekendand pop a disc,” says Anne.As most of the chronic injuries are cumulative,it’s imperative to get treated immediatelya problem occurs. 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