Pre/Post Surgical Exercises
Hip Resurfacing Surgical Management
A patient guide to hip resurfacing surgical management Sanjeev Patil (Orthopaedic Hip Specialist) Frank Gilroy (Senior Physiotherapist) Joanne Dalglish (Student Physiotherapist) Kevin Watson (Head of strength & conditioning at GSS) Contents Anatomy of the hip Information on hip resurfacing Why might you need hip resurfacing? Eligibility for hip resurfacing surgery About the surgery Surgical techniques…
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Patient’s guide to Achilles tendon rupture rehabilitation Emma Burns- MSc PhysiotherapistFrank Gilroy – Consultant Physiotherapist MSc MCSPRobert Carter- Foot and Ankle Specialist Contents What is the Achilles tendon? How do you injure your tendon? …
Read MoreTotal Hip Replacement Physiotherapy Guide
A patient guide to physiotherapy for total hip replacement (hip arthroplasty) surgery Mr Sanjeev Patil- Orthopaedic Hip Specialist Frank Gilroy- Senior Physiotherapist Megan Thea Ross Browne- Student Physiotherapist Contents Hip anatomy Movements of the hip Why you may…
Read MoreHip Arthroplasty
Total Hip Arthropasty Total hip arthroplasty has had consistently high success rates and high levels of patient satisfaction over the past few decades. The procedure is recognised in the medical field as the foremost quality of life improving operation. Introduced by John Charnley in the 1960s the procedure has steadily evolved with the longevity of…
Read MoreHip Impingement Surgical Management
Hip Impingement Surgical Management Mr Sanjeev Patil Frank Gilroy Miss Louise Duncan What is it? Femoroacetabular impingement or FAI is a condition where there is unwanted contact between abnormally shaped parts of the head of the thigh bone and socket. Basically, the ball (femoral head) and socket (acetabulum) glide abnormally creating damage to the hip…
Read MoreHydrotherapy programme
Hydrotherapy programme Aerobic Exercises Aqua Jogging Wearing an Aqua belt start with a light jog around the pool to warm-up. Do two laps clockwise around the pool followed by two laps anti-clockwise. Increasing difficulty: running with hands out of the water, Back straight and tall or increase the speed of the running. Kicking with a…
Read MoreShoulder pendular exercises
Shoulder pendular exercises Author: Andrew Brooksbank Exercise 1 Lean over and let your arm hang and swing forwards and back, do 20 times and repeat exercises 4 times per day. Exercise 2 Lean over and let your arm hang and swing side to side, do 20 times and repeat exercises 4 times per day. Exercise…
Read MorePost knee replacement surgery rehabilitation
A patient’s guide to rehabilitation post knee replacement surgery Colin Walker Orthopaedic Knee Specialist Frank Gilroy BSc MSCP Georgia Bouffard Student Physiotherapist Anatomy of the knee The knee is the largest joint in the body. It must be strong to support your body weight and flexible to allow bending and twisting movements. It joins the…
Read MoreTennis Elbow
Tennis Elbow This is a condition that is very common and causes pain in the outside portion of the elbow. It is also known as lateral epicondylitis, this name implies that it is inflammatory condition, but the actual pathology is a tendinosis of the insertion of Extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon on the lateral…
Read MoreFrozen Shoulder
Frozen Shoulder Written by A. BrooksbankNovember 2011 Background The condition is characterised by severe pain and loss of movement in the shoulder. It can be either primary (known as idiopathic) where the onset of symptoms is spontaneous or secondary where the condition follows a specific traumatic event, such as a tendon injury or after fracture.…
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