Acupuncture and Dry Needling: How Tiny Needles Can Make a Big Difference
June 2026 | Bradley Heald, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist When most people hear the word acupuncture, they picture ancient Chinese medicine, incense, and practitioners talking about energy flow. While traditional acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, the version used by many physiotherapists today is quite different. It is rooted in anatomy, neuroscience, and evidence-based […]
Collaborative Physiotherapy Care: Why Your Physio and Consultant Should Work Together
Collaborative physiotherapy care can make a meaningful difference to recovery after injury, surgery or ongoing musculoskeletal pain. While physiotherapy plays an important role in restoring movement, strength and confidence, the best outcomes are often achieved when your physiotherapist and consultant communicate clearly throughout your treatment journey. Whether you are recovering from orthopaedic surgery, managing arthritis, […]
Physiotherapy After Hip Replacement: Why Rehab Matters Before and After Surgery
Physiotherapy after hip replacement plays an important role in helping patients rebuild strength, restore mobility and return to daily activities with confidence. While a total hip replacement can be highly effective for reducing pain and improving joint function, long-term recovery depends heavily on the right rehabilitation before and after surgery. Evidence-based physiotherapy plays a crucial […]
Physiotherapy After Knee Replacement: Supporting a Stronger Recovery
Physiotherapy after knee replacement plays an important role in helping patients rebuild strength, restore movement and return to daily activities with confidence. A total knee replacement can be life-changing for people living with severe knee pain, arthritis and reduced mobility, but surgery is only one part of the recovery journey. While surgery replaces the damaged […]
Return to Running Plan: How to Build Back Safely After Injury
Getting back to running after an injury can feel frustrating. One week, you are itching to get out again. Next, you are worried that one wrong run could set you back. The good news? You do not need to guess. A structured return-to-running plan helps you rebuild gradually, monitor symptoms, and reduce the risk of […]
How to Use Your Garmin to Support Physiotherapy Rehab
Using a Garmin for physiotherapy rehab can help highlight how well your body is recovering between sessions. Beyond exercise and load management, wearable data can offer useful insight into sleep, fatigue and overall readiness. For me, this became clear when my Garmin started to show a gap between how well I was functioning and how […]
Nutrition and Injury Recovery: Can Diet Help You Heal Faster?
A patient recently told us they were advised to eat lots of jelly to heal an Achilles tendinopathy… It’s the kind of advice that sticks with you. Slightly odd, a bit memorable and not entirely wrong either. Jelly contains gelatin, which is linked to collagen, a key component of tendons. But like most things in […]
What Boxing Taught Me About the Rehab Journey
I never did combat sports growing up. I was always more into football and golf, sports that felt structured, familiar, and relatively controlled. Starting boxing in my late 20s wasn’t something I planned as part of any “self-development journey.” I had become a bit fed up with the gym routine, push, pull, legs, repeat and […]
What happens in an initial physiotherapy consultation?
If you are booking physiotherapy for the first time, it is completely normal to wonder what will happen during your first appointment. Many people want to know how long it will take, what they should wear, whether treatment starts straight away, and if they need a GP referral beforehand. At Freedom Physio & Wellness, an […]
Plantar Fasciopathy: causes, self-checks, and when to seek help
If you are dealing with sharp heel pain when you first get out of bed, there is a good chance plantar fasciopathy could be the cause. It is one of the most common reasons for pain under the heel and can affect runners, people who stand for long hours, and those who have recently increased […]