 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey all,
Does anyone have any recommendations for physios in the West Midlands? Preferably one who understands skiing dynamics but I'm open to general sports physios.
Warwick area would be ideal though I can travel.
Cheers, RobJ.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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At a recreational level skiing is just not that complicated. Any half decent physio (even non sport specialists) should be able to understand the movement. Generally I find the younger physios are better (the training now is better and they are more up to date with research), but that's quite a generalisation.
People are terrible at assessing their physios. Good personality and a good outcome = good review regardless of how much of that was due to the physio (for all they know a different physio could have had an even better/quicker outcome or the injury would have naturally healed on its own in the same time).
Just go for anyone reasonably young, and convenient (local and timing), and you will probably be fine.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Marc Edwards - based in Shipston on Stour but well worth the trip (I'm also from Leamington Spa)
Ex MMA fighter but a specialist in all sports related injuries and recovery; he sorted my torn calves out in rapid time and sorted my sons torn QL injury (elite footballer) - really nice guy and good value
PM me for his mobile number
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Thanks both 
I thought it was only my skiing impacted, but, I looked at my current running shoes and they've got uneven heel wear so thought to just get a local sports physio.
@Belch, if the local chap doesn't think he can help I'll get back to you about Marc Edwards, thanks! In addition, I'm a bit short of ski friends in Leam, if you ever fancied a pint I'd be up for it!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@RoboJ, did you find a good physio and did your related problem get sorted?
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@PeakyB, I got hold of a physio from http://www.tudorphysiotherapy.com/ called Greg. He works from Warwick every other week and is a skier too.
Turned out it was a problem with my hip rotation, we worked on it and it has got better and still a work in progress.
Good luck, I hope you can get it sorted.
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@RoboJ, glad you got it sorted and thanks for the physio link.
Fingers crossed I think I’m OK for now. Just that the brilliant physio I had for years has recently retired *. Good to know options if I needed one soon.
* unfortunately after years of being an excellent physio, intensive hands on when needed, the wear and tear on his shoulders, neck and hands made it too painful to continue. Possibly why so many younger physios seem to be very hands off, in my experience. I guess they’ve completed the full risk assessment.
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@PeakyB, people like hands on. Human touch is a pretty good placebo on its own. Even better if it's firm and hurts a bit, because if it hurts it must be doing something right?
There is pretty little evidence on the effectiveness of massage on humans. It's hard to do a RCT on injury for obvious reasons. I am pretty confident it helps, there are plausible explanations of how it could work. Is it going to take weeks off your recovery time? Probably not. Especially if you are just having a one off massage it might not be moving the needle much.
Even if it does help speed up recovery, a physics goal should be to fix the underlying cause of the problem. In that regard their time is likely better spent on other things than massage.
I am always a bit uneasy when people tell me about their excellent physios. Firstly, you simply don't know if they are any good or not, it's just a guess, for all you know it might have healed naturally just as quickly. Secondly, if you are having to see your physio that regularly they are probably not doing such a good job fixing the underlying problems!
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@boarder2020, yes, some good valid points. I tend to be guided by the testimonies and word of mouth recommendations that come with physios (and other medical professions) from people who’ve been treated by them.
In my case, I wouldn’t describe the treatment I had to diagnose and tackle a knee meniscus problem as a massage. But it was hands, specifically thumbs, on. It was painful but eventually the problem, which had worsened gradually over many years, was resolved. Of course there were exercises too, particularly to strengthen muscles around the knee, but I’d been doing thise for years already. Who knows whether it was the ‘magic thumbs’ that worked?
However, when my other knee had a more sudden onset meniscus problem it was different. After about 20 mins of thumbs on exploration, he declared there was nothing he could do and I should get a TKR asap. Of course I then had x rays and scans, which confirmed his diagnosis.
Some other physios I’ve seen have asked a few general questions, not touched or looked at the affected areas at all, then just given me a pre printed sheet of exercises I knew about anyway.
It’s all a bit of a lottery really… with little definitive proof of direct links between treatments and outcomes.
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