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There is something truly satisfying about hearing the ‘pop’ of a locked joint as it yields to the hands of a skilful osteopath. It’s a sound which confirms that, after months of immobility, something is moving at last. In my case, the ‘joint’ is my new prosthetic right shoulder — a miracle of modern surgery … Read more
Martine McCutcheon has revealed that she needed physio for two weeks over her ‘heavy’ Swan costume on The Masked Singer. The former EastEnders, 44, was the latest star to be unmasked on Saturday’s episode of the hit ITV show after judge Jonathan Ross correctly guessed her identify. And now Martine has revealed that she needed physiotherapy after her … Read more
A popular Youtuber died from a rare form of cancer after the Covid-19 pandemic stopped him from seeing a physiotherapist who could have helped diagnose it. Fit and healthy David Macmillan, better known on YouTube as Pirate Dog, started feeling a slight ache in his shoulder as early as January, but put it down to … Read more
Student whose ‘bad hangover’ was actually a rare condition which left her paralysed and unable to speak when she was 19 becomes a physio – like the ‘magicians’ who saved her Rachael Bailey, 25, from Nottingham, became paralysed as a student in 2014 She was diagnosed with the rare neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome This year … Read more
When Charlie Coulton regained consciousness after 42 days in intensive care fighting Covid-19 — half of that time on a ventilator — he wondered if he had woken up in a science fiction film. Surrounded by nurses and doctors wearing full protective suits, masks and gloves, and drowsy from sedatives and painkillers, the 65-year-old widower … Read more