Author Archives: Martyn Hodgson

Physios Take Pride of Place

Just been watching the downhill skiing and heard that the physios have pride of place at the start box keeping the skiers warmed up before setting off. Perhaps they're better off being half way down to treat those who crash out?
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Winter Olympics Injury to Lindsey Vonn

The highest profile injury in the Vancouver Winter Olympics appears to be Lindsey Vonn's shin injury she received in training on February 2.
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Christmas Calm before the New Year Resolutions

With a week to go, all attention is turning to Christmas. Unless someone has an acute problem, it's a time to put up with those aches and pains and injuries.
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The end of the GP referral?

There's loads of decent general advice on the web and you can now self refer. So what value does a GP referral give?
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Missing the point on missed appointments

For a free at delivery service, missed appointments resulting in downtime for medical staff will always occur. The challenge is to make good use of the downtime
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What’s the Spanish for “rotator cuff injury”?

Remote health services will emerge as telemedicine & internet based services become more mainstream. Local language differences should not be seen as a barrier.
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Saving time, cost and bother

The future for injury treatment increasingly involves self management over the web. Save time, cost and bother by getting physio advice and treatment online.
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The most bizarre injury ever?

Getting off a chairlift is the most common skiing / snowboarding injury. But I reckon this must rank as the most bizarre injury we've ever seen.
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