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At Victory Health & Performance we look for the underlying cause of your problem, not just the bit that hurts

ISM 3: Driver Theory and Regional Interdependence

December 6, 2018

This is the third post in my series about Diane Lee’s Integrated Systems Model (ISM). I’ve previously explained how I discovered Diane and her work,

ISM 2: evidence based practice and injury classification systems

November 29, 2018

This is the second in a series of posts about Diane Lee’s Integrated Systems Model (ISM), which is a big part of how we work

ISM 1: Introducing Diane Lee’s Integrated Systems Model

November 14, 2018

Last year, I created a blog series about the Sarah Key Method, in which I talked about the way the Queen’s physiotherapist, Sarah, has developed

Why did you leave the Army?

November 7, 2018

“Nell, why did you leave the Army?” – it’s a question I get asked a lot, especially when I’m talking enthusiastically about my 10 years

Watching arthroscopic shoulder surgery with Susan Alexander

October 4, 2018

Last week, I spent an afternoon in theatre with one of my favourite surgeons, shoulder specialist Susan Alexander. I had referred one of my patients

How to get better at riding your bike

September 13, 2018

If you know me at all well, you’ll know that I’m a sports medicine geek. I’ve been physio to many a rugby, tennis and football

What is femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)?

August 29, 2018

In my last post, I talked about how I managed to tear my hip cartilage while playing tennis; and I mentioned that a common cause

I tore my hip labrum playing tennis

August 16, 2018

With tongue in cheek, I firmly believe that, as a physio, I should be exempt from being injured like a normal person. After all, I

Lazy Bum Epidemic: Move

July 11, 2018

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about the phenomenon of gluteal imbalance, which we’ve dubbed the Lazy Bum Epidemic. In How Skeletal Muscles Work, I

Lazy Bum Epidemic: Stabilise

June 13, 2018

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about the phenomenon of gluteal imbalance, which we’ve dubbed the Lazy Bum Epidemic. In How Skeletal Muscles

Making friends with doctors

June 7, 2018

I have a Venn diagram that I talk about a lot, in which there are three main elements of a great surgical outcome: a great

Intensive physiotherapy and Pilates in the sun!

May 30, 2018

My vision for Victory remains to open a residential injury rehabilitation centre, along the lines of Headley Court, so that patients who need it can

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