by Matthew Bennett Most of us have woken up with a stiff neck at some point. For a lot of people over 45 it isn’t a one-off. The pain can come and go for months, flaring after a long day at the laptop or at the wheel so that it never quite clears. Neck pain…
by Matthew Bennett If you’ve had shoulder pain that just won’t go away, you may be at your wits’ end about how to help yourself. Is it better to move it or should you keep it still? We often see people at Sundial who started a series of exercises under their own steam by watching…
by Matthew Bennett Persistent back pain doesn’t mean that you haven’t tried your best to manage it. You will quite probably have watched YouTube videos, done exercises and taken painkillers consistently, and still the aches come back. Here at Sundial, our patients often ask us what they have been “getting wrong”. We can usually reassure…
By Matthew Bennett Advice can often be conflicting: rest it, move it, push through the pain, get surgery, avoid surgery. We can clear up the confusion.. We asked one of our Sundial physiotherapists Sakshi Maheshkar to share what advice she would give to someone with chronic knee pain. Sakshi explained, “NICE guidelines tell us that the…
by Matthew Bennett It’s not unusual for us to see patients at Sundial who have quietly carried on coping with back pain for months or even years. An unexpected crisis brings them in to see us, when they often realise they could have dealt with chronic pain long ago. It’s human nature to put small…
Disc Bulge on Your MRI? Here’s What the Research Says A guide for Brighton, Hove and Sussex residents worried about a disc bulge, protrusion or herniated disc by Matthew Bennett Seeing the words “disc bulge”, “protrusion” or “herniated disc” on an MRI report is one of the most unsettling moments in a person’s back pain…
By Matthew Bennett If your heel pain seems to get worse just as the weather improves, it’s not a coincidence. Every summer here at Sundial we see a rise in patients coming in with sharp, stabbing heel pain that often started, or got noticeably worse, once flip-flops came out and the daily step count went…
by Matthew Bennett If you’ve pulled something gardening, tweaked your back lifting a grandchild or in the gym, the instinct is usually to stop moving and wait it out. It’s a reasonable instinct, but for most everyday muscle strains it isn’t the fastest route back to normal. A short period of protection in the first…
By Matthew Bennett If you are anything like us, you may have been inspired by recent play at Wimbledon to pick your racquet up again. If you now have a nagging ache on the outside of your elbow that flares up every time you lift the kettle, turn a key or shake someone’s hand, there’s…
By Matthew Bennett Summer in Sussex tends to mean one thing for a lot of our patients: it is finally time to get away. Whether that is a long-haul flight, a road trip down to the coast or a few nights somewhere with an unfamiliar mattress, travel puts your back and neck through a set…
