Want to start the new year on a healthy note? It’s all too common for gyms to be packed in January – and only in January. New Year’s resolutions are all too often unrealistic. For this reason, we recommend choosing an approach that you can stick to. So try not to be too hard on yourself…
If you regularly experience pressure or pain in your head, it can be difficult to tell whether you have a headache or a migraine. It is important to distinguish between a migraine and a headache, and vice versa. The word ‘migraine’ is often mistakenly used as a synonym for ‘headache’. A headache is not always a migraine – far from it. In contrast…
FRISKFYSIO has been using the McKenzie Method for quite some time. But what exactly is it? The McKenzie Method is an approach to the assessment and treatment of pain in the spine and limbs. This method was developed by Robin McKenzie from New Zealand and has been used worldwide for over 30 years. The McKenzie Method…
Archive: health insurance 2020. This article relates to the insurance year mentioned. Premiums, reimbursements and terms and conditions may have changed since then. You should therefore always check the terms and conditions of your current policy. The new health insurance policies have been announced. It is now possible to switch health insurance providers for 2020. A calculation by Zorgwijzer shows that the…
Have you ever experienced ‘a sudden sharp pain shooting through your back’? If so, it may well be lumbago. Lumbago is an acute form of back pain, characterised by a sudden, painful and cramp-like sensation in your back. In medical terms, it is also known as acute lumbago or lumbalgia, which literally means ‘lower back pain’. Characteristics…
Do you have a physical complaint and would you like to know what is wrong? In that case, we sometimes use ultrasound scans at our practice. We opt to carry out an ultrasound scan if, in the case of a particular complaint, our physiotherapists cannot say with certainty what is wrong just by looking with the naked eye.…
Bursitis of the shoulder is a painful condition that is not age-related, but becomes more common as you get older. Bursitis of the shoulder can have many different causes. It is often caused by a repetitive movement, such as throwing. This causes friction in the upper part of the shoulder. What is bursitis of…
Because we spend every day looking at our phones or sitting at a computer, we constantly have our necks bent. This is fine for a long time, but at some point you’ll start to experience neck pain. You may feel pain radiating into your arm, shoulders and even your hand. Your arm may go numb…
When you have a (sports) injury, you often feel frustrated and want to know where it all went wrong and what you can do to prevent it happening again. In many cases, it’s down to the strain placed on the body. In other words, you’re asking more of your body than it can cope with (capacity). Endurance vs. physical strain…
Research by Jonothan Tsehaie, affiliated with the Xpert Clinic and Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, shows that treating patients with osteoarthritis of the thumb using hand therapy and splints results in less pain and improved hand function. Nowadays, (too) many different treatment techniques are used for osteoarthritis of the thumb....
