After the hospitalSomething that comes up again and again is what happens after you leave the hospital! Spain is quite different to the UK in the details. Hospitals don’t have crutchesYou buy them from the pharmacy (approx. 15€). Make sure that someone fits them properly and teaches you how to walk (so you don’t get …
Out walking, on the playing field or tennis court, you fall and hurt your ankle. Annoying and painful, definitely. But now what? Feet up on the couch or off to A&E? These tests, called the Ottawa Ankle Rules, are designed to figure out if you need an X-ray or just rest 1. Can you take …
Diet and migraine are inextricably linked aren’t they? Most migraine patients have at least one food that it feels like they only have to look at to trigger a migraine. Often, in reality, the relationship can be more complicated than that – an overstressed system takes the smallest trigger to over react and, by reducing …
In 2015 additional training and equipment meant that I was able to introduce our new Headache and Migraine Clinic service which has expanded ever since. New team members and upgraded technology mean that we can do better at what is required to treat this challenging and complicated condition. Which, in my experience, is treating the whole person. …
When you choose to have a cosmetic procedure it is easy to forget that before you reach the beautiful “after” picture you have to undergo surgery. And all surgery, regardless of its aim, causes trauma and swelling and discomfort. Which doesn’t really fit into that beautiful “after” picture does it? Less swelling, less pain, faster …
It’s funny isn’t it the things you take for granted. Things that are so obvious to you that it never occurs to you that someone else might feel differently. Things like privacy, patient comfort, medical confidentiality, personalised treatment. UK Training In the UK where I trained and worked for many years, physiotherapy occurred 1 on …
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After introducing Heather, our new massage therapist the other week in our newsletter one of her treatments which received a few questions was about Bowen Technique or Therapy. So we asked Heather to explain it in a little more detail: What is Bowen Technique? The Bowen Technique is a specific, gentle therapy that helps the …
Missing your outdoor sports? Struggling to keep up your rehab after an injury or post-surgery recovery? Stress + inactivity + a less than ideal working from home/desk set up woken up an old pain? Worried about how to get help? Let’s go through what you can do to stay active and painfree even when you …
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Physiotherapist and osteopath – Mijas Welcome! My name is Mariëlle de Bruin. Originally a physiotherapist I postgraduated as an osteopath in 2012 and combine both handinesses with enthusiasm since. I can offer help with any condition in which you find yourself lacking mobility caused by pain and/or stiffness and can do rehabilitation after injuries as …
Sciatica is one of those wonderful medical terms which we now use in everyday conversation to cover a whole host of aches and pains in our back, hips and legs. But, as I’ve spoken about in detail before, there are a number of conditions that can look similar to sciatica at first glance but, and …
