Advice & guides

Discover how to use ice and heat effectively to treat pain or injury at home.

Cycling is an increasingly popular form of exercise in the UK. Here are some top tips to help prevent pain and enhance your performance while long-distance cycling.

Although injuries vary considerably, management of the majority of musculoskeletal complaints is often very similar. This brief guide is not exhaustive, but will help advise you on the basic management of your injury or condition.

Sleep is essential if you are recovering from an injury or looking to improve your physical wellbeing generally. Read our six tips for a restorative night's sleep.

Your mental health can have a big impact on your physical health and vice versa. Take our stress test and discover 10 tips to help you stress less.

Injuries can be frustrating, especially when they interrupt your ability to regularly play sport or workout. Before trying to jump back to your normal levels of exercise, here is some guidance to help you safely and effectively return to exercise.

Nick Kommatas is an Ascenti Physiotherapist based in Stoke on Trent. 
In his clinic he sees a lot of patients with whiplash who have been referred to us for treatment by a medical agency or solicitor. 
Nick explains what whiplash is and the best way to manage your recovery. 

Sprains, strains and other soft-tissue injuries can be painful, frustrating and sometimes hard to shake off. Find out the best way to effectively treat your injury here.

Back pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint, but it is often misunderstood and there are lots of myths associated with it that can be really unhelpful.

Helen Davison is an Ascenti physiotherapist based in London.

Here she combines her personal experiences of travelling the world with her clinical expertise, to bring you top advice about coping with the aches and pains associated with long-haul travel.

You use most of the joints in your body every single day, so when they become acutely painful it can be a real problem that impacts on your day to day life.

Peter Gizauskas is an Ascenti Physiotherapist based in Bristol.

He is an experienced clinician, as well as a keen music fan who regularly attends festivals. 

Here he gives us his top tips on how to avoid injury and the best way to recover from those aches and pains afterwards.