If you regularly feel pressure or pain in your head, it may be difficult to recognise whether you have a headache or migraine. It is important to distinguish migraine from headache and vice versa. The word migraine is often mistakenly used as a synonym for headache. Headache is not always migraine, far from it. In contrast...
FriskFysio has been working with the The McKenzie Method for quite some time. But what exactly is this? The McKenzie Method is a method for examination and treatment of spinal and limb pain. It was developed by Robin McKenzie from New Zealand and has been used worldwide for more than 30 years. The McKenzie Method...
The new health insurance policies have been announced. It is now possible to switch health insurance for 2020. A calculation by Zorgwijzer shows that the health insurance policies have become slightly more expensive but the differences between them are still considerable! For instance, the difference between the cheapest and most expensive health insurance on an annual basis is as much as...
Have you ever experienced 'it suddenly shoots into your back'? If so, it may be lumbago. Lumbago is an acute form of back pain, where you experience a sudden painful and cramped feeling in your back. In medical terms, it is also referred to as acute lumbago or lumbago, which literally means 'lower back pain'. Characteristics...
Do you have a physical complaint and want to know what is going on? If so, we sometimes use ultrasound within the practice. We choose to perform an ultrasound if our physiotherapists cannot tell with the naked eye, with certainty, what is wrong with a particular complaint....
Because we look at our phones or sit at the computer every day, we constantly sit with our necks bent. This goes well for a long time, but at some point, your neck gets sore. You may feel a radiating pain in the arm, shoulders and even in the hand. The arm may be numb...
When you have a (sports) injury, you are often balking and want to know where it went wrong and what you can do about it to prevent it in the future. Many cases involve the strain on the body. So you are asking more of your body that what it can handle (capacity). Endurance vs load...
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....
On NOS.nl we saw an interesting article about all the 'miracle remedies' being advised online to people with lower back pain. Very often on Google and through Facebook, bite-sized solutions are offered that are often not nearly as effective as the provider would have you believe. Back pain is one of the most common complaints of the...