Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Physical Therapy and understanding back pain

Understanding Your Back Pain -
Belarmine Physical Therapy & Sports Injury Clinic



Introduction
Back pain happens to everyone and for some is a life changing occurrence. The pain can range from a mild ache to severe discomfort, so much so that patients are often left bed bound for days. What happens next depends on who you choose to consult. Your local physical therapist/physiotherapist is the most commonly sought after practitioner for lower back pain.

You don't have to suffer and it could be shrinking your brain!

Most back pain is caused by sprains and strains. Even chronic back pain is often due to a lack of conditioning/fitness, excess weight, or other things that can be addressed by patient. For those involved in desk orientated jobs or who spend a lot of time each day driving, postural dysfunctions can be the root of the problem. It's well known that chronic back pain decreases the quality of life and increases anxiety and depression.


Most Common Injuries
1. Strain
The most common causes of lower back pain are muscle strains. Despite their size and strength, muscles of the lumbar spine can tear, which is called a muscle strain. This is generally caused by a sudden movement, a fall, or lifting a heavy object. Acute low back pain from lumbar strains and sprains can be accompanied by sciatica, an irritation of the sciatic nerve that causes pain into the buttock and leg.

2. Sprains
Sprains refer to an overstretching of one or more of the ligaments of the back. The ligaments can be stretched beyond their natural integrity and in some cases can completely tear. It is common for muscle and ligament strains to occur together.


3. Disc Injury and Sciatica
A herniated disc, sometimes incorrectly referred to as a slipped disc, is a disc that bulges out from its position between two vertebrae. There are four types of disc herniation and a variety of bulging discs, but they all have the potential to cause compression against a nerve, producing sciatica. As described above in the section on Strains, pain is caused by compression of the nerves as they exit the spinal column resulting in pain radiating into the buttock or down the leg, sometimes accompanied by a sensation of numbness or tingling in the leg.


Bulging Disk Sciatica

So where do you go from here. Ask yourself these questions – What is hurting? Do I pay attention to my posture when sitting, standing, lifting twisting or just use any posture that comes to me. If you have back pain, you can’t do this anymore. You need to find a physical therapist who understands the principles of rehabilitative core stabilization – it is never too late to improve your function, the muscles are there just waiting to be found. Take the initiative today and phone Belarmine Physical Therapy Clinic and ask them if they have an exercise programme aimed at improving muscle control and core stabilization for your low back and pelvis.


About the Author
Karl Gilligan BSc (Hons), Ph. Th. (MIAPT), CSCS

Karl Gilligan is currently completing his Masters in strength and conditioning at St. Mary’s University College having graduated as a sports scientist and a physical therapist. He is a member of the Irish Association of Physical Therapists, the Irish Institute of Sport as a Performance S&C Coach and the NSCA as a Certified S&C Specialist. He currently owns and runs Belarmine Physical Therapy and Sports Injury Clinic. See www.belarmine-clinic.ie. He works with a variety of sports, teams and athletes from County Football teams, AIL rugby teams, Olympic athletes and Professional golfers. He has previously worked with the IRFU and Leinster Rugby as a strength and conditioning coach.

Belarmine Physical Therapy & Sports Injury Clinic,
Belarmine Medical Centre,
Belarmine Plaza,
Stepaside,
Dublin 18.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

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o publish, post, upload, distribute or in any other way disseminate any inappropriate, profane, obscene, indecent or unlawful material, topic, name or information.
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19. All prices quoted for goods and services on the Isupportirish.ie site are inclusive of VAT as applicable under Irish Law.
20. These terms and conditions are intended to be serviceable. If for any reason, any term or condition is held unenforceable or invalid, the remaining shall be enforceable in full.
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All applicable refunds will be credited back using the same bank or card details as used for the original transaction less the cost of packaging and shipping where applicable.

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Terms and Conditions
Welcome to Isupportirish.ie Ltd. Terms and Conditions. By accessing the Isupportirish.ie website and/or registering and/or placing an order, you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions as set out below.

1. Isupportirish.ie require you to open an account in order to avail of any of its services, transactional or otherwise. To open an account you must complete the registration process in full and all the information supplied must be complete and accurate. You will be asked to choose a username and password and the responsibility for maintaining the privacy for access to this account and its details is entirely yours. Furthermore, you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account and you agree to immediately notify Isupportirish.ie of any unauthorised use of your account or breach of security.
2. You may only use your own account and cannot use anybody else's account. Similarly, you may not divulge your account access details to any other party nor permit use of your account by any other party.
3. Once set up, your account will continue indefinitely unless specifically terminated by you or Isupportirish.ie. You can terminate your account with Isupportirish.ie by e-mailing customerservice@isupportirish.ie.ie . Isupportirish.ie reserve the right to terminate your account without prior notice at the discretion of Isupportirish.ie Limited management.
4. Isupportirish.ie reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which Isupportirish.ie services are offered. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions and for additional terms posted on the Isupportirish.ie website.
5. Unless otherwise specified, the Isupportirish.ie site/services are for personal and non-commercial use. You may not copy, modify, transmit, display, distribute, perform, reproduce, licence, publish, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any site content, products or services obtained from Isupportirish.ie.
6. www.isupportirish.ie.ie may, from time to time, contain links to other sites. While Isupportirish.ie will endeavour to closely screen such sites prior to linking, the content and use of such sites is outside the control of Isupportirish.ie. Isupportirish.ie does not accept any liability in relation to the use of such third party sites.
7. As a condition of your use of the Isupportirish.ie site/services, you will not use the site/services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices.
8. You may not use the site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair any Isupportirish.ie site/service or interfere with any other parties use and/or enjoyment of those sites/services.
9. You may not attempt to gain unauthorised access to Isupportirish.ie sites/services, other accounts, computer systems and networks connected to any Isupportirish.ie site/service, through hacking, password mining or any other means.
10. The Isupportirish.ie sites/services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, communities, forums, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others. Isupportirish.ie is not obligated to monitor such services, save as directed to do so by law. When you are using such services you agree not to:
o use these services in connection with surveys, contests, chain letters, pyramid schemes, junk e-mail, or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise)
o defame, abuse, stalk, harass, or otherwise violate the legal rights of others.
o publish, post, upload, distribute or in any other way disseminate any inappropriate, profane, obscene, indecent or unlawful material, topic, name or information.
o upload files containing viruses, worms, trojans, time bombs, corrupted files, or similar programs which may damage the operation of another person’s computer or in any way interfere with Isupportirish.ie’s operation or systems.
o upload content for which you do not hold intellectual property rights.
o restrict, inhibit or interfere with the contribution of other persons
o violate any code of conduct or any other usage guidelines
o violate any applicable laws or regulations
11. All contents of the Isupportirish.ie site are copyright of Swelbay ltd trading as isupportirish.ie
12. Isupportirish.ie is a Registered Trade Mark.
13. You are responsible for reading and understanding the prices, product descriptions, shipping, security and privacy policies of Isupportirish.ie.
14. You agree that the participation in the site/services provided by Isupportirish.ie is entirely at your own risk.
15. In accordance with the Isupportirish.ie Privacy Policy, Isupportirish.ie respects and adheres to your privacy.
16. Isupportirish.ie prohibits minors from making purchases on the Isupportirish.ie site. Each time you purchase from the site you are representing to Isupportirish.ie that you are at least 18 years of age or of majority age for your region/jurisdiction.
17. No contract will subsist between you and Isupportirish.ie Limited for a sale to you of any product or service unless and until Isupportirish.ie Limited accepts your order by e-mail, confirming that your order has been dispatched. That acceptance will be deemed complete and will be deemed for all purposes to have been effectively communicated to you at the time Isupportirish.ie sends the e-mail to you (whether or not you receive that e-mail).
18. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Ireland, and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts to settle any disputes which may arise in connection with these terms and conditions.
19. All prices quoted for goods and services on the Isupportirish.ie site are inclusive of VAT as applicable under Irish Law.
20. These terms and conditions are intended to be serviceable. If for any reason, any term or condition is held unenforceable or invalid, the remaining shall be enforceable in full.
21. You may from time to time receive information from Isupportirish.ie, if you have permitted Isupportirish.ie to do this. You can unsubscribe from this informational service at any stage and still remain a member of Isupportirish.ie. All such requests for discontinuation of a communication/update service should be provided to Isupportirish.ie by means of the functionalities available on the website or to customerservice@isupportirish.ie.ie
22. By registering with Isupportirish.ie, you also agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and by the Statements as set out under the ‘Security and Privacy’, ‘Returns and Refunds’ and ‘Delivery’ headings on the Isupportirish.ie site.

Returns & Refunds
Isupportirish.ie want you to be 100% satisfied with your purchases. If any item that you have received is faulty or damaged, you must contact Isupportirish.ie to report this within 7 days of receipt of the item, quoting your order number. You may contact us by referring to the Contact Us page for details. Goods which are faulty or damaged must be returned to Isupportirish.ie in the original packaging. Refunds or exchanges will be arranged in these circumstances to include the original value of the product and postal costs.

If, for some other reason, you are not satisfied with your purchase and you wish to return it, you must contact Isupportirish.ie stating the reason for the requested return or refund within 7 days of receipt, quoting your order number. The product must be returned to Isupportirish.ie in its original packaging and in re-sellable condition. Exchanges or refunds will be arranged in these circumstances to reflect the original value of the relevant product but excluding postal charges. It is the consumer’s responsibility to ensure that returned products reach Isupportirish.ie in good condition and Isupportirish.ie recommend that registered post be used in these cases for traceability.

All applicable refunds will be credited back using the same bank or card details as used for the original transaction less the cost of packaging and shipping where applicable.

Orders may be changed or cancelled up to the point that they are dispatched. Please note that orders may be processed on the same day or within 24 hours of receipt.

All correspondence regarding Returns and Refunds should be made, quoting your order number, to customerservice@isupportirish.ie

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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Gifts

A brand new business has opened up in Ireland, promoting Irish businesses online.
www.isupportirish.ie is dedicated to the promotion and sale of Irish based businesses. Ireland is one of the largest exporters of computer software in the world , but did you know we also have some of the best irish based home grown producers of other products in other industries as well.
www.isupportirish.ie has some of the best known Irish based businesses that produce baby clothes, womens clothes, womens hats, handbags, hats and scarves, mens clothes, t-shirts, jewellery, pottery, crystal, silverware. To name but a few.
All of the businesses listed on www.isupportirish.ie are Irish registered businesses and in buying products from their website you are not only supporting the Irish economy but you are supporting an Irish retailers.
Gone are the days of twee images of Ireland producing tourist trinkets, we can now be counted amongst the best manufacturers in the world in terms of quality and originality.
www.isupportirish.ie is a showcase for these and aspiring irish businesses to show the rest of the world that Ireland can be one of the best websites in the world for supporting irish products through their extensive gift range.
If you are looking for a gift for your girlfriend, a gift for your boyfriend, a gift for your wife, a gift for your husband, a gift for your mother, a gift for your father, a xmas gift, a valentines gift, a birthday gift, a wedding gift, an anniversary gift, an easter gift, whatever the occasion if you are looking for the best gift , then look no further than www.isupportirish.ie where you will find a gift for every occasion and even a gift for yourself.