Improving your health isn’t about doing everything at once. It’s about building the right foundations. At Simpson Physiotherapy, improving overall health means strengthening the systems that support movement, resilience, and performance. Health isn’t just the absence of pain. It’s the ability to move confidently and recover efficiently. Here’s how to build it. Step 1: Prioritize … Read more
Posture isn’t about sitting perfectly straight all day. It’s about efficiency. The main benefit of posture health is improved load distribution through your spine and joints — which reduces unnecessary strain and improves long-term performance. When posture is balanced, muscles work the way they’re supposed to. When it’s not, certain tissues become overloaded. Over time, … Read more
Walking is something many of us take for granted until it becomes more challenging. For those living with Parkinson’s, walking can begin to feel unfamiliar—smaller steps, a stooped posture, less rhythm in the stride. But here’s the good news: with the right guidance and a few tailored walking variations, it’s entirely possible to feel steadier, … Read more
When practicing PD Neuro Active exercises, a lot of people will ask how they can transfer this to their every day life, the main one being with their walking. With Parkinson’s disease, the “amplitude†of movements is affected, so steps when walking can become shorter, more shuffled, and sometimes difficult to initiate. Your brain has … Read more
The last few months have really been life changing: from increased time with close family, to frequent frozen pizzas and Netflix binges. We’ve all witnessed the world around us changing at an alarming pace and, if we’re brutally honest, most of us have been doing so from the comfort of our sofas. No blame, just … Read more
This is a question I get asked quite often. Most people know that a physiotherapist is able to help rehabilitate sporting injuries, sore backs, sore knees, and so on. What many people don’t necessarily know is that some physiotherapists, like us here at Simpson Physiotherapy, specialise in helping people who have a condition affecting the … Read more
Hello again everyone and thank you for taking the time to read this post. Today I wanted to write about something that is very often overlooked when it comes to living an independent and active life, and that is your Mindset. Many people who have fallen and are worried about falls won’t typically tell me … Read more
This has proved to be an extremely challenging time for everyone. I don’t think there is anyone who has not been directly affected by the impact that the Coronavirus is having. Certainly, from what I am seeing there are a lot of great things happening too, from NHS and Frontline Key Workers who are doing … Read more
If you generally step more gently as you go down the stairs, hold the hand-railing a little bit tighter, and take careful note of where your feet land next… you’re not alone. The vast majority of us either consciously or subconsciously fear the sudden jolt and feeling of vertigo related to feeling taking a tumble … Read more
We’ve all been there… our hands clutching at our thighs in the hope of relieving hip-stress as we get up or sit down; a grimace on our faces as we try to grapple with what we think are signs of aging while easing into the bath; a frown as we get out of the car, … Read more
