Panacea Physiotherapy

19/01/2026

🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ Another weekend. Gone. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️

They do seem to fly by don't they.

I've entered the Reading 2026 Half Marathon so am fully in training mode for that. But it does seem like I need to be running with armbands on at the moment - puddles everywhere!

I do like a personal challenge though. I like to feel like I'm working towards something. Goals. I definitely take after my Dad in that respect. He taught me well! 💙

🚧 🚙 🚧 Just to remind my patients that there might be a small diversion in place on our road this week so please keep an eye on your satnavs and give yourself an extra 5 minutes to arrive. Thank you. 🚧 🚙 🚧

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk

You. But Better.

12/01/2026

🎨👨🏻‍🎨💙 Art is fabulous. Creativity needs to be supported 💙👨🏻‍🎨🎨

The hugely talented artist Carne Griffiths Artist has kicked off 2026 by making prints available of his beautiful painting ‘The Fabulous Fox’ for the very first time.

Carne is a family friend and honestly, one of the nicest people to walk the planet. You might recognise the painting, it holds a special place here in the Panacea Clinic. We affectionately know The Fabulous Fox as ‘Dave’. It was a Wedding Anniversary present from my Husband.

You can now purchase prints in 4 different sizes - and only 25 of each size are available - so be quick!!

Prices range from £25 for a Mini Print, to £250 for the Largest Size.

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carnegriffiths/make-100-fabulous-fox-prints

Carne Griffiths Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarneGriffiths

Carne Griffiths Website:
https://www.carnegriffiths.com

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk

You. But Better.

07/01/2026

🚨 NEW BLOG 🚨

We’ve all heard it a thousand times: "Drink more water." It’s the standard advice from doctors, athletes, and that one friend who carries a gallon jug everywhere.

But beyond just quenching your thirst, why does water actually matter?

We’ve all heard it a thousand times: "Drink more water." It’s the standard advice from doctors, athletes, and that one friend who carries a gallon jug everywhere. But beyond just quenching your thirst, why does water actually matter?Water makes up about 60% of your body, and nearly every major s...

05/01/2026

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And like that... the holidays are over!

The clinic doors are back open. Welcome. There is salt on the driveway, the heating is most definitely on!

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk

You. But Better.

31/12/2025

I would just like to take a moment to wish all my lovely clients a very Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas.

See you in 2026! 🎉🎊

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk

You. But Better.

22/12/2025

🎄🎅🏻❄️⛄
HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Only a few more hours for me in the clinic before I close the doors for a few days to reset, restore and enjoy Christmas with family and friends.

I would just like to take this opportunity to wish my patients and your family's a very Happy Christmas and the most wonderful New Year.

Thank you so much for all your support. You really do make my dream job an absolute dream.

I appreciate you.

Happy Christmas
x Vicky x

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk

You. But Better.

15/12/2025

☀️🏊🏻‍♀️💪🏻🏃🏻‍♀️☀️ Big Week Ahead ☀️🏃🏻‍♀️💪🏻🏊🏻‍♀️☀️

This was the beautiful scene on my run yesterday morning. I love running around Henley-on-Thames and Oxfordshire. And there's something so beautiful when the sun and fog combine. It's just the mysteriousness of it all. And yesterday really was a breathtaking morning.

So the last full week of Clinic before a little break for Christmas. A time of family. Rest and restore. And maybe a few puzzles 🧩 and games 🎩.

And snuck in between on Wednesday we have the small task of a 10K swim for the Chiltern Centre (www.chilterncentre.org.uk). See last week's post for more information. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored us so far, both through the link (below) and through direct donations from patients. You've all been so kind and it really is appreciated. 🥰

And with that, my first patient has arrived... Have a wonderful week!

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk

You. But Better.

Donate here:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/100x100s?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=WA

08/12/2025

🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♀️🏊🏻🥽 Two things about me 🏊🏻🏊🏻‍♀️🏊🏻‍♂️🥽

1️⃣ I love swimming
2️⃣ I love a challenge

So this Christmas, my Swimming Club, the Swim 2 Live group are taking on the mental & physical challenge of swimming 10 kilometers - 100 metre intervals, repeated 100 times with only a few seconds gap in between. It’s an absolute endurance-fest for every swimmer.

For some, it's about completing the 10km faster than they've done before.

For others, it's simply about finishing this daunting distance.

Others still, swim as many lengths as they can do pushing themselves to their limits.

But what we all have in common is that we're raising money to support the amazing work the Chiltern Centre does for young people with disabilities in Henley on Thames.

The Chiltern Centre provides 24/7 care for young adults with disabilities, often with complex medical needs. They provide a home from home environment with great emphasis on empowerment, learning, independence, friendship, choice and building confidence.

They offer a vast range of activities and opportunities from days at the farm, to volunteering opportunities, to dance classes, music therapy, arts and crafts, drawing, puzzles, relaxing and chatting, trips along the river, weekends to Butlins, and much more. The young adults particularly love their swimming outings.

To do all this great work requires £200,000 of fundraising every year.

So please do give whatever you can – every penny counts.

For more information, visit www.chilterncentre.org.uk

Thanks to all the team at Henley Leisure Centre for your support!

Donate link here and in Bio:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/100x100s?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=WA

01/12/2025

🎄🦌❄️☃️ It's beginning to look a lot like...
🎄🦌❄️☃️

Too soon?

We know a fair few people who put their Christmas trees up yesterday. We'll be doing ours at the weekend.

It's the dreaded trip into the loft that makes think: 'we just need to get that bit out of the way, then we're halfway there'.

I'm sure we have loft goblins! We never find the Christmas decorations in the same place we're sure we left them the year before.

Go careful maneuvering yourselves up the ladder and through the hatch and go even more careful carrying them down. If you can please ask someone to help you!

We'll be putting the tree up listening to the new Fluidnation or Ben Mynott Shameless Classics album happily avoiding Cliff Richard's 'Mistletoe & Wine' and Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'.

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals. Look after yourself.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk
You. But Better.

24/11/2025

⚽🎾🚴🏻🏃🏻‍♀️💙🏃

Have you ever seen that coloured tape on your favourite footballer or wondered why most of the athletes during the last Olympics seemed to have tape all over them?

The reason is Kinesiology Tape, or K-Tape as it is otherwise known. Over the last few years this tape has engulfed the sporting world and there is a reason for this… it has phenomenal results.

The tape has a repertoire of functions. It improves the efficiency of muscles and helps prolong fatigue. It can help to reduce swelling and can also help to alleviate pain and aid healing of injured tissues.

Kinesiology Tape, when applied correctly, can assist in overcoming injuries and aid recovery, it allows the muscle to free up their attachments underneath the skin to allow them to move more freely and work to their full potential. Even if you haven’t got an injury this tape can give you more flexibility which makes the muscles tire less quickly on exertion, this in turn can improve the quality in a sporting activity and hence why you see it on so many high level sportspeople.

But you don’t have to be an elite athlete to have treatment with the tape and it can help people with all kind of ailments and I have seen lots of soft tissue complaints improve within one physiotherapy treatment and application of Kinesiology Tape. Once the injury has settled there is no need to keep taping, but using it getting back to normal activities while rehabilitating your injury can be very helpful.

I buy all my Kinesiology Tape from as it's by far the best I've used to date. It's stays on for days and is so durable, it's so malleable due to the elasticity and is easy to use. It also means I get to order it from a local company as they are based in Henley-on-Thames. Their customer service from Roxy is always unbelievable too.

For more information or to make an appointment please contact me via the contact form on my website.

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals. Look after yourself.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk
You. But Better.

19/11/2025

🚨NEW BLOG POST🚨

Have you ever seen that coloured tape on your favourite footballer or wondered why most of the athletes during the last Olympics seemed to have tape all over them?

The reason is Kinesiology Tape, or K-Tape as it is otherwise known. Over the last few years this tape has engulfed the sporting world and there is a reason for this… it has phenomenal results.

Have you ever seen that coloured tape on your favourite footballer or wondered why most of the athletes during the last Olympics seemed to have tape all over them?The reason is Kinesiology Tape, or K-Tape as it is otherwise known. Over the last few years this tape has engulfed the sporting world and...

17/11/2025

☕🤗☕♥️ What fuels you? ♥️☕🤗☕ Every morning, at 10.45am, I have a wonderful Latte brought in for me by my amazing husband. It's between patients, and I have a chance to catch up on my patient's notes and just take a breath before the midmorning clinic starts and takes me right up to lunch. It's gorgeous.

The coffee beans are from in Oxford - we've been buying them from there for years now. We adore them.

Anyone local can buy them at in Stoke Row. HUGE Congratulations to Tona at Imma for being named Baker of The Year! Quite an achievement and hugely deserved. Their Almond Croissants have to be tasted to be believed.

These little treats are joyous.

Anyway, back to another busy week of Clinic and Pilates.

Don't let aches, pains and muscle strains get in the way of your goals. Look after yourself.

We're here to help.

www.panaceaphysiotherapy.co.uk
You. But Better.