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Monday 8am - 8pm Tuesday 8am - 8pm Wednesday 8am - 8pm Thursday 8am - 8pm Friday 8pm - 4pm Saturday 8pm - 4pm Sunday 8am - 1pm

The Barnes Physiotherapy Practice Ltd, 3a The Maltings, Railway Place, Hertford (2025)

Our mission statement

Our aim is to provide patients with comprehensive, high quality and professional physiotherapy treatments and rehabilitation. We believe in a personal approach to your diagnosis and treatment with "hands on" physiotherapy

Utilising a wide range of treatments we can provide pain relief for numerous conditions. for example, sports injuries, neck and back pain, muscle injuries, strains and sprains, to name a few

25/04/2025

Pilates originated in Germany in the early 20th century. It was developed by Joseph Pilates, who originally called his method Contrology. He was a gymnast, boxer, and self-defense instructor who believed that mental and physical health were closely connected.

During World War I, while interned in a British camp as a German national, he began refining his method and even used it to help rehabilitate injured soldiers—often rigging up hospital beds with springs to provide resistance training (which inspired the later Pilates reformer machines).

After the war, Joseph Pilates moved to the United States in the 1920s and opened a studio in New York City with his wife Clara. It quickly gained popularity, especially among dancers and performers, due to its focus on core strength, flexibility, and body alignment.

05/04/2025

We are so exciting to be working with . What a great gym offering a range dynamic fitness classes. Based on the outskirts in Hertford and Ware at Stoney Hills. Jay and Sian offer a friendly and motivational environment and we are lucky enough to work alongside them in a treatment room in their gym. Keith will be working there on a Thursday (starting 17th April 9-5) with a view to increase this, along side the demand. He will be offering - 30 minute sports massage @ £35. - 60 minute sports massage @ £55. - 30 minute assessment/treatment @ £45. Please call 01992 550069 to book in. Online bookings will be available next week. For more information on OnPoint Fitness please scan the QR code or visit their Instagram .

09/11/2024

A Trigger Point (TrP) is a hyperirritable spot, a palpable nodule in the taut bands of the skeletal muscles’ fascia. Direct compression or muscle contraction can elicit jump sign, local tenderness, local twitch response and referred pain which usually responds with a pain pattern distant from the spot

Myofascial trigger points (or simply “trigger points”) are contracted areas inside a muscle or surrounding connective tissue (called fascia) that stay shortened no matter what you’re doing. Also known as muscle knots, these areas can be very sensitive to pressure and cause pain.

If you squeeze your shoulder with your hand and feel a dense ball of muscle (what we often call a muscle knot), you have found a trigger point. You can either do this yourself, or have a trained professional (such as a physical therapist or massage therapist) help you out in feeling for these spots. If you hold on to that point for a few seconds and with enough pressure, you may even feel that trigger point start to refer somewhere else.
Common trigger point symptoms may include (but are not limited to):
Dull aching or muscle tenderness
Muscle stiffness and reduced range of motion
Muscle weakness or fatigue
Involuntary muscle contractions (or twitches)
Inability to get a muscle to relax
Affected area feels “warm” to the touch
Burning or tingling sensations

Due to possible referred pain patterns, trigger point symptoms may mimic the symptoms of other conditions, such as:
Sciatica
Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain
Iliotibial (IT) band syndrome
Neck pain and tension headaches
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain
Abdominal or pelvic pain
Low back pain, hip pain, and knee pain

07/11/2024

Causes of Posterior Hip and Gluteal pain

- Lumbar spine referral pain: Aggravating factors: sitting, running, walking, lumbar spine movements, cycling. pins and needles or numbness can be present associated with lower back pain and posterior thigh pain..
- Gluteal tendinopathy: More common in females combined presentation with hip joint pathology. Pain can also be in the groin and outside of the hip and thigh. Aggravating factors lying on your side at night, walking, stairs, cross leg positions and getting in and out of the car.
- Deep Gluteal syndrome: common in sedentary females over the age of 40. Onset can be insidious after a fall or after bending. Pain can be combined with burning or cramping feeling at the back of the thigh region.

Treatment:
- Gluteal Tendinopathy: a gradual loading exercise programme, pain under 5/10 when loading is acceptable. Avoid lying on the affected side and sleeping with pillow between these can help. Deep Gluteal syndrome: Reduce sitting time and try use cushions when sitting on hard surfaces, strengthening gluteal muscles. Males avoid sitting with wallet under buttock

04/11/2024

What is a Plica????? One of my very unfortunate patients has had a symptomatic plica in both knees. He was a keen cyclist who covered a ridiculous amount miles for years with no problems. He was then knocked off his road bike and this led to onset of left knee pain resulting in surgery, the right started shortly after. Again needing surgery. The surgeon was surprised how big his Plica were. Considering only approximately 50% of us have a plica at all. Read below for more info and tap link to video.
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A plica is a fold of synovial membrane most commonly in the anteromedial aspect of the knee. A plica is present in about 50% of the population and is thought to be the remnants of embryonic connective tissue that failed to fully resorb during your foetal development. Luckily, most plicae are asymptomatic
Plica syndrome is essentially an inflamed plica. Your plica can catch during:
* repetitive knee straightening and bending,
* blunt trauma or knee twisting,
* fat pad irritation,
* altered knee motion,
Plica syndrome can be suspected when you have:
* Anteromedial knee pain - esp medial femoral condyle.
* Visible and palpably tender plica.

Address

3a The Maltings, Railway Place
Hertford
SG137BS

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8pm - 4pm
Saturday	8pm - 4pm
Sunday	8am - 1pm

Website

http://www.barnesphysiohertford.co.uk/

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