The Crescent Clinic

12/09/2025

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You don’t have to take our word for it…. Our patients say it better

Thanks so much to everyone that takes the time to leave a review 🙏

10/09/2025

🏆 Why Athletes Need Physiotherapy?🏆

Physiotherapy isn’t just for when you’re injured - it’s an essential part of every athletes training, recovery or competing journey & plays a vital role in keeping you at your best

💡 Here’s how Physiotherapy helps athletes
🔹Prevents Injuries
Through movement assessments, strength & flexibility training & tailored programs, physio’s identify risks before they turn into serious injuries
🔹Speeds Recovery
From sprains to strains to more serious injuries, physiotherapy helps athletes heal faster with targeted rehab exercises, hand on therapy & recovery strategies
🔹Manages Pain Safely
Instead of relying on painkillers, physio’s use proven techniques like manual therapy, taping & exercise therapy to reduce pain & restore function
🔹Rehabilitation & Return to Sport
A structured rehab ensures athletes rebuild strength, balance & confidence- reducing the risk of re-injury & helping them return stronger
🔹Boosts Performance
Physiotherapy isn’t just about healing, it’s about unlocking potential. Improving mobility, strength, posture & biomechanics helps athletes move more effectively & perform at their peak

✅ In short- physiotherapy keeps athletes healthy,resilient & ready to perform. It’s not just treatment- it’s a performance advantage

02/09/2025

Super excited to be supporting Taunton Netball Club this season. We hope you all have a great season and if we can help with any recovery or injury needs, please do drop us a message.

We are delighted to announce a new team sponsor for Blackdown - The Crescent Clinic - for all your sporting injury needs!

30/08/2025

🦴 Are you coming back from a stress fracture? Don’t rush it….

🦿Stress fractures need time, structure & support to heal properly or you risk a repeat injury

ℹ️ Tops Tips

👉 Rest & Heal - bones need time to rebuild. Follow your load restrictions & listen to your body
👉 Gradual weight bearing - Reintroduce load progressively with your physio’s guidance
👉 Strengthen & Stabilise - Focus on hips, core & surrounding muscles to absorb impact better
👉 Train Safely - Low impact workouts keep you fit without overloading the bone
👉 Return to Run programme - Follow a structured walk/run protocol (no short cuts & no guess work 😉)

If you’re still not sure if you’re “ready” to get back to your sport let one of our team help you to make a safe return

☎️ 01823 334149

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28/08/2025

🚨 Your liver works 24/7 but when was the last time you checked in on it? 🚨

Your liver is a vital organ & responsible for over 500 essential functions, including detoxifying your blood, aiding digestion, storing nutrients & regulating metabolism

Liver scanning with is a quick, painless & non-intrusive way to
✅ Detect fatty liver disease (even before symptoms appear)
✅Monitor liver stiffness, an indicator of fibrosis or cirrhosis
✅Evaluate damage caused by alcohol use, obesity,hepatitis or medication
✅Track liver function & measure response to treatment

NB If you have diabetes, high cholesterol, are overweight or drink alcohol regularly, liver screening is especially recommended

If you are looking for peace of mind each ® takes just 15 minutes &results are ready immediately.

For more information or to book in with either click the link or call the clinic on
☎️ 01823 334149

https://tawazunhealth.com/

11/08/2025

We are loving working with Tawazun Health to provide liver scans at the clinic. Please follow the link for more information 👌

Tawazun Health is helping find, manage, and reverse the fatty liver pandemic with our FibroScan® technology.

11/08/2025

Another top post from Ben Phillips at TA1 Performance Coaching He speaks wise words….worth a read AND putting the ideas into practice 👌💪

Off Season Strength & Conditioning: The Difference Between a Flying Start and the Physio’s Table

The off season shouldn’t mean switching off.

Yet every summer, I see players rest for too long, skip the hard work, and roll the dice with their bodies.

When injuries come, they call it bad luck. I call it avoidable. The off season isn’t a break, it’s your chance to get better, stronger, and ready. 💪🔥

Rest is obviously important, but when pre season comes around, the same faces turn up carrying niggles, moving gingerly, or worse, already injured.⚠️

As someone who’s played at the top level, I can tell you the truth: the off season isn’t a holiday from your body, it’s probably the ONLY time you can properly prepare it for what’s ahead. 🏆

The Demands of Our Sports

In English winter sports, your body faces relentless challenges:

🏑 Hockey – fast accelerations, sudden stops, low body positions, twisting through the hips and back.

🏐Netball – sharp pivots, explosive jumps, hard landings, constant changes of direction.

⚽️Football – repeated sprints, tackles, and quick decelerations on heavy pitches.

🏉Rugby – high speed collisions, scrums, tackles, and the demands of carrying or evading under contact.

If your muscles, joints, and tendons aren’t conditioned for these loads, they will fail. 🚨

The Science of Injury Prevention

• Strength training builds resilience.
Stronger muscles protect your joints and improve tendon health, reducing soft tissue injuries.

• Conditioning protects performance under fatigue. Most injuries happen late in matches or training sessions when your technique drops. Better fitness delays that breakdown.

• Mobility and stability protect movement quality. If your hips, ankles, or shoulders can’t move through their proper range, other parts of your body take the strain.

Your Off Season Priorities

1. Strength & Power – Squats, deadlifts, lunges, presses, and jumps to build your athletic base.

2. Mobility & Stability – Target problem areas so you move freely and absorb force safely.

3. Conditioning – A balance of steady work for endurance and short, sharp intervals for match intensity.

4. Recovery – Sleep, nutrition, and hydration to adapt and grow. 💤🥗💧

The Brutal Truth 👊🏼

If you skip this work, don’t act surprised when:

🤕Your hamstring goes on your first sprint.
🤕Your ankle rolls on your first change of direction.
🤕Your back locks up after your first contact session.
🤕Or Worse!

These aren’t accidents either they’re the predictable cost of a lazy summer. ⚡

From One Athlete to Another 🤣

The best players I’ve worked with never treated the off season as a full break. In my opinion, club players should mirror the pros and treat the off season with the same importance, because when you’re not a full time athlete, the risk of deconditioning is even greater.

When that first whistle blows, you can either be the fittest, strongest version of yourself… or the one explaining your injury to the physio.

The choice is yours. 🎯

Need assistance you know all about me by now. If not get in touch for help.

23/07/2025

📣 New In Taunton 📣
📣 Specialist Liver Screening 📣

🩻Is your liver healthy? Most liver diseases show no symptoms until it’s too late but early detection saves lives

The non-invasive FibroScan probe uses shear wave technology to analyse 3cm(3) of liver tissue, assessing liver fattiness & stiffness scores in just 15 minutes

❗️More accurate than blood tests
❗️No patient discomfort
❗️Results immediately

Ideal for those with

▪️ Type 2 diabetes
▪️ High cholesterol
▪️ Heart disease
▪️ Fatty liver
▪️ Family history of liver issues

To book in with Louise or to learn more please contact https://tawazunhealth.com/

17/07/2025

📢📢NEW TREATMENT PACKAGE📢📢

Struggling with chronic pain, tendon issues or stubborn muscle tightness?

Following the huge success of our recently added service, MSK Ultrasound scanning, we have now bundled together the power of technology with our team of experts into 1 treatment package

What are we offering?

✨Ultrasound scanning + shockwave therapy (x4) + physiotherapy (x3) = £495.00

✨A saving of £55.00

✨Services we can offer within clinic make us ideally suited to gold standard clinical tendon management

✨Evidence based tendon rehab sessions

If you feel we could help or you have any questions please call 01823 334149

NB:If shockwave therapy is not the recommended treatment following scanning, we offer Scan + Physio for = £243.00

08/07/2025

Thank you for trusting us 🙏

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02/07/2025

PAIN GONE? Great, but don’t stop there!!

Just because the pain has faded it doesn’t necessarily mean your body is fully healed

✅Hidden weaknesses can linger
✅Movement patterns may still be off
✅Imbalances can lead to re-injury
✅Your body needs to rebuild strength & stability

Rehab isn’t just about feeling better, it’s about moving better

🎯 If you are looking for a strong & safe return to sport or training call 01823 334149 to book in with one of our specialised team

28/05/2025

✨ Muscle or Joint pain? MSK (muscular skeletal) Ultrasound can help

We have recently welcomed,MSK Sonographer & senior clinical teaching fellow at University College,London, Paul Thawley to our team. Paul has worked in F1, football,rugby & was a British Olympic association senior physiotherapist, attending multiple Olympic Games.

With Paul now firmly part of the team we have added MSK Ultrasound scanning to the list of services we can offer.

MSK Ultrasound gives us a clear view of your muscles,tendons & joints, in real time & without radiation

🏃‍♀️ Sports Injury
🦵Knee or shoulder pain
🤕Struggling with swelling or stiffness

We can help… MSK Uktrasound is

✅ Fast
✅ Painless
✅ Safe & super accurate

To book in with Paul or to see how we could help, please call the clinic on 📞01823 334149
Let us get you back to moving faster 💪

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