This encompasses physical, psychological, emotional, and social well being. Movement Dynamics has worked in many of these conditions.
Evidence based physiotherapy (physical therapy) specialised in pain and injury management, and restoration of movements, strength, and physical wellbeing due to various acute and chronic conditions. Physiotherapy [or physical therapy in the US and few other countries], is a specialty in health care that can help you restore or improve your ability to move because of an injury or a health problem. Physiotherapy is concerned with assessing and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment/intervention, and rehabilitation. It involves the interaction between physical therapist (PT), patients/clients, other health professionals, families, care givers, and communities in a process where movement potential is assessed and goals are agreed upon, using knowledge and skills unique to physiotherapists. Physios use an individual's history and carry out physical assessments to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and, when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies. Physiotherapy has many specialties including cardiopulmonary, neurologic, orthopaedic, sports, geriatrics and pediatrics, to name some of the more common areas.
03/08/2025
Did you know physiotherapy can help manage headaches?
Headaches can have many causes.
From tension-type to cervicogenic headaches, physiotherapists are trained to assess and treat musculoskeletal conditions that may contribute to head pain.
Working alongside medical practitioners, physiotherapists can develop personalised treatment plans, particularly for headaches linked to neck pain.
Physiotherapy can help with some types of headaches, alongside medical management. If you get frequent headaches or have a new or unusual headache, see a doctor.
27/07/2025
Suffering from tendinopathy?
“Rest" often leads to more stiffness, weakness, and delayed recovery.
What tendons really need is:
➡️ Load that signals adaptation
➡️ Stress that remodels collagen
➡️ Progression that respects irritability
18/07/2025
One of the questions physios get asked the most is “what’s the best exercise for (insert injury)?"
There’s no best exercise for any particular injury. There may be some preferred or more common, but it’s really about finding the right exercise for that person that leads to success.
Credit: The Endurance Physio
16/07/2025
The 'Training-Injury Prevention Paradox'
A phenomenon whereby athletes who are chronically exposed to higher training loads experience fewer injuries than those with lower or inconsistent workloads. Contrary to traditional assumptions that more [of certain types of…] training inherently increases injury risk, strength training appears to confer dose-dependent protective effects when implemented progressively and with appropriate targeting.
In a 2018 meta-analysis (PMID: 30131332), strength training interventions reduced sports injuries by an average of 66%, with a ~4% risk reduction for every 10% increase in weekly training volume, provided the intensity and duration were held constant.
Credit: William Wallace, PhD
06/07/2025
Almost a decade ago, but still very relevant. Many are still stuck in this old tale of manual therapy.
Have you ever struggled to explain what exactly your hands-on manual therapy is doing? It’s time to shift from outdated tissue-fix narratives to empowering, brain-focused education.
Manual therapy doesn’t “break adhesions” or “put things back in place” — it modulates the nervous system, reduces threat, and changes pain perception. The words you choose matter, they can help or harm. Use your explanation as a bridge to teach patients about pain, neuroplasticity, and how movement creates real, lasting change.
Let’s keep building more resilient, confident patients, now and in the future.
You put your hands on a patient and begin to press, guess, mob, thrust, manipulate, needle, scrape, and “release” their tissues, ...
28/06/2025
Back pain is very rarely a medical emergency. Don't go rushing for X-rays and MRI. Just pay your physiotherapist extra. Lol! Yes, it can be scary, but not threatening.
Here's a patient who's had the worst pain in her life. Can hardly move upon waking up. Her French partner used to be my patient for same problem some years ago.
18/06/2025
A new study sheds light on how physical activity helps protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease on a cellular level.
A new study has shed light on how physical activity helps rewire and protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease on a cellular level as people age.
13/06/2025
Can we really release the Iliotibial band?
Many athletes (and therapists) will advocate for foam rolling the ITB in order to release it.
But is this actually possible?
The ITB is a band of fascia that helps reduce the mechanical and metabolic cost of movement through elastic recoil during walking and running.
It’s actually meant to be taut.
But of course, it can become painful.
Many will find foam rolling it painful and some will say it really helps while others swear it does nothing.
What we know is that we simply cannot change its length by applying the force we can apply.
It takes over 2000 pounds of force to deform it by 1% and even if we could do this, it would return to its original state once we removed the force.
We don’t actually want to be able to deform fascia, otherwise it would be changing constantly as we sit, lay and move, something that wouldn’t actually be helpful.
Foam rolling in and of itself has made big claims about its ability to lengthen fascia and release or break up adhesions.
Similarly we see people use tools and devices to claim to do the same.
But there’s little strength of effect in the evidence to support it.
It also has negligible effects on performance and recovery.
However, and it’s a relevant point to note, foam rolling and these similar “release” techniques appear to have little negative effects and can provide short term increases in range of movement and pain reduction.
Although it’s not something I advocate for or prescribe, I’m often having conversations with athletes and patients where I stress to them
that you shouldn’t hang your hat on it, don’t buy into what many therapists claim it can do, but if you enjoy it, have all your other bases covered around training and recovery and feel it helps, then please do use it within the context of the big picture.
Credit: The Endurance Physio
25/05/2025
We’ve all spent time trying to find just the right words to explain pain — the perfect metaphor, the cleanest neurobiology, the ideal elevator pitch.
But what most people need isn’t a lecture.
They need their own story reflected back to them.
If you’ve ever seen a patient’s eyes change when you said something that clicked — that’s not because your science was perfect. It’s because your attention was.
Try this:
In your next session, take one line from your patient’s story and build your explanation around it. No metaphors. No TED Talk. Just their words, echoed back with care.
👉 Credit: The Modern Pain Podcast by Modern Pain Care
07/05/2025
A novel therapy that retrains the brain’s emotional processing has demonstrated significant reductions in chronic pain intensity and improved emotional regulation. This approach highlights the critical role of emotional health in managing chronic pain and offers accessible treatment options for individuals across diverse locations.
A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) shows that targeting emotional processing is key to treating and managing chronic pain.
02/05/2025
29/04/2025
Does your physiotherapist have a good understanding of pain science?
A recent study found that pain neuroscience education (PNE) reduces pain, disability, and kinesiophobia in people with chronic spinal pain.
I am Dioni De Guzman, owner of Dynamic Moves Physical Therapy. I am a physiotherapist [physical therapist] licensed in Philippines with special interests in pain science education, therapeutic movements, exercise prescriptions, biopsychosocial framework, mental health rehabilitation, and evidence based practice.
I hold a Diploma in FIFA Football Medicine. I also have background in basic psychology which is an essential component in effective physiotherapy practice.
I practiced Physiotherapy in Bangkok, Thailand for five years with specialisation in musculoskeletal conditions and sports related injuries in children, adults and older adults.
I have had wide variety of clients which included football players, runners and triathletes, golfers, professional dancers, boxers, MMA fighters, weekend and recreational warriors among many others. Have also worked with a lot of teen athletes, as well as older adults and seniors.
Moreover I have extensive practice in geriatric physiotherapy which includes functional retraining, strength and conditioning, as wells as balance and fall prevention training for seniors and elderly.
Right now, I am focusing on physical therapy and mental health as part of my ever growing desire to help different populations needing physical therapy care and interventions.
