Carolyn Fenwick Physiotherapists

22/11/2025

Happy 70th birthday Bev Marshall !

22/11/2025

Happy 70th birthday Bev! Thanks for your kindness and sense of humour. You make our practice a fun place to work in. 😊🤗

21/11/2025

And an exercise guide to help you build bone

18/11/2025

We can help you with neck and back pain. Phone us to make an appointment 083 457 7789/ 011 849 7726

Back pain is very common and can be extremely debilitating. Patients become concerned when there seems to be no apparent cause of their pain. Simple low back pain is where no serious cause can be found… Pain may be mild or very strong, but it typically improves a lot over the first

13/11/2025

🚨 Exercise snacks: small bouts, big benefits 📈

NEW summarising this recent study on short, structured bouts of physical activity and their impact on improving fitness and health 📄

💪 Any movement counts
🔑 Feasibility is key
⏰ Consistency matters

Blog ➡️ https://bit.ly/47FSNy8

12/11/2025

Short walks, stretches, squats at the desk, stairs instead of the elevator.
Small, consistent motions build strength, resilience, and longevity.

You don’t need “more time.”
You need more motion.
And that’s something you can start right now.

08/11/2025

We traded long walks for long hours sitting.
We traded playing for scrolling.
We traded movement for convenience.

And then we said,
“I’m getting old.”

But what if the body isn’t aging as fast as the habit is?

What if the stiffness, the soreness, the fatigue
isn’t the body falling apart…
but the body asking to be used again?

Muscles weaken when they’re ignored.
Balance fades when it’s not practiced.
Joints tighten when they don’t get invited to move.

The body is not fragile.
The body is adaptable.
It responds to what you do with it
or what you don’t.

So move.
Even if it’s slow.
Even if it’s gentle.
Even if it’s only for 5 minutes today.

Your body is not done.
Your strength is not gone.
Your story is not over.

04/11/2025

Are you in pain? We can help. Call us on 0834577789 or 0118497726 for an appointment

Back and neck pain, and also headaches are problems we regularly treat with great success. Sometimes back pain is accompanied by leg pain (sciatica) and one can experience pain, or pins and needles, down your arm and into your hand with neck pain. Physiotherapy treatment is very successful for these...

30/10/2025

Your MRI doesn’t tell your story it only whispers a few lines.
Imaging shows structure, not strength.
It can’t measure resilience, adaptation, or how your body feels and functions.

Far too many surgeries are done because of what’s seen on a screen
tiny “abnormalities” that are often just normal signs of living.
Age-appropriate changes, not emergencies.

Before you rush to fix what may not be broken,
start with movement, education, and a real conversation.
You are not your MRI.
You are more than an image
you are function, healing, and potential in motion

24/10/2025

Every time you skip your walk, your brain and body quietly take note.
Muscle isn’t just for the young or the vain but it is your life insurance policy.

It protects your joints, stabilizes your balance, boosts your mood and even helps your memory.

Yes, lifting weights might do more for your mind than another crossword puzzle!

The real problem?

Too many people “retire” from movement.
We treat the gym like it’s for athletes instead of medicine for everyone.
The truth is simple and uncomfortable.
If you stop challenging your muscles, your brain follows.

Don’t let comfort steal your strength.
Pick up something heavy, learn something new, move like your life depends on it.

Because it does.

24/10/2025

Working on your balance is one of the most powerful, underrated acts of self-preservation.

This is not just about avoiding falls but about claiming freedom.
The freedom to step off a curb without fear.
To hike, dance, reach, bend, and live without hesitation.

Because balance is more than a physical skill, it’s a metaphor for life itself.
When you challenge your balance, you teach your body to adapt.
When you wobble, you’re learning resilience.
When you steady yourself, you’re reminding your brain that control still belongs to you.

Too many people trade their confidence for comfort.
They stop moving, stop challenging, stop trusting their own strength.
Then one day, the world shifts beneath their feet and they realize the real danger wasn’t movement, but stillness.

So yes, stand on one leg while you brush your teeth.
Take the uneven path. Feel the floor under you.
Wobble, laugh, regain, repeat.
That’s practice for the beautiful, unpredictable rhythm of being alive.

Train your balance and you train your freedom.
Because balance is about power.
And the moment you stop chasing it, you start losing it.

17/10/2025

You didn’t “lose balance” because you’re old.
You lost it because you stopped moving.

Let’s stop blaming age for what inactivity caused.
You sat down for years.
You stopped training your legs.
You stopped trusting your body.
And the world told you that was “normal.”
That was graceful aging. It wasn’t.
It was decline...avoidable decline.

Balance isn’t something the young are gifted.
It’s something the active maintain.
And guess what? You can earn it back.
But not by being careful.
By being intentional.
By getting up.
Moving.
Challenging yourself.

If you’re afraid of falling, do something about it.
Train. Get stronger. Get steadier.
Because “just being careful” is exactly how people become fragile.

You’re not fragile. You’re deconditioned.
And that can change if you stop treating age like a diagnosis.