I have just done something — what now?
What to do in the first 48 hours after an injury
The window where the right decisions make the biggest difference, and where most people either do too much or do far too little.
Advice
Self-care and aftercare
The part of the job that happens when you are not here. Straight answers to the questions that come up most, including the ones where the honest answer is that treatment is not what you need.
Should I be putting ice or heat on this?
Ice or heat?
The most common question in the clinic, and the answer is less about the injury than about how long you have had it.
I feel sore after treatment — is that normal?
After your session
What to expect in the day or two after treatment, what is normal, and the small number of things that are not.
What should I be doing between appointments?
What actually helps between sessions
An hour on the couch against roughly a hundred and sixty waking hours in between. This is the page that decides whether it holds.
When it is not one for a therapist
Still not sure?
None of this replaces having the problem looked at. If you have read through and you are still guessing, that is exactly what an assessment is for — and if it turns out to be something I should not be treating, I will tell you and point you at who should.