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Ask a Physiotherapist Nigeria, Lagos (2026)

06/01/2026

Struggling with constant Back ache?

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Tired of the constant tightness and stiffness in your back?
Whether it’s from sitting too long;
lifting incorrectly;
Pregnancy or childbirth;
Or poor posture at work,
Poor mattress;
Previous injury or
Sports related activities; I’ve got expert advice to help you feel better FAST!
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03/01/2026

Genicular nerve block

A genicular nerve block is an interventional pain procedure targeting the sensory nerves around the knee joint—the superior medial, superior lateral, and inferior medial genicular nerves.

Using fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance, a clinician injects a small amount of local anesthetic, often with a corticosteroid, near these nerves. The goal is to diagnose and treat chronic knee pain, primarily from osteoarthritis, when conservative treatments like medication and physical therapy fail.

It provides a good pain relief, reduces inflammation, and can improve mobility for weeks to months.

It also serves as a diagnostic test to predict success for a longer-lasting radiofrequency ablation of these nerves. T

he procedure is minimally invasive, performed in an outpatient setting, and has a low risk of complications.

02/01/2026

Total knee replacement

Total knee replacement (TKR) is a major surgical procedure to replace a damaged, worn, or arthritic knee joint with an artificial prosthesis to relieve pain and restore function.

This is often the last option of treat when other conservative therapy fail.

Physiotherapy is fundamental to a successful outcome, beginning pre-operatively to educate patients, strengthen muscles, and improve range of motion.

Post-operatively, it starts immediately, focusing on reducing swelling, managing pain, and preventing complications like blood clots.
The core role is to guide a structured rehabilitation program, progressively restoring knee flexion and extension, rebuilding quadriceps and hamstring strength, and improving gait and balance.
This supervised, progressive exercise regimen is crucial for maximizing implant function, ensuring long-term stability, and helping patients return safely to daily activities and independence.

02/01/2026

Gluteus Medius tendinopathy

29/12/2025

This coming year, make it a firm rule not to allow someone who is not a qualified nurse or doctor to give your child an injection especially in the buttocks.
If an unqualified person injects medication into a child's buttock, they can easily hit and damage the sciatic nerve. This is the main nerve that controls the leg.
This damage can cause:
Leg paralysis
Foot drop - where the child can't lift the front of their foot.
Lasting trouble walking
In health sector, this is called injection palsy; it is paralysis caused by a needle in a wrong hand.
And if you have any child with foot drop or leg paralyis, kindkly seek for the servcises of a Physiotherapist.

29/12/2025

Why the shooting pain or tingling sensation in your legs is not going away despite your efforts

Are you worried that the shooting pain or tingling sensation you have in your legs is not going despite your efforts?

Is the shooting pain or tingling sensation driving you crazy?

If yes, this post is for you.

That electric shock-like pain that starts in your back or buttock and goes down your leg is very common —and can be very frustrating, especially when it just won’t go away no matter what you try.

Let me explain why your own efforts might not be working, with a simple story.

Think of it like this:
You come home after a trip and your living room smells very bad.

You clean it up, you spray air freshener… but the smell won’t go away.
The air freshener just gave you a brief moment of good smell.

You’re frustrated!

Then your neighbor tells you the real problem; a rat is decomposing in the gutter outside your window.

So what do you do? Keep spraying air freshener? Of course not. It won't solve the problem.

You would most likely remove the dead rat or call for the services of those that do that.

Once the source is gone, the smell disappears for good.

Your shooting leg pain works the same way.

That electric shock feeling in your leg is never originating on the leg where you feel the pain.

The source is usually in your lower back or buttock.
So if you are rubbing pain creams such as essential balm;
or quick heal balm;
or Aboniki balm;
or the one your spiritual leader gave you, on your calf or thigh, you are just “spraying air freshener” on the problem.

You might get temporary relief, but you are not fixing the root cause.

And the pain would definitely keep disturbing you.

In medical terms, this is often called:

Sciatica: Pressure on your sciatic nerve in the low back.
Radiculopathy: A nerve root in your spine (sciatic nerve) being irritated leading to shooting pain to the legs with other neuro symptoms such as altered sensation or tingling sensation.

Piriformis Syndrome: A tight muscle in your buttock squeezing the sciatic nerve.

The key to making the pain stop is finding and treating the source, not just masking the symptom in your leg.

So, what should you do?
Stop guessing and get a proper assessment from a Physiotherapist.

A Physiotherapist can figure out exactly where the pain is coming from and create a plan to treat the cause, not just the ache.

A Physiotherapist would also advise you on the best way to prevent further recurrence of this annoying pain.

Also, you can follow my page for a series of upcoming videos where I aill break down how to manage different types of back and leg pain.

Stay tuned on my wall as we solve this problem at the source together.

Your favourite Physiotherapist
and wellness coach

Malachy Ifeanyi

25/12/2025

Researchers in Norway uncovered ancient Arctic bacteria preserved in permafrost that produce compounds capable of reversing key cellular aging markers. In laboratory tests, human tissue exposed to these compounds showed up to a 40% reversal in biological aging within eight weeks, suggesting aging may be more flexible than once believed.

The bacteria survived frozen for nearly 40,000 years, evolving powerful biochemical defenses against extreme cold and radiation. Scientists found these same mechanisms unexpectedly reset epigenetic clocks in human cells, reducing inflammation while restoring youthful DNA repair and cell division rates.

At the core of the discovery is a newly identified enzyme that actively rebuilds telomeres, the protective caps on chromosomes that normally shorten with age. Unlike existing therapies that merely slow deterioration, this enzyme appeared to restore telomeres to lengths seen in much younger cells.

Further testing showed treated cells from 80-year-old donors behaved like 40-year-old cells across multiple biological markers. The effect was observed in skin, muscle, organ, and neural tissue, raising the possibility of whole-body rejuvenation rather than isolated benefits.

If proven safe in humans, the implications are enormous. Age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers could become preventable by maintaining youthful cellular repair systems well into old age.

Norway is set to begin early-stage human trials in 2026 involving volunteers aged 65 to 75, tracking biological age over two years. If results hold, researchers estimate clinical availability could arrive before the end of the decade, potentially redefining how humanity experiences aging.

Culled from Techtimes

17/12/2025

Here is a story behind the creation of Sterile gloves.

In the 1880s, Dr. William Halsted, a brilliant Chief Surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital was a man focused on saving lives, demanding absolute cleanliness in his operating room. His most skilled and indispensable colleague was his Head Nurse, a woman named Caroline Hampton.

Every day, before surgery, Caroline had to scrub her hands and forearms rigorously with fierce disinfectants—not just soap, but harsh, weak acids and chemical solutions intended to kill germs. While these measures saved patients, they were brutally painful for Caroline. Her hands became raw, cracked, and painfully inflamed.

Dr. Halsted noticed her quiet suffering. He admired her professionalism and ability, but deep down, his feelings were far more personal. He couldn't stand seeing the woman he admired, and secretly loved, endure such pain just to do her job.

So, Dr. Halsted did something that wasn't clinical; it was romantic.

He quietly reached out to the Goodyear Rubber Company and commissioned something entirely new: two pairs of thin, delicate rubber gloves, custom-made to fit Caroline's hands perfectly. He gave them to her to wear during the scrubbing and operating routines.

Caroline began wearing the gloves, and soon, her hands healed beautifully. The agony was gone, and she could continue her crucial work. This gesture of protection and care was the catalyst. Seeing the relief he brought her, and realizing he couldn't live without her, Dr. Halsted finally found the courage to confess his true feelings. To his immense joy, Caroline reciprocated his love!

Not long after, the brilliant surgeon and his beloved head nurse were married.
And that is how we got the surgical glove! It wasn't invented by a committee or for purely scientific reasons; it was invented out of one doctor’s loving desire to protect the hands of his future wife. And it was also called glove of Love.❤️

Written by
©️ Nurse Derex

11/12/2025

On the right: a real human femur, surgically retired.

On the left: A metallic substitute, a complete prosthesis that will now assume the function of what was once tissue.

It is not science fiction.
It is high complexity orthopedic surgery.
An extreme solution, reserved for cases where the bone has been defeated by cancer, destroyed by chronic infections, or has collapsed by severe wear or irreparable trauma.

Where there was no biological hope, engineering enters.
A piece of titanium, perfectly molded, which not only replaces ... but restores.

Walk. Hold. Move again.
All of that will be possible thanks to an articulation that was not born with the person, but today belongs to him.

This image does not seek to impact the graphic, but by what it symbolizes:

🔹 The moment when medicine and technology shake hands.
🔹 The threshold where the body ends ... and the reconstruction begins.
🔹 The human capacity to reinvent what the disease destroyed.

Because sometimes, to save a limb ...
You have to transform it completely.

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Final reminder: This publication has educational purposes. Every medical decision must be valued individually by a team of specialized professionals.
Culled from ancient history

01/12/2025

The underlying causes of piriformis syndrome and sciatica are different
Both sciatica and piriformis syndrome can cause symptoms in your lower back, buttock, and/or leg, but their underlying causes are different.

Piriformis syndrome is a medical condition where your sciatic nerve is irritated or compressed by your piriformis muscle, deep in your pelvis. The sciatic nerve typically courses close to this muscle. The symptoms of piriformis syndrome may affect your buttock and hip and travel down your sciatic nerve into your thigh and leg.
Sciatica is a set of symptoms, caused when a medical condition, such as a herniated disc or spinal stenosis, irritates or compresses one or more spinal nerve roots in your lower spine (and not the sciatic nerve itself). These nerve roots later merge together to form the sciatic nerve. The medical term for sciatica is radiculopathy (radix is a Latin term indicating a root, as in the root of the spinal nerve, and pathos is a Greek term for disease). Read more about Sciatica Symptoms
Culled from Spine Health

30/11/2025

This Is What Bone Cancer Really Looks Like 🦴💔

Osteosarcoma doesn’t whisper.
It invades, destroys, and rebuilds bone in chaotic, violent ways.

On the left is a femur removed from a patient with advanced osteosarcoma.
Notice how the normal smooth bone is replaced with ragged, coral-like, tumor-filled growth — bone that the body never meant to make.

On the right is the same horror seen on X-ray:
A cloud of immature bone, holes eaten through the cortex, and the classic “sunburst pattern” that radiologists fear.

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone cancer in children and teens.
It often begins with symptoms that seem harmless:

• Bone pain that worsens at night
• Swelling near the knee or shoulder
• A limp that “doesn’t go away”
• A fracture from minimal trauma

But beneath the surface… the tumor is building this.

✨ The good news:
When caught early, modern chemotherapy + limb-sparing surgery has dramatically improved survival.

⛔ The danger:
Delays in diagnosis because early pain is often dismissed as “growing pains.”

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Parents, teens, athletes — if bone pain keeps returning or worsening, don’t ignore it. Early imaging can save a life.

👉 Share to spread awareness. This is one cancer where early action truly changes everything

Culled from Medical Media

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