Claire McGrail

BSc Sports Therapy. Animal lover. Dancer. Runner

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

Great start to the @UEFA medical symposium in Lugano, Switzerland.

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🎥 Re-live Shania Robba’s opening goal for 🇬🇮’s WNT against Hearts just before half-time

#GFA | #GibraltarFA | #WNT

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Our students have been ‘Joel spotting’ at the @england match today. What an experience for our incredible senior lecturer in Sports Therapy, Joel Harris, who is away supporting the squad. Some last minute soft tissue for Bellingham on the pitch. Fantastic work Joel Harris🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🦁👏

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

Pure happiness 😍 #recharge

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

Here are some snippets of client homework videos 📲 …they may not look like your usual rehab exercises, but they certainly explore different ways of moving muscles and joints of the body 🔩🦴🦵🏼 https://t.co/9Bm6axMcG9

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

Different kind of morning 🎤
A pleasure to speak with A-level students and discuss career pathways 🔃🎓

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

A day at work #womensfootball 🇬🇮
Proud of two amazing performances from the team👏🏼

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

A few of my go to foam rolling/mobility exercise for a tight back 🛠️🫶🏼 #movementisnedicine

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

This is just an example of an exercise I’d use to assess the pelvis and observe how the body moves or “cheats” to achieve what it’s being asked to do.
“Hips don’t lie! “😜
#objectiveassessment #hip #pain

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Here’s what I’m looking at during this particular movement 👀.
Firstly, the pelvis needs to be able to shift laterally over the stance leg. For this patient, you can see there’s an inability to load the LEFT HIP (glute medius). Her right hip moves more laterally.

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If you look slightly higher up her body, you can see that whole left side doesn’t lengthen as much which could indicate left side ribcage restriction and an inability to lengthen the obliques.
Interestingly, this patient also has a LEFT sided dodgy shoulder. 🤔

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

Variations of the exercise include: shoulder support/unsupported and holding a light weighted object/no weight. This would be adapted and specific to the patients needs.
Ref➡️Jo Gibson ‘SHOULDER DOC’

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

An effective shoulder exercise that targets mobility & stability of the shoulder blade and rotator cuff muscles. Aim for high repetitions to feel the burn 🔥

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

Apart from being used as an assessment tool, it’s an excellent exercise to implement into the first stages of a rehab programme.📈

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

Single leg midfoot bridge - a simple test I often use in the clinic to look at load tolerance ability of the lower limb. 🦵🏼🔍

[Claire McGrail @cmc_therapy]

This test can give clues as to what tissues need more attention and could be contributing towards the pain, e.g an issue with hamstring load tolerance could be contributing to anterior knee pain.