Muscle pain and weakness

Leg cramps, muscle spasm, fibromyalgia, calf and thigh pain, muscle weakness, general body pain.

Widespread muscle pain and weakness is the complaint most often dismissed, and it is worth taking seriously, because the cause can be anything from posture to a nerve problem to something that needs a doctor rather than a physiotherapist.

The assessment matters more here than anywhere else. If the answer is not physiotherapy, Dr. Zahra will tell you where to go instead.

Treatment, where physiotherapy is right, uses manual therapy, exercise therapy, electrotherapy, ultrasound, TENS, dry needling and hijama (cupping therapy).

If cramps are waking you at night, if weakness is getting worse rather than staying the same, or if pain has spread from one area to several.