Mike Squirrell Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic

Mike has been treating me for over 2 years on an off and I won’t see another physio when I am in London. I cannot express how thankful I am for all his help with my back over the years. Wonderful service!

I came into the Harley St. clinic in June after experiencing knee pain for the first time — I am an avid runner and have completed multiple marathons. MikeSquirrellClinic diagnosed me with «Fat Pad» and assured me that within a few weeks and a few sessions I should be back to normal. MSClinic did give me a number of good stretches to work through outside the clinic and performed various massage and acupuncture techniques.
After stretching intensely and by the 4^th or 5^th appt. without results, I became frustrated and began to research the problem myself. On the last appointment I asked a number of questions about my right VMO muscle and realised this was the main problem. It had weakened significantly, and the knee pain was being caused by a «lack of tracking» from a weak VMO.
So for the past 2 months I have been working on my own researching on ways to build up the strength in this muscle, and I am finally back to approx. 95%. Honestly, the best remedy for this was simple leg extensions with small weight, basically starting with lifting the bar and building up over time. I didn’t try this remedy until about a month ago as I had a stigma that weights were bad and stretching /​core strengthening is the best alternative. I wish I had done this from day 1 and not spent the money that I did. Or at least received this advice.
I am a bit disappointed with the whole process as I feel I lost a summer of running (for once a nice summer).
I emailed MSClinic with the above dissatisfaction and did not receive a response. There is likely a better clinic out there.