Physiotherapy for Glasgow, just east of the city

Glasgow Green, the city's oldest park, has stood on the north bank of the Clyde since the fifteenth century. Each autumn the Great Scottish Run brings thousands of people through the streets, with the half marathon starting in George Square and finishing on the Green. Training for a race like that, often on top of a full time job, is when a lot of runners first feel knee, hip or foot pain that does not settle on its own.

Every Saturday morning, parkrun events take place across the city, including Pollok Country Park on the Southside, Victoria Park in the West End, Springburn Park in the north and Tollcross Park in the east. The Green also has the Glasgow Green Football Centre and the National Hockey Centre built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and rowing clubs have used this stretch of the river since the nineteenth century.

Away from sport, city life brings its own strains. Office workers spend long days at screens in city centre buildings, while chefs, bar staff and retail teams in the Merchant City and along Buchanan Street spend whole shifts on their feet. Both can lead to persistent neck, shoulder and back problems, and people often put off treatment because fitting it around work feels impossible.