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A sports therapist treats and prevents musculoskeletal injuries using hands-on techniques like deep tissue massage, joint mobilisation and rehabilitation exercises.

You don't need to be an athlete to benefit - sports therapy helps anyone with muscle pain, joint stiffness or recovery from injury, whether it came from running a marathon or lifting a sofa.

Look for a therapist registered with the Society of Sports Therapists (SST) or a similar professional body to ensure they are properly qualified.

Perth is the principal city of Perth and Kinross, sitting on the banks of the River Tay roughly halfway between Edinburgh and Inverness.

Known historically as the Fair City, it served as the de facto capital of Scotland for much of the medieval period and traces of that significance remain in its architecture and civic life.

The city centre has a good mix of independent shops, restaurants and national retailers, anchored by the pedestrianised High Street and St John's Kirk, the medieval church at the heart of the city.

Perth is well connected by road and rail, with direct trains to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Inverness, making it a practical base for those who travel regularly.

The surrounding countryside - Kinnoull Hill, the North Inch and South Inch parklands and the River Tay itself - gives Perth an unusually green and open feel for a city of its size.

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Perth and Kinross is a large council area in the heart of Scotland, stretching from the lowland farmland of Strathearn and the Carse of Gowrie in the south to the remote Cairngorm peaks and Highland glens of Atholl and Rannoch in the north.

Perth - the 'Fair City' - is the administrative centre and largest settlement, a compact and handsome city at the tidal limit of the River Tay that served as Scotland's capital in the medieval period and retains a civic confidence well beyond its size.

The area divides naturally into Highland and Lowland: south of the Highland Boundary Fault lie the fertile straths and market towns of Strathearn, Kinross-shire and the Carse; north of it, the landscape rises steeply into the Grampians, with Pitlochry, Aberfeldy and Blair Atholl strung along the great routes into the Highlands.

Kinross-shire, historically a separate county, sits in the south-east around Loch Leven - a nationally important nature reserve and the setting for one of Scotland's most dramatic episodes of royal captivity - and retains a distinct local identity within the wider council area.

Transport links converge on Perth, where the M90, A9 and main rail lines from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Inverness meet, making the city one of the best-connected in Scotland - though the more remote Highland communities depend on the A9 trunk road and its long-awaited dualling programme.