Shin Splints

Shin Splints

Shin splints is an injury common to athletes involved primarily in running sports. It is the name for pain experienced on the front edges or along the inside of the shin. There are two types of shin splints: Outer Leg Shin Splints – Shin Splints on the outside of the...
Shoulder dislocation

Shoulder dislocation

Dislocation of the shoulder is a condition where the ball (head of the humerus) of the shoulder has come out of its socket (the glenoid of the shoulder blade). Because the shoulder is naturally an extremely mobile joint, it suffers from low stability and half of the...
Shoulder Pain

Shoulder Pain

Until we answer the question “What is causing my shoulder pain?”, treating the pain will be a hit and miss and considering the number of conditions which may cause shoulder pain, more often than not, it will be a ‘miss’! We can make many (potentially...
Spinal (Facet) joint pain

Spinal (Facet) joint pain

Along the length of the spine there are small joints on the left and right of each link between the vertebrae. These are your facet joints – one pair of joint surfaces face up and one faces down. The pair above joins the pair below at each level of the spine. The...
Spinal stenosis

Spinal stenosis

Spinal Stenosis is a narrowing of the open spaces within the spinal column. Occurring most often in the neck and the lower back, this can put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves that travel to the arms and legs. While in some cases it can be so mild as to not even...