Stress fractures

Stress fractures

A stress fracture, which consists of tiny cracks, is the result of excessive, usually repetitive, force through healthy bone. Often sports related, they are common injuries amongst runners, where fractures occur in the feet and the shin bones, but they can also occur...
Tendinopathy

Tendinopathy

Tendinopathy encompasses tendon injuries and can develop in any tendon of the body. It includes Tendinosis and Tendonitis, which are different terms used for varying degrees of tendon injuries. Tendons are the tough fibres connecting muscles to bones. Tendon injuries...
Tennis and Golfer’s elbow

Tennis and Golfer’s elbow

The best way to explain what Golfer’s elbow and Tennis elbow is, while noting the similarities and differences between them, is to do a comparison of the two. They are very similar but occur on opposite sides of the elbow joint. Golfer’s elbow involves an injury or...
TMJ disorder

TMJ disorder

The full medical term of the most commonly used joint in the human body is the Temporomandibular joint, which is the joint on either side of your jaw. Your TMJs are involved in breathing, talking, chewing and even in the expression of human emotions! When the TMJ...
Whiplash

Whiplash

“Not a serious accident” you think, but your body has been whipped back and forth in an unexpected, jarring motion and suddenly, sometimes unknowingly, you have become a victim of ‘Whiplash.’ Make no mistake, no accident or seemingly unimportant ‘bumper bashing’ is...