Headaches
In this stressful world, headaches are commonplace and what many people don’t know is that most headaches are aggravated by some neck involvement, even if the neck is not the original cause. It simply makes sense therefore to consult a Physiotherapist directly when...
Hip Pain
People experience hip pain at different times and for different reasons. Most commonly, you fear that there is something wrong with the actual joint which could mean years of trouble or future operations which nobody wants! The first suggestion I make is to look at...
Hip Impingement
The hip joint consists of a ‘ball and socket’ mechanism and it normally moves freely through a wide range of movements, but a problem that can interfere with this free motion is known as Hip impingement or FAI (Femoroacetabular Impingement). What are the symptoms of...
Hip Labral Tear
The Labrum is a ring of cartilage that follows the outside rim of the socket of the hip joint. In addition to cushioning the hip joint, it acts like a rubber seal to hold the ball at the top of your thigh bone within your hip socket. When part of that cartilage is...
Illiotibial band syndrome
If you’ve ever felt sharp or burning pain on the outside of your knee or thigh, especially during running or cycling, you might have been told it’s an iliotibial band (ITB) problem. The ITB is a dense tendon that stabilizes both the hip and the knee. When it acts up,...
Knee Pain
Until we answer the question “What is causing my knee pain?”, treating the pain will be a hit and miss and considering the number of conditions which may cause knee pain, the law of averages says, it will likely be a ‘miss’! We can make many (potentially incorrect)...
Ligament sprains
‘Ligament sprains’ and ‘Muscle strain’ are often confused and usually written about in tandem, however they are in fact quite different. Muscle and tendon (joining muscle to bone) strains occur when there is a poor level of fitness or poor dynamic control within the...
Meniscus Injuries
This term is derived from an injury done to the Knee Meniscus and is more commonly referred to as a ‘Meniscus tear.’ So, what is the knee Meniscus? It is a kidney shaped, fibrous cartilage wedge which separates your thigh bone, or ‘Femur’, from your shin bone or...
Muscle Tears or Strains
‘Muscle strains’ and ‘Ligament sprains’ and are often confused and usually written about in tandem, and although the rehabilitation principles are similar they are in fact quite different conditions. Ligaments join bone to bone and injuries occur when there is...
Musculoskeletal Pain
Musculoskeletal pain is pain caused by injury to the bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons and/or nerves. The pain can be either acute or chronic and either localised or widespread. It is basically a summary of all the types of physical pain a person could suffer...
Neck–Arm pain
Also referred to as ‘Neck-Arm syndrome’, Neck-Arm pain encompasses a number of conditions that affect your neck or upper back, which include some arm symptoms. The most common form is the shoulder variety. Specific to problems that cause referred pain down the arm,...
Osgood Schlatter Disease
Your child has been complaining about his knee for the last couple of months and in trying to get to the bottom of it you may have been told to let him just push through – "it will pass!" Or he must "stop all sports immediately!" Should you take him for a cortisone...