Tendinopathy: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment When pain strikes a tendon, it can cause significant discomfort. Sometimes this discomfort comes and goes quickly, other times it can linger for long periods of time, or come and go. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not only athletes and people playing sports that are at risk from tendinopathy. The…
7 Reasons You’re Experiencing Shoulder Pain Chances are you don’t often stop to think about how important your shoulders are to your daily life – until something goes wrong with it, that is. Our shoulders are vital to a wide range of everyday activities, providing support and strength to our arms’ vast range of movements.…
Surgery, Rehabilitation and Recovery When you’ve experienced an injury or degenerative condition and lived with the associated pain and inconvenience, it’s tempting to see surgery as the ultimate solution, a quick fix that will make everything better. If you really need surgery, it is certainly a wonderful blessing, a clear milestone in your recovery. But…
Foam Rolling: Is It Actually Beneficial? Massage is a wonderful way to relieve muscle tension but it’s hard to do it to yourself. That’s where foam rolling comes in. You can use foam rolling to warm up before a workout, cool down afterwards, and relieve tight, sore spots in your muscles. It’s great for athletes…
6 Tips to Maximise Your Off-season If you love playing a particular sport, then the off-season really sucks. You miss the camaraderie, the competition and the post-game celebrations. Those months away from the pitch can really drag. Here’s how to make the most of your off-season so you’re in prime fitness for your first game…
No pain, no gain, right? If you’ve been using your muscles at the gym or on the sports field then you can expect to feel a little soreness. But when is it more than that? And how do you tell the difference? About your muscles There are about 600 muscles packed inside your body,…
Yes, you read that correctly. Your neck may be the cause of your headaches. Your body is not a collection of different parts. It’s an intricately connected system, meaning that a hidden problem in one area may express itself in another. Understanding your neck Your neck is made up of the 7 small vertebrae…
Physiotherapy isn’t only about sports injuries and rehabilitation. You will often see it used as a way to treat acute or chronic health conditions, but it can also be used to help prevent pain and injury from occurring in the first place. In fact, physiotherapy can be useful for improving your overall health and wellbeing.…
Whether you have a surgery approaching or you’re somebody who would like to stay as far away as possible from suffering an injury and all of the baggage they carry, then Prehabilitation might be for you. What is Prehabilitation? The term ‘prehab’ is one you’ve probably heard in the past and mistaken for a…
Sciatica: Your Questions Answered Sciatica is one of the most common types of back pain, thought to affect about 40% of adults at some point in life. Here’s everything you need to know about it. What is Sciatica? Sciatica is the name for pain that follows the path of your sciatic nerve. This is…