It's a commonly reported phenomenon that people with chronic pain experience worse symptoms in winter. But why would this be? One or a combination of factors...

The current environment makes it hard for many of us to work as much exercise into our routine as we'd like. We know there are many health benefits to exerci...

Modern technology allows for consultations with health professionals to occur via a video link, and this is referred to as "telehealth". Studies have shown t...

People with chronic pain often find it difficult to know where to go for help. They can get conflicting information from different health professionals, fami...

Lower back pain, the majority of the time, is a temporary annoyance that will resolve fairly quickly, sometimes requiring a period of physiotherapy. But for ...

Lateral hip pain, that is pain on the outside of the hip, is a very common complaint, particularly among middle-aged women. Often people suffering from this ...

"Rotator cuff" is a phrase we come across often when talking about shoulder injuries. But what exactly is it, what does it do and how do we stop it from beco...

Often people experiencing a headache are also experiencing neck pain/tightness at the same time. There are different ways that neck pain may either cause or ...

Even kids need physio sometimes. Sure, they're less prone to things like back pain, neck pain and injuries than the rest of us, but sometimes kids get pain o...

The shoulder is a very common site of musculoskeletal pain. We hear terms like "bursitis" and "frozen shoulder" but what do they mean? And what exactly does ...

Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylalgia (which literally means "pain on the outside of the elbow"), is the most common non-traumatic cause of elbow pain. The...

Pes anserine bursitis is a seldom thought of, but surpringly common cause of knee pain. The pes anserinus (latin for goose's foot) is an area just below the ...

When muscles feel tight, what exactly does that mean? The feeling of tightness in muscles is related to their length and their resting tone. Muscle length - ...

Maybe it's time we stop thinking of pain as simply a bad thing. Pain obviously serves an important evolutionary purpose. Namely, it protects us from injury b...

Conventional wisdom has been that if you tear your ACL and want to return to sports such as football, soccer, netball, basketball etc, that you'll need to un...

A fairly common cause of buttock pain is piriformis syndrome. Pain from this condition is usually felt in the buttocks on one side or both, and sometimes ext...

We think of the knee as one joint. And while "the knee" primarily refers to the joint between the femur (thigh bone) and the tibia (shin bone), the knee is a...

Calf pain and/or tightness is a very common complaint in runners. While we might be familiar with the concept of a sudden onset calf strain or calf tear, a g...

When you get tendon pain then tendency is to rest. Exercise makes the tendons hurt, so resting will make them better, right? Well, not really. Resting will a...

Ankle sprains are the most common sports injury. One in five patients seen in an emergency room for a sports injury present with an ankle sprain. An estimate...