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Jul 17, 2019
3 min

Guiding you Through an Ankle Sprain

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...

Jul 10, 2019
3 min

Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a super common condition causing joint pain. It may effect a number of different joints in the body, but is partic...

Jul 4, 2019
2 min

Lateral Hip Pain

When people come in complaining of "hip pain" they are sometimes referring to the groin, sometimes to their lower back, but most often th...

Jun 21, 2019
2 min

The National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management

Regular readers of these blog posts will know that I'm often banging on about the advancements in our understanding of chronic pain. This...

Jun 13, 2019
3 min

Rupturing an Achilles Tendon

Anyone who watched game 5 of the NBA finals a couple of days ago would have seen Golden State Warriors' star Kevin Durant rupture his Ach...

Jun 6, 2019
2 min

Why it's Important to have a Strong Glute Max

*"Strength" incorporates power generation, endurance and control. These all play a role in preventing different injury mechanisms, but fo...

May 29, 2019
2 min

Golfer's Elbow

I have seen, literally, zero people with golfer's elbow who actually play golf (I have seen golfers that are suffering from tennis elbow,...

May 22, 2019
2 min

Loading Based Back Pain

Load is a common cause of chronic lower back pain (Lower back pain that has lasted longer than three months). While we often want to find...

May 15, 2019
2 min

The Sacroiliac Joint

The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is an often underlooked potential source of lower back pain. It's particularly common to be a source of lower ...

May 7, 2019
2 min

What is a Physiotherapist?

Now there's a big important question that I, perhaps, should have addressed in a blog post earlier. I think there's some confusion in the...

Apr 30, 2019
2 min

Kinesiology Taping

Kinesiology taping has been around since the 1970s, but a surge in awareness of it and its popularity occurred after it was donated to at...

Apr 16, 2019
2 min

Promoting Recovery After Exercise

At this time of year many of us up our exercise levels. Heat's no longer an excuse not to exercise, winter sports are heading into full sw...

Apr 10, 2019
2 min

Just What is Bursitis?

Bursitis is a common condition. But what is it exactly? You might have a friend that has bursitis of the hip, but you've just been told t...

Apr 5, 2019
2 min

ACL Injuries in Women's Sport

Since the inception of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition it's seen a high rate of ACL injuries. The injury report put out by the AFL fol...

Mar 28, 2019
3 min

We Need to Rely Less on Medical Imaging for Back Pain

Medical imaging technology seems great, right? It can take pictures of what your tissues look like and tell you exactly what's going on. ...

Mar 20, 2019
3 min

The Principles of Rehab

When we think of what physiotherapists try to do, we generally think about them trying to relieve very immediate symptoms, such as pain a...

Mar 13, 2019
3 min

The Pitfalls of Starting a New Exercise Program

Overuse injuries are common when you're starting a new exercise regime, or increasing your exercise load. It can be disheartening. You th...

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

How Muscles Tear

Muscle tears and muscle strains are common sporting injuries. Particularly now that we are heading into the winter sports season, as they...

Feb 27, 2019
2 min

What We Know About Shoulder Bursitis

Our understanding has come along way in recent years, in terms of shoulder pain that in the past we would have called "subacromial bursit...

Feb 20, 2019
3 min

When Work Gives You a Pain in the Neck

Many office workers are no strangers to neck and upper back pain. Ever wondered why? Or how to treat or prevent it? Most of the time, off...

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