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Jumper’s Knee
Jumper’s knee is when there is irritation of the patella tendon, which is the tendon just beneath your knee cap. Patella and quadriceps tendon pain is a common source of anterior (front) knee pain often occurring from repetitive or excessive overload onto the patellar...
Where does Knee Pain come from?
Knee pain is a common condition and can occur at any age. Growing children suffer from knee pain, so it’s no surprise that a lot of our patients seeking children’s physiotherapy visit our clinics for this exact reason. As well as this, acute injuries can...
Ankle Mobility
Ankle Flexibility Did you know? Loss of ankle flexibility increases your risk of an ankle injury? How flexible should your ankles be? We measure our knee to wall to assess the flexibility of our ankles. It is assessed by performing a wall ankle dorsiflexion test....
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease and the most common form of arthritis.
Typical Symptoms are joint pain, stiffness and swelling and it mainly affects the hands, spine, hips and knees . It most frequently affects people aged over 45 although younger people can also be affected . Risk factors for OA include previous joint injury, being...
Return to Sport after ACL Surgery – a simple explanation
Returning to sport following ACL surgery is not for the faint-hearted, requires respect for the healing process and dedication to rehabilitation. If everything goes perfectly then returning to the sport should take around 9 months. This considers healing time and time...
Acute Low Back Pain – Part 2
Signs & Symptoms Acute low back pain can present as: Sharp catching sensation that limits movements, sometimes feeling like it takes your breath away. This is often most limiting with bending forward or extending fully upright. Sometimes acute pain...
Acute Low Back Pain – Part 1
Low back pain is one of the leading reasons for Physiotherapy visits in the UK. Low back pain can present as: Acute Back Pain – usually a sudden onset and generally settling over 1 day – 6 weeks. Chronic Back Pain – lasting longer than 6 weeks, or longer than expected...
How Effective Are Your Body’s Springs?
When I say springs, I mean the simultaneous timing between the hips and the knees. Biomechanically they are the main shock absorber in the body. If we are running, we need a good soft hip and knee to absorb the force from the ground as we land onto it with one foot,...
How are Injuries Caused?
Injuries result from one or a combination of these 3 things Too much Too soon Too quickly By pushing beyond our body’s ability to take the load we push past our capacity and ability to cope. By the time we get pain, the injury has been building up over time, it hasn’t...