The Approach To Lower Back Exercises Everyone Should Take Poor endurance in “core muscles” or any muscles charged with the roll of fighting against the effects of gravity can leave you unable to hold good sitting and standing postures over extended periods. A failure to maintain good alignment and positioning when sitting and standing with… Read More >
Where Is Your ITB? The Ilio-Tibial Band, ITB for short is a thick band of fascia (connective tissue) running along the outside of the thigh, extending from the hip superficially down the outside of the thigh finishing up at the knee. Although sometimes referred to as the “runners muscle” the ITB is not actually a… Read More >
Acromioclavicular Joint Sprain: The Sporting Shoulder Injury Injuries to the Acromioclavicular joint (often referred to as the AC jt) make up almost half of all sporting shoulder injuries. An acromioclavicular joint sprain is an injury typically the result of direct impact to the shoulder from a fall. The type fall I commonly see causing AC… Read More >
Use Standing Desks To Increase Your Life Expectancy With the American Cancer Society having put out research statistics suggesting people sitting more than six hours a day have a higher death rate it is easy to see why sitting is labeled the new smoking. Couple this with other studies finding similar results where active people… Read More >
The Posterior Cruciate Ligament: The ACL’s Little Known Brother Suffering a posterior cruciate ligament injury is nowhere near as common as its counterpart ACL injuries, records comparing the two injuries suggest PCL injury occurs at a ratio of 10:1 when compared to the more headline grabbing ACL. The mechanism of a PCL injury is the… Read More >
How Does Shockwave Treatment Achieve Results? One of the basic principles behind the way shockwave treatment (ESWT) achieves great results with soft tissue injuries is through the high pressured acoustic shockwaves generated that travel through the skin inducing microtrauma to the target/injured tissue. Subsequently this microtrauma stimulates a healing response in the body, this healing… Read More >
Shockwave Therapy At Sydney Physio Clinic At Sydney Physio Clinic we are pleased to be able offer our patients access to shockwave therapy as a part of our services. Shockwave therapy is a relatively new tool used in the fight against many chronic musculoskeletal conditions. It can be an effective tool in the conservative treatment… Read More >
Extra-Articular Tenodesis, What Is It? Across the board, regardless of the area of medicine surgical techniques are continually evolving and improving, as part of the ongoing quest within the industry as it strives for medical improvements. ACL reconstruction surgery is no exception to this rule, and orthopaedic surgeons are continually looking for ways to both… Read More >
Achilles Tendinopathy A Blanket Term In recent years there has been a shift in the way achilles tendon complaints are labelled and managed. This change has come about primarily because of increased understanding around the actual histology of the tendon and its painful structures. With this there has been a movement away from labelling all… Read More >
