What Is Jumper’s Knee? The term jumper’s knee describes an insertional tendinopathy, a tendon complaint where injury, degeneration, or inflammation occurs at the point where the tendon attaches to bone. With regard specifically to a patella tendinopathy, it is where the site of discomfort and injury is experienced at the attachment of the tendon to… Read More >
Treatment Protocol For Corked Muscle Injuries A physiotherapist can help diagnose and grade injury severity. Muscle contusions are sometimes confused with muscle tears, applying the correct management for both the type and severity of injury is crucial when looking for a speedy return to play and preventing any complications along the way. Ideally following soft… Read More >
What Is A Corked Thigh? A muscle contusion is a very common injury, frequently referred to as a “cork” in sporting circles. Muscle cork injuries normally occur whilst playing contact team sports like soccer, AFL and the rugby codes, however are also commonplace in cricket, hockey or lacrosse where a hard ball, or object may… Read More >
Treating ITB Syndrome, A Physiotherapists Perspective As a Sydney physio practicing in an exercise crazy city and a runners paradise, like many other physios I am frequently called on to assess and treat knee pain, including ITB complaints. Treating ITB syndrome requires the physiotherapist to look at all of the potential causes and assessing the… Read More >
Compartment Syndrome Is A Potential Cause Of Lower Leg Pain Athletes and particularly running athletes commonly experience lower leg pain. In fact only knee pain is a more common complaint in runners. There are many potential causes of lower leg pain, anything from stress fractures, tenosynovitis, tendinopathy to shin splints. Chronic exertional compartment syndrome is… Read More >
What Are Platelet Rich Plasma Injections? Platelet rich plasma more commonly referred to as PRP injections have been in use for several years and are an alternative treatment for managing chronic tendinopathy and degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis. Platelets are they cells in our blood associated with healing and repair, the basic science behind… Read More >
What Is A DVT? A deep vein thrombosis, more commonly referred to as a DVT occurs when a blood clot (thrombus) forms in one or more of the deep veins in your body, usually your legs. Which in turn can result in potentially serious health effects if this thrombus blocks a blood vessel. A deep… Read More >
Treadmill Verses Road Running: Which Is Better? Answering the question regarding which is the best, treadmill verses road running is not really something that can be labeled as one being “better” than the other. Treadmill running and road running are clearly very similar, but at the same time differ in some significant ways, both having… 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 >