Keeping your feet happy
Want to know how you can keep your feet happy? Way too many of us are taking our feet for granted, until of course, they start hurting. You don’t have to be a runner to experience sore feet, maybe you are just on your feet all day, or maybe you work in an office and are experiencing swollen feet, whoever you are, whatever you do, when sore feet strike, you realise how much you rely on them. Keep reading… I’m going to give you five super simple tips to keep your feet happy! Pick
Do you have elbow pain that just won’t resolve?
Today I want to talk to you about a common injury we see here at Back to Health Physiotherapy called extensor tendinopathy, which is more commonly known as “tennis elbow”. Now in most cases we see this injury in athletes and manual workers, however, this highly restrictive injury can strike anyone. Pain can appear suddenly due to heavy lifting or unscrewing a tight lid, or more commonly, 24-72 hours following an unaccustomed activity which requires repetitive use of the muscles that control the wrists, hands or fingers, especially when gripping is involved. Tennis elbow can
How to manage those restricting headaches!
Over the past month, we’ve seen a drastic increase in patients looking for relief from painful headaches. Totally understandable too, they can really interfere with your daily life and make it difficult to complete simple everyday tasks! Keep reading, we’re going to share what the most common causes are and what we can do to help you through it. Quick question for you… Have you been suffering from headaches that just won’t go away? If so, we want to help you get pain free, because what many patients don’t realise is that Physiotherapy treatment
Elbow pain?!
Elbow pain?! We have the answers: Lateral elbow pain, tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis. extensor tendonopathy is all too common in modern society. It is actually caused by repetitive wrist actions (1), not elbow movement. Too much mouse and typing work, repetitive use with tools such as hammer, screwdriver, etc, and household activities like painting, sanding, gardening etc. This pain can range from mildly annoying to completely debilitating. Far too many people put up with this issue for far too long thinking “it will just get better” Chances are it will not
Running injuries?! Must Read:
Running injuries are one of the most common things we treat here at Back to Health Physio. Here we will show you some of the most common conditions we see and how to avoid these sorts of things yourself. Patello-femoral syndrome – this gives you pain at the front of your knee during or after exercise involving your knee (especially running) and is due to a combination of abnormal biomechanics, inappropriate loading of the knee and muscle and tendon weakness and tightness. This condition requires a biomechanical assessment to diagnose any irregularities of how
Ankle Inversion Injury and Netball
Elite and novice netballers have all experienced an ankle injury at some time or another, the most common being the ankle inversion injury, or “rolled ankle”. This type of ankle injury can be debilitating if not correctly treated from day one. This type of injury affects the ligaments on the outer aspect of the ankle, those that normally stabilise the ankle during dynamic movements. It can occasionally cause muscle tears of the Fibulari muscle group, and sometimes fractures of the bony attachment where some ligaments anchor (an avulsion fracture). An avulsion fracture may be