Growing pains? While it can be challenging for kids and parents, growing pains are common and can occur in up to 49% of children. Two common leg conditions associated with growing are os-good schlatters disease and severs disease. Both of which involve an irritation of boney growth plates. Growth plates are found at the [...]
Have you recently injured your ACL? The management of ACL injuries is a hotly debated topic in sports medicine. For so long we have thought that when ACLs rupture that they cannot heal on their own and require surgical intervention. But we know now that it is not the case and in [...]
When injury strikes, the first thing that most of us want to know is ‘how long will this take to heal?’ The answer to this can be complicated and requires at least a little understanding of how the different tissues of the body heal. Each of the tissues of the [...]
Pain after a yoga class? We all head to a yoga in the hope of improving our health, our mobility and also providing ourselves with important sense of calm and relaxation. However, recent research has pointed an increase in the frequency of yoga related injuries. So what can we do to avoid this and what [...]
Three essential tips for knee pain! Is your knee pain holding you back? Are you experiencing knee pain when walking downstairs or downhill? Are you feeling stiffness in the knee after sitting for a period of time or is your walking capacity limited by knee pain and swelling? There are many different causes for knee [...]