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 [...]
Do you have shoulder pain thats not improving? Is your pain worse with overhead activities or throwing sports? Do you have catching or clicking in the shoulder joint? You might have a slap tear, also known as a labral tear! Let's explore what a labral tear is an what you need to do about [...]
Shin Pain? Are you experiencing shin pain during or after walking or running? You might have tibialis posterior tendinopathy! What is tibialise posterior tendinopathy? The tibialis posterior muscle sits just inside the shin, halfway up the lower leg. The muscle travels downwards and runs along the inside of the heel, with the tendon attaching [...]
Are you waking up first thing in the morning and hobbling as a result of heel pain? When you sit for a long time and go to get up, does the pain return? Is it painful for the first hundred steps before easing off? Have you tried rolling, orthotics, exercises and still have lingering [...]
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 [...]
Around 70% of running injuries are attributed to a training error and almost all of them can be avoided with the right training and recovery strategies! As both a health professional and runner myself, I am in a unique position to help guide you to stay moving and injury free! Avoid training error  Increasing your [...]
Setting the goal of completing a marathon? It's vital that you are mentally and physically ready and have a strategic training plan in place! If you’re looking to train for a marathon or train effectively whilst injured, keep reading! Marathon programs roughly run over a minimum of 16 weeks and consist of four phases – [...]
Our muscles play an important role in the movement of our body. Without our muscles, we wouldn’t be able to bend our elbow or straighten our leg. As our muscles are soft and designed for flexibility, they are also prone to injury and if you have ever had a muscle tear, you know that they [...]
What is Osteitis Pubis? Osteitis Pubis is a medical term used to describe sports-related groin pain. Osteitis means ‘bone inflammation’, while pubis refers to the specific bone that is affected: the pubic bone. Osteitis pubis is usually an overuse injury that can sometimes be triggered by a specific event. It is characterised by pain deep [...]