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 [...]
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 [...]
Shin splints, are a painful condition of the lower leg. Also known as Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, it is an overuse injury that causes pain along the inside of the tibia or shin bone. It can be common condition in runners and hikers. Pain from shin splints is often felt during or after exercise, just [...]
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 [...]
Have you been diagnosed with tennis elbow- and you don’t even play tennis? Are you finding it painful after being at the computer, or even with lifting the kettle or a saucepan? Have you been trying massage, ice, heat and still not recovering? Tennis elbow can be a real pain! It can limit your [...]
Having pain that impacts your running can be frustrating! Tendon pain can be especially difficult, as this type of pain can be very slow in its recovery. Often runners will run through their pain and wait for it to go away, which often will not happen- resulting in a cycle of pain and weakness. Runners [...]