What is Lumbar Disc Injury? Lumbar disc injuries either occur as a result of a bending/twisting/lifting event or, more commonly, due to poor habits that become compounded over time. Many patients are unable to identify a specific movement or event that triggered disc pain. Lumbar disc pain is usually felt in the lower back and […]
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Tennis Elbow – Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
Tennis Elbow or Lateral Epicondylitis Background Information Affects 1-3% of our population. Risk Factors include: Smoking Obesity Aged between 45 and 54 Repetitive movements for at least 2 hours daily Managing physical loads over 20 kg What is Lateral Epicondylitis? Your Lateral Epicondyle is a bony point on the outside of your elbow. Your […]
Bursitis – Management & Symptoms
Everyone has hundreds of bursa around the body. Their role is to reduce friction and allow 2 surfaces to slide over each other freely. When bursa become irritated they become swollen and the ability to allow the 2 surfaces to glide freely is reduced. Poor biomechanics and repetitive strain is quite often the cause of […]
Pelvic Pain in Men (Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome – CPPS)
Pelvic pain in men is more common that you might think. We don’t hear about it because men don’t like to admit they’re in pain, especially when the pain is in his penis and causes pain on ejaculation, or testicular pain, groin pain, a frequent need to urinate, loss of libido….Not only does he shut […]
Pelvis Problems
Pelvis Problems……you say Potato , I say …. Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, Pudendal Neuralgia, Pelvic Dysfunction, Sacro Illiac Dysfunction. The Pelvis is so misunderstood; we as a society have difficulty even finding a consensus on how to name problems with it. Here are a few names which really mean the same thing – Chronic Pelvic […]
Male Pelvic Floor
Can be broken down into 3 main zones 1. Anal region – this one is the easiest and most often used ALL MEN KNOW HOW TO STOP FROM BREAKING WIND IN PUBLIC PLACES – sometimes we just don’t bother making that choice!! (ACTUAL MUSCLE NAME – LEVATOR ANI) 2. Testicular region – The feeling you […]