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Every year when the running season starts to pick and more and more recreational runners start to enter into events like the Blackmores Half or Full Marathon and even some of the international events like the New York or Boston Marathon we see an increase in the same running injuries. Common injuries that are usually… Continue reading Running Injury Free

What is it? The meniscus is a crescent-shaped fibrocartilage structure located within the knee joint There is both a medial meniscus located on the inside of the knee and a lateral meniscus located on the outside The menisci’s role is to absorb shock and distribute load at the knee joint How is it caused? Most… Continue reading The Knee – Meniscus Injury

If you are like me and have just welcomed, or are awaiting the arrival of a baby, you might need to rethink your training schedule.. All my friends who have children kept telling me the same thing…….”get your sleep in now” or “say goodbye to lie-ins”. So I presume getting out for a few runs… Continue reading Running Strollers

Osteoarthritis – What is it? Is also known as OA or degenerative arthritis and is a group of diseases involving degradation of joints, articular cartilage and bone Cartilage is a tissue which lubricates and cushions joints OA can have a number of predisposing factors, including: hereditary, mechanical, metabolic and developmental OA often results in pain… Continue reading Osteoarthritis

The Iliotibial band is a strong connective tissue that runs down the outside of the thigh originating from tensor fascia latae and gluteus maximus muscles at the pelvis and inserting into the outside of the knee onto the lateral tibial epicondyle. During flexion and extension of the knee the band slides forwards and backwards over… Continue reading Knee Pain – ITB Syndrome

The acronym PRICE (Protection, Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) has long been central to the acute management of soft-tissue injuries despite any significant high-quality evidence to support the different components or collaborative approach. Recent literatures have advocated the use of loading in the management of musculoskeletal disorders. Bleakley et al (2012) have discussed changing PRICE to… Continue reading PRICE needs updating, should we call the POLICE?

Developed by Gray Cook in the United States, the functional movement screen (FMS) was created to help standardise movement assessment.  With the FMS we can derive objective measures to assess injury risk in performance activities.  The FMS looks at 7 fundamental movements such as squatting, inline lunge, straight leg raise as well as rotary stability… Continue reading The Functional Movement Screen – Simplifying Movement

Massage therapy benefits are well identified and proved. With regular massage treatments clients experience a better sense of well-being, fewer aches and pains in the body, reduced stress, increased mobility, better sporting performance, ability to work without discomfort, improved posture, reduced muscle soreness and injury prevention. Massage can also aid with the injury recovery process.… Continue reading The Role of Massage Therapy

Plastic means changeable. It means that we are not hardwired and can change and adapt in order to better interact with our environment. Sometimes we get ourselves into a bit of a pickle.  We have picked up bad habits, learnt to move in a suboptimal fashion and are slowly but surely developing stress pattern in… Continue reading Develop new muscles – humans as plastic beings

A common type of knee pain is patellofemoral pain syndrome or PFPS What is it: –       PFPS is pain experienced at the front of knee, normally around the knee cap. –       It is very common especially in runners How is it caused? –       PFPS is normally caused by muscle imbalance and poor alignment at the… Continue reading Knee Pain (PFPS)

Muscles have a resting state of activity. This is the  level of activity that they return to when they are not functioning at their full optimal level. If they relaxed completely we would be nothing other than a shapeless bag of bones! In response to pain or excessive biomechanical loading patterns sometimes muscles can exist… Continue reading Massage and Physiotherapy working together

In 2013, the second international consensus conference on the scapula was held in Kentucky to discuss and accumulate knowledge of scapular involvement in various shoulder injuries ( Kibler et al, 2013). The major conclusions were 1) scapular dyskinesis is present in a high percentage of shoulder injuries 2) shoulder impingement symptoms are particularly affected by… Continue reading Shoulder Pain – Poor Scapula Control

Ever notice how some “experts” are keen to make BIG statements in order to get their opinions heard? And even better, if this advice can go against the “norm” the excitement is even greater and the number of people talking about it escalates! Icing for injuries is the perfect example. Over the last decade or… Continue reading Should I ice an injury?

The Achilles tendon is band of fibrous collagenous connective tissue which attaches the large calf muscles to the heel. It is situated at the back of the ankle. Contraction of your calf muscles pulls on the Achilles tendon which in turn lifts your heel. This enables us to push up onto our toes, push off… Continue reading The Achilles Tendon

Optimise your training by knowing the relative merits of treadmill running and outdoor running! There are conflicting opinions as to whether running on a treadmill is similar to running outside, in terms of biomechanics. Outside, your legs have to propel themselves forward as opposed to having to pick up your feet on a treadmill, as… Continue reading Treadmill Running and Outdoor Running