Lets begin today’s blog post with a basic recap of the structure of the shoulder joint with emphasis on the shoulder blade AKA scapula. The shoulder joint is a “ball and socket joint” and it has the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body. The scapular (shoulder blade) provides the “socket” and…
Santa Monica Sports Medicine Research Foundation: PEP Program Are you a soccer, rugby, netball player, or an avid spectator of any or all of the above sports? If so, you have no doubt heard about Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries, and the impact it can have on players, coaches and fans of the beautiful game(s).…
What is Severs disease? Whilst the name might make it sound worrying, Sever’s (otherwise known as calcaneal apophysitis) is a normal part of growing up! It is characterized by pain felt in the back of the heel, worse with increased activity and first thing in the morning. It often occurs in the most active children.…
Often in Physiotherapy, patients present with pain caused from overusing the wrong muscles to achieve a movement goal e.g. running, throwing. This means that a muscle or a group of muscles have been incorrectly and repetitively used to achieve a movement, instead of the right muscles because we are unable to recruit the right muscles…