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Patella Fractures

The patella is the largest sesamoid bone in the body and is located anterior to the knee joint and within...

Shingles

Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is also responsible for chickenpox. It occurs because of a reactivation...

Popliteus Tear

Popliteus is a small muscle at the back of the knee joint designed to ‘unlock’ the knee. When the knee...

Calf Tear

Hamstring Tendinopathy

Hamstring tear

An acute hamstring injury involves tearing of the muscle or tendon fibres from a singular point of exertion. Most commonly...

Osgood Schlatters Disease

Named after two surgeons who first described it, Osgood Schlatters Disease (OSD) is an apohysitis of the tibial tubercle. The...

Quadriceps strain

Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome

Sinding-Larsen-Johansson (SLJ) syndrome is a painful overuse knee condition that commonly affects teenagers and involves the disruption of patellar tendon...

Hip Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a condition affecting the cartilage of a joint. The role of cartilage within a joint is to...

Knee Osteo-arthritis

Osteoarthritis is one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases worldwide impacting on the health of joints. The knee joint is...

Temporo-mandibular Disorders (TMD’s)

TMD's are a group of conditions affecting the temporo-mandibular joints (TMJ) and the muscles attached to them. TMD's affect 5-12%...

Basic Training Load Monitoring for Runners

One of the biggest risk factors for injury in runners is inappropriate changes to training. This can be changes...

Runing Strength and Core Control

Strength and Stability Training for All Runners As runners, running is our primary focus of course and sometimes it...

Cervicogenic Headache

What is a Cervicogenic Headache ? Cervicogenic headaches are a specific type of headache where the underlying cause is related...

Elbow Pain

Knee Pain

What is causing my knee pain? The knee is made up of various tissues including bone, muscle, cartilage, tendons and...

Headaches

What is a headache? Headache is considered to be pain in the head which can extend from the base of...

Thoracic Spine

The thoracic spine is the least mobile region of the spine, however this does not mean it is any less...

Shoulder Instability

Recent Physica Blogs

Patella Fractures

Shingles

Popliteus Tear

Calf Tear

Hamstring Tendinopathy

Hamstring tear

Osgood Schlatters Disease

Quadriceps strain

Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome

Hip Osteoarthritis

Knee Osteo-arthritis

Temporo-mandibular Disorders (TMD’s)

Basic Training Load Monitoring for Runners

Runing Strength and Core Control

Cervicogenic Headache

Elbow Pain

Knee Pain

Headaches

Thoracic Spine

Shoulder Instability

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