Structural Imbalance Physiotherapy
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Structural Imbalance Physiotherapy

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You may have chanced upon this word “structural imbalance” before, online or speaking to your friends, or even seeing a physio for your body pains and aches. To understand imbalanced structures, it’s good to understand first, what is “balanced structures”. Contents1 Structural Balance2 Structural imbalance is the opposite of structural balance3 What eventually happens with…

Core Muscle Injury Physio

Core Muscle Injury Physio

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Contents1 First off, what’s a core muscle injury?2 Is it painful? What does it usually feel like?3 How to diagnose core muscle injuries?4 How physiotherapy can help First off, what’s a core muscle injury? The common misdiagnoses (or mislabelling, at least) of core muscle injuries are core muscle injuries (also known as athletic pubalgia), but…

Concussion Physiotherapy

Concussion Physiotherapy

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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates between 2-4 MILLION people gets concussions due to sports, regular and recreational activities in the United States — and that’s a lot of them. We have to factor concussion cases that are under-reported not reported misdiagnosed So it could be closer to 5-10 million people per year who…

Should We Stretch Before an Event?

Should We Stretch Before an Event?

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Contents1 YES Warm-up2 BUT! Stretching is NOT warming up3 A better way to warm up:4 The arguments for-and-against stretching before exercise5 So…stretch or not? What’s the conclusion?6 Stretching equipment YES Warm-up This is good plus plus point to do, because warming up safely and effectively will help prepare your joints and muscles prepare your lungs…

Aquatic Hydrotherapy / Physiotherapy: Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
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Aquatic Hydrotherapy / Physiotherapy: Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries

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Rehabilitation for sports and traumatic injuries may often require patients to stop training and literally rest. And knowing athletes and sporty individuals, this will frustrate them. A lot. Let me give you an example, say ankle injuries, which are the most common musculoskeletal injury that happen in both recreational and competitive athletes. Unfortunately, ankle sprains…

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Hand Therapy
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Hand Therapy

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The main cause of carpal tunnel syndrome is constriction or pressure of the median nerve in the middle of the wrist or palm, causing nerve-issues to the thumb, index finger, middle finger and long half of the ring finger (as well as the palm half). Carpal tunnel syndrome is very common simply because it can…

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Physiotherapy
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Physiotherapy

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Previously known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is typically a painful and progressively disabling condition. Patients and doctors and us therapists are often shocked, as CRPS can happen with seemingly mild stuff, such as scrapes bruises sprains strains and not always major stuff like fractures. It’s complex, affecting an area…

Collar Bone Pain Physiotherapy
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Collar Bone Pain Physiotherapy

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The collar bone is also known as the clavicle, and is a fairly common source of pain especially when it gets injured. The bone itself can be bruised or broken (fracture), or be painful due to wear and tear (arthritis), or the ligaments can be injured too. Contents1 Anatomy2 Broken clavicles3 Acromioclavicular Joint (ACJ) Ligament…