Ankylosing Spondylitis Physiotherapy
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Ankylosing Spondylitis Physiotherapy

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis, and its main tell-tale characteristic affects the spine. Patients usually suffer from chronic jointal and ligamental inflammation within their back and neck bones and joints. Over time, this will lead to chronic (another name for long term) pain, stiffness and even posture. For moderate to severe types of…

Ankle Impingement Physiotherapy
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Ankle Impingement Physiotherapy

Ankle impingement basically means that there’s something in your ankle that’s pinched (or compressed) with movement. That’s the simplified version, and this painful condition usually affects people who experience movement forces through their ankle at these “end-range” positions, such as cyclists as they pedal dancers as they pivot gymnasts as they kick off and land…

How to Prevent Ankle Sprains
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How to Prevent Ankle Sprains

Ankle sprains are downright both a terrible experience, and worse, they can happen and recur too easily. Especially if left untreated or as many patients think “ankle sprains can heal on their own”. If you have sprained your ankle once, it is at greater risk for reinjury in the future, so if the ligaments did…

Ankle sprain physio
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Ankle sprain physio

Ankle sprains are pretty common foot and ankle injuries that happens when our ankle twists or turns beyond its normal range of movement. It can be pretty painful – I remember the day I sprained my ankle during my first time learning ice skating, man, my ankles were pretty painful. I couldnt walk properly for…

Hip joint injection for pain relief
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Hip joint injection for pain relief

Our hip joint is a very important movement and load-bearing joint, so if there’s any conditions or injuries that affects your hip, it’s both unpleasant and painful. Sometimes when the hip joint is so / too painful, a pain-relieving hip joint injection can be useful and effective (at least in the short run) to relieve…

An Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Arthritis

An Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Arthritis

You heard that right – an anti-inflammatory diet may help to decrease chronic pains related to arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis osteoarthritis juvenile arthritis as well as other types of inflammatory arthritis such as psoariasis or ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Example of anti-inflammatory diet One example of the anti-inflammatory diet is the Mediterranean Diet, which avoids…