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…

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. Anatomy Most clavicles are about 15 cm long,…

Compartment Syndrome Physiotherapy
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Compartment Syndrome Physiotherapy

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Compartment syndrome is a very serious medical condition, and can cause loss of limb and even life. It happens when the presurre in the muscle compartments is very high that it squeezes and compresses, causing lack of blood flow to the areas, and this can compromise the structures there. Think of it like asphyxiation to…

Back Pain Strain Physiotherapy Back Pain and Strain, and How Proper Physiotherapy Management Can Help
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Back Pain Strain Physiotherapy Back Pain and Strain, and How Proper Physiotherapy Management Can Help

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Back pain is not only painful, but also very disruptive to daily routines and lifestyle. Most of our patients will skip work for days, and sometimes they’re even confined to their beds or chairs for most of the day. Unfortunately, around 60-70% of adults suffer from back pain. That’s a minimum of 6 adults out…

Bunion, Valgus Hallux and Physiotherapy
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Bunion, Valgus Hallux and Physiotherapy

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A bunion is the enlargement of the joint at the base of the big toe, which causes the big toe to bend towards the other toes as the joint becomes larger. Can it be painful? Yes, patients often report pain, and unfortunately many patients develop arthritis of the joint as the joint continues to stiffen…

Clavicle Fracture Physiotherapy
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Clavicle Fracture Physiotherapy

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Clavicle fractures are also known as broken collar bones, are very common injuries (especially in children and young adults). Most of the time, the causes are car accidents (typically drivers) falling on outstretched hand direct blows such as sports injuries or accidents Note: collar bone fractures are the MOST commonly fractured bone in the body…

Chronic Low Back Pain Physiotherapy
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Chronic Low Back Pain Physiotherapy

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Chronic low back pain is defined as low back pain that continues for 12 weeks or longer…even after the original injury has been treated. About 5-10% of people who has back pain develops chronic back pain which lasts at least one year. To make things worse, 20% of doctor visits are related to back pain!…

Spondylosis Physiotherapy
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Spondylosis Physiotherapy

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Spondylosis is a very specific type of osteoarthritis in the joints of your spine bone (neck, back or sacrum), and it affects the center of the spinal verebrae and/or neural foramina. Note: It can be easily misdiagnosed, so the doctor and physiotherapist needs to do differential diagnosis: if the same condition affects the zygapophysial joint…

Sprained Your Ankle Again?
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Sprained Your Ankle Again?

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90% cases of untreated ankle sprains can become recurring (as in the ankle keeps getting sprained again and again), but there’s good news: with skilled ankle sprain physiotherapy we can decrease the recurrence to below 40%. What’s an ankle sprain? An ankle sprain happens when the ankle either bends IN or OUT too much, stretching…