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

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…

Blount’s Disease Physiotherapy
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Blount’s Disease Physiotherapy

Blount’s disease is type of a growth disorder that affects the shin (tibia) bone of toddlers, children and teenagers. Its #1 telltale sign is the leg turning inwards, and the leg will appear bent below the knee. Research hadnt confirmed the exact cause of blount’s disease, but it’s showing to be associated with obesity low…

Bipartite Patella Knee Physiotherapy
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Bipartite Patella Knee Physiotherapy

A bipartite patella means that the patella (knee cap) is two separate bones instead of being the usual one piece; because it failed to fuse together properly during childhood. That’s why this is a pretty rare condition, which affects only 1-2% of the general population. The good news is that most of the time, a…

Thinking of picking up running? Read this first.
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Thinking of picking up running? Read this first.

Running is one of the easiest and most accessible sports people can do around the world – you dont need much gear, just basic running gears and off you go. Singapore’s weather is pretty good for jogging and running too, being very predictable most of the time being hot. Running has good health benefits such…

Baker’s Cyst Knee Physiotherapy
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Baker’s Cyst Knee Physiotherapy

knee swelling knee pain knee stiffness So you must know behind our knees there is this structure called the popliteal bursa, it’s a pretty small fluid-filled pocket that is located between the hamstring muscle tendon and knee bone, and it’s #1 job is to reduce friction. These popliteal cysts tends to affect patients who are…

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear Physiotherapy
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear Physiotherapy

Our anterior cruciate ligament, also known as the ACL, is a very strong ligament in the center front of our knees (there is a back one too, called the posterior cruciate ligament). This ligament is pretty strong, and are typically injured (mild to full tears) to individuals who are very sporty, especially those who participate…