Chronic Pain Syndromes Physiotherapy
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Chronic Pain Syndromes Physiotherapy

There’s an estimated 116,000,000 Americans who have chronic pain every year, and it costs an averae of $600,000,000,000 for medical treatment, lost work time and lost income. Chronic pain is ongoing pain in one or more parts in the body…with or without any real body tissue damage due to injury or illness, beyond normal tissue…

Foot Strike During Running
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Foot Strike During Running

As physios, we get a lot of patients who loves jogging and running (as well as marathoning) and many of them get runners injuries and pains. One of the best things about running and jogging is that it doesnt need much gear and costs: just running gears such as shoes and light clothings roads, treadmills…

Biceps Tendon Rupture Physiotherapy
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Biceps Tendon Rupture Physiotherapy

Everyone knows the biceps – it’s usually called “the guns” of the body…but sometimes the tendons of the biceps muscle can tear at the insertion site because of falls, sports injuries, car accidents etc. Most of the time, bicep tendon tears happen at the bicep tendon that’s near the shoulder; and moreso in men than…

Biceps Tendinitis Physiotherapy
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Biceps Tendinitis Physiotherapy

Biceps tendinitis is actually a quite common cause of shoulder pain and shoulder impingement (compression of tissue with movement). Biceps tendon inflammation (tendinitis) tends to happen to individuals who do lots of repetitive, over-the-head movements. It also tends to be a wear-and-tear (ie happens over a period of time), typically with aches and pains just…

Achilles Tendon Physiotherapy
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Achilles Tendon Physiotherapy

Our achilles tendon is the strongest and largest tendon of the entire body. It attaches to three muscles which are: plantaris gastrocnemius soleus connecting them to our calcaneal bone (commonly known as our heel). It’s located from the back of our ankle to about one third height of the back of our legs (around 6…

Acromicioclavicular (AC) Joint (Shoulder) Injuries
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Acromicioclavicular (AC) Joint (Shoulder) Injuries

Our acromioclavicular joint (also called “AC” joints) refers to the joint at the top of our shoulder, where the acromion (shoulder blade) attaches to the clavicle (the collarbone). That’s why it’s called acromioclavicular joint. These kind of painful shoulder injuries typically happens due to sudden traumatic events such as sports or falling directly on the…