Puberty is made up of a sequence of stages that affect skeletal, muscular and hormonal parts of the body. Puberty is defined as a phase…
Growth plates are defined as the area of new bone growth which is made up of cartilage at the end of our long bones. There…
PRICE vs MEAT On a daily basis unexpected injuries are sometimes unavoidable and can range from mild to severe. These injuries can happen to a…
It has been said that “stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle”, and although this may be the ideal way to approach…
Contusions or Cork injuries, are a type of bruise formed as a result of direct trauma or related blows by a blunt object to a…
Sprains and strains are terms we commonly use, often interchangeably, as part of our vocabulary but do what really are they? Is there a difference?…
Shin splints is the general term attributed to pain on our shins. This can be directly on the shin bone itself or either pain on…
Sports massage is a type of massage specifically aimed at athletic performance. It consists of manipulation of soft tissue (skin, muscle, tendons or fascia) through…
Golfer’s elbow, also known as Medial Epicondilitis is a condition where the tendons on the inner side of the elbow become painful. This happens when…
Tendons are a type of fibrous soft tissue that attach muscles to bone and transmit the forces of the muscles to the bone it attaches…