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Shoulder Overuse Injuries

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Shoulder Overuse Injuries

Understanding Shoulder Overuse Injuries: A Comprehensive Guide Shoulder overuse injuries are common, especially among athletes and individuals who frequently engage in repetitive activities. Whether

2 September 2024

Tennis elbow

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Tennis Elbow

Understanding Tennis Elbow: What It Is and How Physiotherapy Can Help Do you have a painful elbow that makes it difficult to twist or

2 September 2024

Knee Injuries

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Knee Injuries

The knee joint is the largest and one of the most complex joints in the human body. It is also a joint that is used

31 October 2023

Nerve Injuries

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Nerve Injuries

Nerve Injuries: The nervous system consists of both the central nervous system & the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system consists of the brain

24 January 2023

Chronic Pain

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Chronic Pain

What is chronic pain? To understand chronic pain, we need to understand what acute pain is. Acute pain is a protective reaction from the body

21 September 2022

growth plates

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Growth Plates

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

14 July 2022

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PRICE vs MEAT for Injuries

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

15 March 2022

Stress

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Stress

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

22 September 2021

Contusions

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Contusions

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

27 July 2021

Shin splints

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Shin splints

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

23 July 2021