
Osgood Schlatter’s Disease
Osgood Schlatter’s disease is one of the most common causes of knee pain in the adolescent athlete. It is an overuse injury common in children who are highly active.
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Osgood Schlatter’s disease is one of the most common causes of knee pain in the adolescent athlete. It is an overuse injury common in children who are highly active.
Tags: knee pain, adolescent athlete, growth spurt
The large majority of people who suffer from pelvic girdle pain will be women during pregnancy.
Tags: pelvic pain, pregnancy, physiotherapy
Going back about 30 years, women who became pregnant were very much discouraged from participating in exercise, largely due the baseless theory that exercise may harm the unborn baby.
Tags: exercise, pregnancy, physiotherapy
“Runner’s knee” (or Patellofemoral pain syndrome) is one of the most common injuries afflicting the knees of active adults and adolescent. It describes diffuse pain, typically at the front of the knee, which is often worse in activities that load the knee joint.
Tags: knee pain, runner's knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome
Between 40-50% of new ankle sprains, symptoms such as the ankle feeling unstable, swelling, poor strength and balance can persist over many months. When these symptoms persist over 6 months, the injury changes from an ankle sprain into Chronic Ankle Instability (CAI).
You may not have heard of Gluteal tendinopathy, but you’ve probably heard of gluteal bursitis, trochantertic bursitis and greater trochantertic pain syndrome.
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