How to Help Your Rotator Cuff After an Injury or Degeneration In your shoulder joint, you have a group of muscles and tendons surrounding it known as the rotator cuff. These work to keep your upper arm bone stabilized in the shoulder socket. It might be one of the most flexible joints on your body,…
What’s the Difference Between Osteopaths and Physiotherapists? Certain medical conditions may make you wonder if you need an osteopath or a physiotherapist. In order to know, it helps to understand more about what these medical professionals can do for you. Understanding Osteopathy Osteopathy is a therapy that focuses on restoring wellbeing to the function and…
Helpful Ways That You Can Use to Treat Chronic Back Pain Without Surgery As we age, it’s easy for chronic back pain issues to arise. Often, arthritis of the spine, spinal stenosis, disc problems, and myofascial pain can make it difficult to navigate the day. While it’s more common the older you get, you may…
How to Live Better Even with Arthritis The pain and stiffness that come from arthritis can interfere with your enjoyment of life. Doing even the simplest of daily tasks can be next to impossible, whether it’s putting on your socks or turning a doorknob. Most people take their range of motion for granted until they…
Common Achilles Tendon Injuries and How to Treat Them If you feel at the back of your ankle, you’ll find the Achilles tendon, which attaches your calf muscle to this part of your foot. Unfortunately, if you injury your Achilles tendon, you’ll also feel it, but in a much different way. Injuring your Achilles tendon…
Why Physiotherapists Love Paddleboarding With the long, hot days of summer, there’s nothing better than watersports on the lakes. Many people head out for paddleboarding, also known as stand up paddleboarding (SUP), and physiotherapists are encouraging everyone to give it a try. It’s a great way to keep active and it’s easy for all ages…
Benefits of Physiotherapy for Cyclists Physiotherapy can be used to treat many conditions that affect joints, muscles, ligaments, bones, tendons, and nerves. As experts in the human musculoskeletal system, physiotherapists are trained to help assess, diagnose, and improve injuries, which can be tremendously helpful for cyclists. Avid cyclists often want to improve performance, prevent injuries,…
Preventing and Treating Baseball Injuries for Spring and Summer Whether you play baseball after work just for fun, or you’ve got kids in the game, the ultimate way to prevent and treat baseball injuries is to stop. Not stop the game, mind you, but to stop and listen to the signs your body may be…
What You Can Do to Get Relief for Tennis Elbow While sports like tennis and even golf can cause tennis elbow, you can still get it even if you’ve never played either one. This injury occurs when the tendons of your forearm degenerate through repetitive motions. Certainly, you’ll be more prone to tennis elbow during…
Plantar Fasciitis: What You Can Do to Get Relief That chronic pain in the bottom of your foot or heel is known as plantar fasciitis. It’s a degenerative problem that affects the tissue joining your toes to your heel bone. Plantar fasciitis is common for runners as well as those with flat feet or the…
