Welcome to the October newsletter for 2018!

Landing and jumping activities put a great amount of stress on the patella tendon. Patella tendinopathy, also known as jumper’s knee, is an overuse disorder characterised by pain at the base of the patella (kneecap) with activities such as squatting, sitting or going up and down stairs.

In the period following a muscle tear, there are a few mistakes we see people make, that can actually make their injury worse and delay healing times. Here are a few of the most common mistakes we see.

Welcome to the September newsletter for 2018!

The biceps muscle functions to bend the elbow and turn the hand to face palm-up. The term “tendinopathy” is used to describe injury and pain of a tendon.

Lower back pain constitutes almost half of all chronic pain. This has a huge effect on quality of life and people with LBP tend to have more time off work and higher of medical costs than those who do not have symptoms. Find out causes and treatments here!

Welcome to the August newsletter for 2018!

Despite their strength, the hamstrings are very prone to injury especially when overworked or undertrained. Find out all about hamstring tears – and how to avoid them – here!

Many people believe that if you have OA your pain will never improve and will only get worse until a joint replacement can be performed. In fact, joint replacements for hip and knee OA are some of the most common and indeed successful operations performed by orthopedic surgeons. Learn more here!

Welcome to the July newsletter for 2018!