Being injured and going through rehab isn't fun. For starters, you're in pain, which by definition is an unpleasant experience, your...

The Obsession with Hanging The world seems fascinated with the idea of hanging as a solution for shoulder pain. A quick online search for...

Ever gone to see a medical practitioner and frustratingly had your symptoms go away when you get there? Feel like you’re making it up?...

On this episode of the injury edition, Sam tackles the topic of rotator cuff related shoulder pain, rotator cuff tears and shoulder...

Pain during the night can be a problem with a number of different conditions. As sleep is one of our most important recovery modalities,...

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How much do you know about pain? Research shows that when we have a better understanding of pain we can optimise our rehabilitation...

The essence of musculoskeletal rehabilitation is taking a patient from where they currently are (often a state of pain, functional...

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is an umbrella term to describe a few different conditions whereby the brachial plexus (a network of...

The final injury we will discuss in this series is concussion. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that causes a...

Less commonly seen in winter sports are injuries to the neck. Similar to lower back injuries, acute onset of pain in the neck may follow...

As with any sports, there is the risk of acute muscle strains with skiing and snowboarding. Some of the common sights of muscle injury...

Our last post discussed rotator cuff injuries. Due to the violent nature of skiing and snowboarding related falls, it is also not...

We have previously discussed clavicle fractures and injuries to the AC joint. We also commonly see injuries to the rotator occur with...

Lower back pain is the most common complaint we deal with in orthopedic practice, and while it isn’t the most common winter sports...

We mentioned in the last post how twisting movements involving ski poles may cause injury to the wrist. Given the positioning of the...

Should you consider a steroid injection for shoulder pain? Lin, Ching-Yueh, Shih-Chung Huang, Shiow-Jyu Tzou, Chun-Hao Yin, Jin-Shuen...

Do I need surgery for my shoulder pain? Physiotherapy can help to prevent surgery in non-traumatic rotator cuff injuries! #fysiofriday...

Another area that may be affected during a fall is the hand and wrist. This is usually the result of a fall onto an outstretched hand, or...

Less common than the clavicle fractures and AC joint injuries discussed in the previous posts, a fracture of the upper part of the arm...