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Do I need a scan? To scan or not to scan?

Are your scan results helpful or harmful? One of the first questions patients ask us ‘Do you think I need a scan?’. The answer to this question isn’t straight forward and is dependent on many factors. Often, we can’t answer until a thorough history is taken and a physical examination possibly carried out. Those that… Continue Reading

Meniscal Tears: A modern approach

BACKGROUND: Meniscal tears are one of the most frequently encountered knee injuries across peoples lifespan from sports injuries to degenerative tears. A common presentation could be an inability to straighten the knee fully, severe pain, swelling, and possibly catching, clicking, difficulty on deep knee bending and locking of the knee in partial flexion . We have seen… Continue Reading

Exercise and knee osteoarthritis: Why it works

Today’s topic of discussion is exercise and knee osteoarthritis. Gone are the days of “rest and see what happens”. As the population ages and becomes increasingly overweight, the incidence of osteoarthritis is rising. With good quality evidence and continuing research into osteoarthritis, we thought it was an interesting topic to discuss. What is osteoarthritis and… Continue Reading

Women’s health physiotherapy and pelvic floor retraining

Women’s health physiotherapy is an emerging field of physiotherapy. It is vital for the health of woman-specific issues such as pelvic floor dysfunction, ante and post natal care, incontinence issues and pelvic area pain associated with hormonal changes such as during Menopause. It involves seeing a trained physiotherapist who will assess and treat any conditions… Continue Reading

Treatment of de Quervain’s tenosynovitis

Following on from our previous blog where we discussed diagnosis, the causes and assessment of de Quervain’s tenosynovitis, here let’s talk about some treatment options! Just a reminder that de quervain’s symptoms can be pain on the thumb side of the wrist, about where a watch would rest. It is associated with movement of the… Continue Reading

De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

What is de Quervain’s Tenosynovitis? De Quervain’s tenosynovitis affects two thumb tendons called the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB). It is a very common condition that we often treat in physiotherapy. On their way to the thumb, the APL and EPB tendons travel side by side along the inside edge of… Continue Reading

What is dry needling and how can it benefit me?

Dry needling is a treatment used by physios where we insert very fine filament sterile needles (acupuncture needle) into tissues,  in order to stimulate a healing effect. Depending on the specific points chosen and the technique used, its proposed effects are relax muscle spasm and myofascial trigger points (knots in the muscle) to improve function… Continue Reading

Lower limb injury management in children

Following on from Lower limb injuries in children. Here we talk about a physios role in helping our active youths return to exercise safely. At Mediphysio we work with children as they go through their varying activity levels, growth spurts and potential injuries. Featured above and at the end of this blog are some common… Continue Reading

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