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
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
Autumn is here and as we have been outside and enjoying our warmest months, it seems like an appropriate time to discuss one of the most common injuries that we come across in our clinics. Lateral ankle sprains. Let’s be honest, it’s rare to come across someone that hasn’t had the odd rolled ankle here… Continue Reading
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
Diagnosis Do you experience shoulder pain? Do you experience symptoms like slipping, jamming, catching, instability, giving way and dead arm? Have you woken up with pain in your shoulder after sleeping funny? Have you had persisting pains for months with no idea how it started and why it won’t go away? Does this sounds like… Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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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