Five Dock Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre

With so many people either off work or working and studying from home, we have seen a spike in patients presenting to us with neck and back pain, so rather than sitting in your un-comfy chair for 8 hours+ a day waiting for back or neck pain to pounce, a pre-emptive strike is required! Hopefully these tips will help you make some subtle changes to your daily routine to help avoid pain during this lock down period.

Have you started walking or running as a result of lockdown? Have you perhaps overdone it or noticed your shoes aren’t great and started to feel pain in the back of your heel around your Achilles tendon?

If so you are not alone. With the increase in outdoor exercise due to lockdown, this year we have found a spike in cases of foot and heel injuries, in particular a condition known as Achilles Tendinopathy. Although we do typically see this issue year round with different segments of the population, as available exercise has changed with gyms closed and group exercise paused, there has been an upsurge in people walking and running as their main form of exercise, which can put an increase in stress on the Achilles Tendon.

Hamstring tears are among the most common sporting injuries accounting for one in every five to six sports injuries. They are generally associated with maximal exertion sprinting, acceleration or kicking. Unfortunately, up to a third of sustained hamstring injuries recur with greater severity. As it’s muscle that crosses over two joints, the hamstring has reduced capacity to withstand tension or the force that goes through it, thus making it more susceptible to injury.