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De Quervain’s tenosynovitis – Wrist

by Matthew | Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorised

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a common cause of wrist pain in adults, typically presenting as thumb sided wrist pain. It is described as inflammation of the tendons within the first extensor compartment of the wrist, resulting in local pain and swelling. Rabin et al...

What is Plantar Fasciopathy?

by Matthew | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorised

Plantar Fasciopathy (PF), formerly called plantar fasciitis a common condition that appears in our clinic. It involves pain and structural changes that occur at the insertion of the plantar fascia into the heel bone. PF has an estimated prevalence of 3.6-7% and is the...

How Should I Manage My Ankle Injury?

by Matthew | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorised

Approximately 40% of all traumatic ankle injuries occur during sport. They are considered one of the most common sporting injuries, however interestingly, only 50% of those injured, seek medical attention (Vuuberg et al, 2018). Ankle injuries have a high prevalence in...

What is the AxIT?

by Matthew | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorised

The AxIT system is the world’s first complete objective movement assessment solution. We recently purchased this system to benefit the range of patients that we see in our clinic including everyday patients with musculoskeletal pain and injury, sports people, work...

Cervicogenic Headaches

by Matthew | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorised

Cervicogenic headaches are a type of secondary headache that come from your neck, arising from disorder or dysfunction of the cervical spine (neck). Medically, cervicogenic headaches are often described as referred pain into the head, due to convergence of the upper...