What is patellofemoral pain
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a common cause of knee pain seen in the general population, and largely experienced in those participating in sport and exercise. The most common symptom of PFPS is pain occurring at the front/inside of the knee during loaded...
Achilles tendinopathy
The Achilles tendon is the combined tendon of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles and is the strongest tendon in the body. It is prone to injury when exposed to activities involving repetitive high loads leading to pathological changes in the tendon due to this...
What Causes Tennis Elbow or an Extensor Tendinopathy?
Tennis elbow is a painful and irritable condition affecting the tendons that attach at the common extensor origin of the lateral elbow. It’s medically known as lateral epicondylalgia, and it is also commonly referred to as an extensor tendinopathy. What Muscles are...
Heel pain – Plantar Fasciopathy
Plantar fasciopathy (often referred to as plantar fasciitis) refers to localised pain at the plantar fascia’s insertion into the calcaneus (heel bone). It involves inflammation of this thick band of tissue often due to overload of the plantar fascia. Common...