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“I have no idea how it started. I just woke up one morning and it was there.” This vague and generic response is one of the most common things we hear from our clients when we ask how they think their pain started. We’ve all been there....
The importance of core stability for Gilmore’s Groin Gilmore’s Groin is a common chronic injury affecting sports that involve kicking. It was named after Jerry Gilmore, who first recognised the specificity of the injury in 1980. It is also known as a sports hernia. Gilmore’s Groin...
Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) occurs in almost all people who suffer from asthma but there are people who suffer from EIA who have never experienced chronic asthma (i.e. there is no actual inflammation in their lungs and they don’t experience asthmatic symptoms when exposed to other...
Most people would think that exercise would be detrimental to gout sufferers but this is incorrect! A recent study has shown that men who participated in regular aerobic exercise and physiotherapy had a 50% less chance of developing gout than men who were inactive. The most...
Arthritis is a condition which refers to inflammation of a joint in the body and results in pain and swelling of the joint involved. There are various types of arthritis but osteoarthritis is the most prevalent. Osteoarthritis (OA) is also known as degenerative joint disease...
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS or also known as trochanteric bursitis) is a condition caused by an inflammatory response or injury to the soft tissues connecting onto the bony prominence (greater trochanter) of the femur head. It results in pain over the lateral side of...
We’ve all heard it so many times, ‘exercise is good for us!’ The American Cancer Society recommends that all women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer should exercise regularly (around 4 hours per week) to improve their quality of life and minimize the risk...
Jumper’s knee is a condition whereby inflammation and tendinopathy of the patellar tendon (and to a lesser degree the quadriceps distal tendon) occurs in athletes with a mature skeletal system. As the name suggests, this tendinopathy occurs due to repetitive excessive stress from overloading through...
Osgood Schlatter’s Disease (OSD) isn’t actually a disease but an overuse injury commonly found in the knee joints of adolescents. Although it can be very painful, it usually resolves itself 1-2 years after onset of symptoms. OSD is an inflammatory reaction of the bone, cartilage and/or...
HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training and involves doing a combination of short duration, high intensity strength and cardiovascular workouts. Most HIIT workouts vary from as short as 4min up to 30min depending of the conditioning of the athlete involved. HIIT workouts have no specific...