by thephysiodepot | Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
What is Sever’s Disease? Sever’s disease is classified as an apophyitis effecting the achilles insertion at the heel. It is an inflammation of the growth plate causing heel pain in children between 9-13 years old. Generally boys are more susceptible than girls...
by thephysiodepot | Oct 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
What is knee osteoarthritis? Knee OA (osteoarthritis) is a ‘wear and tear’ within the knee joint. Over a long period of time the knee joint starts a degenerative process in which the cushioning in the knee joint is reduced. It impacts the cartilage at the end of...
by thephysiodepot | Jul 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
What is tennis elbow? (It’s not just for tennis players) The condition commonly called tennis elbow has many other names such as lateral epicondylagia, lateral elbow pain , lateral epicondilitis etc. It describes an issue with the tendons located on the outside of...
by thephysiodepot | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Let’s face it shoulder pain is the worst. Not being able to get dressed without making loud grunting noises, difficulty reaching the top cupboard to get the wine glasses and spending weeks doing painful bench press in the gym hoping it will get better. Shoulder pain...
by thephysiodepot | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Running related calf injuries! Dreaded calf (or baby cow) muscle strains are a common running injury, and often leave you going crazy with the next running event getting closer and closer! Greater than 50% of running power is generated from the calf muscles, so it’s...
