A pain in the knee for the Blues and Charlie Curnow. But what is the MCL and what does it do? The MCL, or medial collateral ligament, is the stabiliser on the inside of the knee. It connects the bottom of the femur (thigh bone) and top of the tibia
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While you may not feel like exercising in the cold, winter is actually the perfect time to begin building your base. This will help you when it comes to September/October and you want to really bump up your kilometres aiming for that goal you’ve got planned. If you start to
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Watsonia Physiotherapy is proud to be commencing the GLA:D Program, an international initiative aiming to decrease pain and dysfunction associated with knee and hip osteoarthritis. What does it involve? A combined treatment program consisting of 6, 2x per week supervised group exercises using a ‘neuromuscular exercise’ approach by a physiotherapist,
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Are you experiencing pain under your heel? Have you recently increased your exercise volume or changed your footwear? You may be suffering from plantar fascia pain (aka or plantar fasciopathy), an inflammation of your ‘fascia’, or connective tissue, that runs from your heel to the ball of the foot. Most
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BACK PAIN AND AGING It is well known that everyone develops a degree of arthritis as we age. This arthritis continues to increase as we get older and is a completely natural and normal process. HOWEVER, DID YOU KNOW that you are most likely to suffer low back pain when
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Are you suffering persistent pain in your Achilles? Too often we are overly conservative in the way we manage pain. Rest is not the solution Avoiding aggravating activities may eventually reduce your pain however once you return to these activities (usually ones we enjoy) the pain returns! Why? Often pain
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With the FIFA World Cup Final finishing over the weekend we thought it would be a good time to write about soccer injuries. Soccer players suffer many injuries however one underlying and often underappreciated issue is groin pain in soccer players. Harøy et al. (2017) identified that at any stage
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Congratulations to all those that have taken part in the Wings for Life World Run 2018! On Sunday night close to 3500 participants took part in the run at 9pm, running as far as they possibly could before a ‘Catcher Car’ passed – signifying the end of their race. With
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