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Tendons are specialised connective tissue structures that transfer force from your muscles onto your muscles to your bones (1). The achilles tendon has two important functions – shock [...]

What is golfer’s elbow? Golfer’s elbow, or medial epicondylitis, is the most common cause of medial (inside) elbow pain (7). The name medial epicondylitis, meaning an inflamed medial epicondyle [...]

Despite the irony – physiotherapists can also acquire an injury. In this blog article I’ll dissect an injury that I obtained during this past footballing (or soccer) season. I will focus on [...]

Low back pain is the most common presentation to medical practitioners (6). It is believed that 60-80% of adults will experience back pain at least once in their life – with 10-20% of these [...]

Loading (strengthening) – HIGH As LE is a tendinopathy, loading the tendon is the most crucial part to its recovery to normal function. Dr. Peter Malliaras (tendon expert) states:   “We [...]

Lateral epicondylitis (LE), also known as tennis elbow or lateral elbow tendinopathy, affects 1-3% of the population. LE is an overuse injury and occurs usually do to an overload of the wrist [...]