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Movement at the ankle joint is vital for walking, running, descending stairs and completion of many strength based exercises. It is one of the main areas to become restricted following injuries [...]

If you have pain referred from an area in your spine – you have probably heard of the word dermatome. In physiotherapy – we refer to two types of “tomes” – dermatomes and [...]

When someone walks into a private practice to seek the services of a physiotherapist, they receive an assessment, diagnosis, hands on treatment and are prescribed exercises to rehabilitate their [...]

Some injuries need rest. Different injuries need different types of rest. The word rest will mean different things to different people. For some patients – the idea of rest is the worst [...]

Currently there is a well-established association between knee injuries and the development of knee osteoarthritis (1). Although knee osteoarthritis and knee replacements are not the same thing [...]

During post exercise recovery, optimal nutritional intake is important to replenish endogenous substrate stores and to facilitate muscle-damage repair. (1) With muscle glycogen contributing more [...]