Category Archives: Joints & Muscles
People with patellofemoral pain presenting to MSK clinicians are of varying ages, and report pain at the front of the knee.
It’s not just footballers who are prone to “pulling a hammy”. We use our hamstrings when walking and performing other everyday activities.
Your Achilles tendon is located on the back of the lower leg, just below the bottom of your calf muscles, connecting to your heel.
Dancers train very hard, multiple times per week and even more when leading up to a performance and during the performance itself.
Any tendon in the body can develop pain, however the reality is that certain tendons seem more prone to tendonitis than others.
Plantar heel pain is an umbrella term used to describe pain experienced under the heel bone towards the rear of the foot.
Lower back pain can be a significant concern to those that suffer, but we know more about pain management now than 5 or 10 years ago.
Muscle pain is often underestimated and that intense pains are often blamed on other tissues that aren’t necessarily involved.
The sacroiliac joint is the link from the lower back (lumbar region) to the pelvis. There are 2 sacroiliac joints, the left and right.
The greater trochanter is part of the boney architecture of the femur. It is what you feel when you press the outside of the upper thigh.
