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Hip Pain Running Running is a popular way to keep fit and control body weight but is associated with a significant number of musculoskeletal problems due to the jarring involved and the tendency of pe...
Knee Surgery Knee surgery is a major branch of orthopaedics and many orthopaedic surgeons specialise in managing the many clinical conditions and injuries which occur in the knee joint. The knee is o...
Knee Pain Knee pain is one of the commonest musculoskeletal complaints, varying from the trivial and very common to the serious and uncommon. Knee pain is one of the complaints which varies signific...
Knee Problems Knee problems are an extremely common complaint in doctors' surgeries, orthopaedic clinics and physiotherapy practices. The knee's siting in the middle of the leg and the large forces w...
Sciatica Cure Sciatica pain is severe pain in the leg, often below the knee, secondary to a disc prolapse of one of the lower lumbar discs. There are other sciatica causes and the same process can oc...
Chiropractors - Middle Back Pain
Chiropractors – Middle Back Pain Middle back pain or mid back pain is not as common as neck pain or low back pain but can be annoying or even disabling in rare cases. Further information about m...
Left Shoulder Pain Shoulder pain is very common and has many potential causes with shoulder pain and neck pain often being closely related along with arm and shoulder pain. Further information on sh...
Middle-aged people are fitter and exercise more than younger people. Middle-aged people are more likely to exercise and perform sports than younger people, a study of 60,000 people has found. The stud...
Running Improves Disability and Lifespan in Older People
In people 50 years old and older, running may improve functional ability and increase survival over the years. Physiotherapy management of this group will become increasingly important as pe...
The skiing season is almost upon us and thousands of British people will go to the mountains and do hard exercise they are not used to. For a few this will be a difficult experience, with injuries and...
Clinic Central Physiotherapy’s Clinical Director Darryl Reid, fresh from looking after the world’s best in Beijing, gives some advice on training for next year’s London Maratho...
Human movement is most simply and conveniently attained by walking which relies on being pain free and having good joint and muscle condition. Sufficient muscle power and full ranges of motion of the ...
Non-bony Structures in the FootThe soft tissues of the foot consist of ligaments, tendons and muscles. Ligaments are fibrous bands or sheets with limited elasticity which connect bones together. Ligam...
The thirties is the decade when our muscles, tendons and ligaments begin to exhibit a loss of elasticity which makes them more vulnerable to the stresses put upon them. With the explosion of health pr...
The weather in the northern hemisphere is beginning to warm up and spring turns people's minds to thoughts of fitness and sport. They look out their running shoes from the back of the wardrobe and get...
Fractured neck of femur patients take up significant numbers of beds in hospitals in all the developed nations, as elderly people develop low bone density, especially women after the menopause. Less c...
Physiotherapy After A Total Hip Replacement
Total hip replacement has matured into a routine operation for the relief of hip pain and disability due to hip arthritis, giving some of the greatest quality of life increases of all medical pr...
Osteoporosis in Men " Part Two
Thyroid hormones can speed up the bone turnover rate if they are at abnormally high levels which make the incidence of osteoporosis more likely although it is relatively simple to medically treat the ...
How Acute Back Pain Becomes Chronic " Part Two "
The vertebral bodies are separated by the discs which consist of two main structures: the inner more flexible nucleus pulposus and the outer, tougher annulus fibrosis. The annulus is in layers with so...
Joint classification puts the ankle joint into the category of a mortise joint and it is specialised for its function. A front and rear movement action is performed by the ankle hinge for walking and ...
