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#1 Season 3 Intro
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Do I Need a Scan? And, What’s the Difference Between Them
Most of us have had a scan at some point of our lives. There are lots of different types of scans and they all have certain strengths and weaknesses. The type of scan relevant for you will depend on a number of factors – the type of tissue we want further information...
Childhood and Adolescent Pathology Series Part 3 – Knee and Heel Pain
Today’s blog will look at a couple of common knee and heel pathologies to round out our children and adolescent series. We will focus on Osgood-Schlatters Disease (OSD) which affects the knee, and Severs Disease which affects the heel. As with SUFE’s (see part 2 of...
Childhood and Adolescent Pathology Series Part 2 – Hip Pain
In today’s blog we’re going to look into some of the hip pathologies seen in children and adolescents. Specifically, we will focus on two hip pathologies that can present similarly, in Perthes disease and Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis or SUFE for short. Let’s take a...
Childhood and Adolescent Pathology Series Part 1 – Growth Plate Fractures
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be looking at some pathologies and injuries that occur in the younger age groups. The growing body undergoes an incredible amount of change over a short period of time as the young person matures. This usually occurs without any...
Inguinal Hernia
Inguinal hernias are a common cause of groin pain which affects mostly men, with over a quarter of all men having an inguinal hernia at some point in their life as opposed to 4% of all women. Inguinal hernias seem to occur more often in men due to the small opening...