Chopart Injuries The Chopart joint is a joint in the foot that connects the midfoot to the hindfoot. It is named after the French surgeon,...

 We hear a lot about the ACL in the knee and how if ruptured it can be a long road to recovery. This is true, however, what about the other...

 Tibialis posterior tendinopathy is a common condition that affects the tendon that runs behind the inside of the ankle. This tendon is...

Non-Surgical Healing of ACL Ruptures – The Cross Bracing Protocol Results In June 2023, a much-anticipated paper was published on the...

 An Achilles tendon rupture is a tear in the thick tendon that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. It is a common injury,...

 Inguinal Hernias in Junior Athletes: Understanding the Risks and Treatment Options Introduction: Junior athletes often lead active lives,...

 The Complex Interplay Between Stress and Pain  The Biopsychosocial Model The biopsychosocial model recognises that pain is not simply a...

 A Real Pain in Bum (Gluteal Tendinopathy) Hip pain can be caused by a number of structures around the hip joint, including hip...

 Hamstring tendinopathy is a common condition that affects the tendon that connects the hamstring muscles to the pelvis, thigh bone, and...

 If you’re an athlete with ongoing groin pain, it can be an obstacle to training, competing, and achieving your goals. Fortunately, there is...

 Anterior Knee Pain: Fat Pad vs Patellofemoral Joint vs Patellar Tendon Pain at the front of the knee is a common complaint we see here in...

 Let’s be honest here, very few people hear the word rehab, and get excited. Rehab often comes at a time of increased stress, pain, and...

 In recent years, non-operative management of ACL injuries has gained a tremendous amount of traction in the rehabilitation sphere, as...

 A couple of months ago I attended an APA lecture run by Dr Tom Cross, a renowned sport and exercise physician with over 25 years of...

 We are finishing off our winter months and coming closer to summer. The Eastern Suburbs winter escape to the South of France and Greece is...

 Stress Fractures  The year is a quarter of the way through, and I have seen an increase in the number of stress fractures in adolescent...

 Is Stretching Good for Injury? This is a question I often get asked when I first meet a client. The answer to this question is slightly...

 Let’s talk ankle sprains. Chances are, you’ve had one. In fact, in sporting and general populations alike, they’re among the most common...

 Sometimes there are other influencing factors when it comes to returning to play following an ACL injury. Everyone is different and rather...

 Not the MCL, medial meniscus or pes anserine, maybe it’s a medial plica. When patients report medial knee pain, the most common diagnosis...

 The TFCC (Triangular Fibro-Cartilaginous Complex) Part 1 The hand and wrist are considered one of the more specialised and intricate...

 An effortless golf swing requires adequate mobility in the neck, shoulders, wrists, thoracic spine, hips and ankles. Deficits in one area...

 An effortless golf swing requires adequate mobility in the neck, shoulders, wrists, thoracic spine, hips and ankles. Deficits in one area...

 An effortless golf swing requires adequate mobility in the neck, shoulders, wrists, thoracic spine, hips and ankles. Deficits in one area...

 Most of us have heard the term RICE, or RICER which refers to the acronym we have been using in order to remember what to do in acute...

 Muscle tears make up between 10-55% of all sporting injuries.  A muscle tear commonly occurs when the load or tension applied to the tissue...

 What are they? How are they caused? How are they treated? And how do you prevent them? What are they? Stress fractures are, as the name...

 Google defines pain as “highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury”. This seems to be missing a little. It makes no...

 ​Running injuries are a pest and can be incredibly frustrating when they stop you from staying active and doing the thing you love to do....

 Medial epicondylitis is a common condition which affects the inside of the elbow around the ‘funny bone’ area. You may have heard of it...

 Have you ever woken up with an inexplicably stiff and painful neck that will only turn to one side? You might have been suffering from...

 Attentive sport fans will have noticed an increase in the amount of injuries suffered by players over the last month or so. We’ve blogged...

 Concussion injuries have been a topic of focus in the media, sporting organisations, schools and the general public alike for the last few...

 In on-field acute concussion management, there are a few things that help improve outcomes long term that are easy to administer. If signs...

 What is PCS? Persistent Concussion Symptoms, or post-concussion syndrome as it was previously known, is the presence of at least 3 of the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My hips go out of alignment all the time Our hip and sacroiliac joints are some of the most stable joints in our body. They DO NOT subluxate...

A common thing us physios hear, either in the clinic or out at a social event, is the statement of “running is bad for your knees” or...

I think everyone in their life has had AT LEAST one ankle sprain. Whether it comes from playing sport, a night out on the town or chasing...

Hip pain is a common issue we see here in the clinic. Patients can complain of a ‘pinching’ when doing things like squats, getting in and...

Bone stress injuries (BSI’s) are injuries commonly seen in the lower limbs, such as the foot and shin, but can also present in the upper...

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) or anterior knee pain is a common complaint seen here in the BeFit clinic. It usually presents as a...

Background Plantar fasciopathy (previously known as plantar fasciitis) is the most common cause of heel pain in adults and effects up to 8%...

Welcome back! If you missed Part 1 and Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4 of this blog go back and read them so you have some context before diving...

If you missed Part 1 and Part 2 or Part 3 click the links to catch up. Where were we? Oh yes, that’s right! Like I mentioned in Part 3, I...

If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, click the links to catch up. With my first week was behind me, I was up and moving about. Remember when I...

Calf Muscle Series Part 2: Helpful Stretches & Strength Exercises In Part 1 of our Calf Muscle Series, we looked at the different calf...

WHAT ARE THE CALF MUSCLES? The calf muscles, as they are typically referred to, make up the back part of our lower leg. They begin at the...

A few years ago, an old boxing trainer told me that lying on your back, with your legs up a wall, helps recovery. I never understood why,...

I felt compelled to write a blog about what to expect from your physiotherapist, because I feel it’s a topic not often touched on, yet so...

 Shin Splints: What Causes Them, How To Treat Them And The Best Ways To Prevent ThemShin pain can be relentless. Ongoing pain that stops you...

If you missed part one, click here to read about Joel’s ACL injury, confirming the ACL tear, and early prehab before surgery. In Part 2 of...

Andrew Cloake wasn’t expecting this outcome the day he decided to climb into his locked apartment from the roof: a shattered tibia and...

A Pain In the Knee: Joel Adelman’s ACL Injury and Rehab THE INJURY Let me set the scene. It’s Monday night at my mixed social netball...

The other week when I was lecturing fourth year physio students at UTS, a debate started about strengthening versus stretching in treatment,...

Look at any anatomical photo of the shoulder and you’ll notice there’s a small space between the acromion and the humerus. However, this...

The moment clients experience shoulder pain they tend to head to Dr. Google, type in their symptoms and BOOM, shoulder impingement pops up...

  That fractured scapula! The scapula is the shoulder blade, it is a triangular shaped bone located in the upper back that is protected...

A question that I am frequently asked is do I have tendinitis or a tendinopathy, sometimes just to confuse you I will call it a tendinosis....

    What are dermatomes? A dermatome is an area of skin that is supplied by a single spinal nerve. Maps like the image above do...

  What is dry needling? ‘Clinical or Western acupuncture’, where sterilised acupuncture needles are inserted into the skin. It differs...

So you’ve been watching the commonwealth games, you’ve seen the bodies, the records tumble and all the magic moments have inspired you to...

  I often get asked questions like what are tendons, what are ligaments, what do they do? So lets get back to basics. Part 1: Bone Bone...