Trapezius muscle pain The trapezius is a large, kite-shaped muscle that runs from the base of your skull, across your shoulders and down towards the middle of your back. It helps support and move your neck and shoulder blades. It is active during many everyday tasks, including turning your head, reaching overhead, driving, working at … Continued
Lumbar facet joint arthropathy Run your fingers down either side of your lumbar spine (lower back) and you’ll feel bony bumps. Beneath each sits a facet joint. One of paired joints linking each vertebra to the one below. They guide bending and straightening while limiting rotation (twisting) movement in your lumbar spine. Like knee cartilage, … Continued
You know movement would probably help. The hard part is knowing what movement your body needs. When you are coming back from injury or struggling with recurring pain, a generic Pilates class can feel like too much, while repetitive gentle rehab drills can feel like a long way from the normalcy you are trying to … Continued
Most people book a physio appointment once pain starts stopping them from doing something they love. It might be a knee that has been niggling for weeks and suddenly hurts on a run, a shoulder that catches every time you reach overhead, or back pain that keeps returning when you pick up your kids no … Continued
Most people type “osteo vs physio” into Google. This article is the clear answer that search results usually do not give you. You have an injury, or a recurring one, or something that has been quietly getting worse for months. You know you should see someone. But then comes the familiar paralysis. Should it be … Continued
Many women describe the same pattern when they first come in. They have been dealing with something for months, sometimes years, and assumed it was normal. Not normal in the sense that it felt fine, but normal in the sense that nobody had told them otherwise. Bladder leakage during a workout. A feeling of heaviness … Continued
A patient presents after six months of diligent pelvic floor work. She has done everything she was told. Her urgency has worsened. Pelvic dysfunction is not a single-mechanism problem with a single-direction solution. The variables that determine whether someone improves or stagnates are specific, identifiable, and often missed in a standard assessment. Advanced pelvic physiotherapy … Continued
Have you tried Pilates before? Maybe you went along to a reformer Pilates class with a friend? Or even had a studio membership that you sporadically used for three months? Or someone recommended a YouTube series because Pilates is great for managing injuries? But…your shoulder still tightens up, your lower back still complains, or your … Continued
Consider someone who walks in with anterior knee pain that started three weeks into a new running program. Their mileage is modest. Their shoes are reasonable. They haven’t done anything obviously wrong. Yet when we assess how they move, a different story emerges. The right hip drops during running. The knee collapses inward during a … Continued
A lot of injuries don’t just hurt because of the tissue itself. Injuries hang around because the body quietly changes the way it moves around the injury long after the initial pain settles. A runner rolls their ankle and suddenly the calf on that side is always tight. Someone with shoulder pain starts arching through … Continued