Category: Sports Physiotherapy

I have had the pleasure of treating many cyclists over the years, and two of the most common complaints I've seen are knee and lower back pain. These are problems that affect a significant portion of all cyclists, and if you’ve experienced one or both for yourself, you’ll know how much impact they can have.…

What is Sports Physiotherapy? Sports participation forms an integral part of many cultures around the world. In many instances, such as the one-eyed football fans of Melbourne, the sport itself serves to unite people, bringing those who share the same love and passion for a sport together, and in so doing promotes participation, community interaction,…

In the final part look at bone stress injuries, we are going to look at high versus low-risk injuries. First of all, what makes some injuries high risk and others low, well, essentially this relates to how likely it is that an injury in this is area is to fail to resolve, or progress to…

With athletes entering the new year, it is common for a physiotherapist to see an increase in Bone Stress Injuries. The most commonly recognised of these injuries being a Stress Fractures.  Over the coming weeks, we will outline:  Factors that contribute to the development of bone stress injuries How coaches and athletes can identify the…

Diagnosis is an obvious, but critical step in the management of bone stress injuries.In our last post, we looked at what bone stress injuries were and why they occur. If you missed this article, its a good place to start.Clinical SuspicionSo how as an athlete or coach working with an athlete, how do you know…