Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Content Keyword RSS
Treatment and Physiotherapy Management of Torn Achilles Tendon By Jonathan Blood-Smyth | November 29, 2008 by Jonathan Blood-Smyth The largest and the strongest tendon in the body is the Achilles tendon in the distal posterior calf. Typical patients with Achilles tendon rupture are men in good health from 30-50 years old and who have not suffered major injuries or any kind of difficulty with the leg before. Rupture occurs typically in people who have not been recently active and who may in
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Content Keyword RSS
Physiotherapy Treatment of Golfer’s Elbow Posted By Jonathan Blood-Smyth on November 29, 2008 @ 6:58 pm by Jonathan Blood-Smyth Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis) is not confined to golfers, but occurs in many sportsmen and women, with racquet sports the most common causes. Other sports where golfer’s elbow occurs are in bowlers in cricket, archers and weightlifters. This and the more common tennis elbow are tendinopathies, overuse syndromes where there is no significant inflammation bu
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Posted on November 28th, 2008 by Content Keyword RSS
by Jonathan Blood-Smyth Golfer’s elbow is also known as medial epicondylitis and is the less common sister condition of tennis elbow, both conditions sharing the tendon degenerative nature without inflammation. They are referred to as tendinopathies due to the pathological changes which occur inside the tendon without an inflammatory process. Not just occurring in golfers, golfer’s elbow also appears in racquet sports, cricket bowling, weightlifting and archery. The muscles which flex and rota
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Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Content Keyword RSS
by Jonathan Blood-Smyth A prolapsed disc or injury to the nerve exit foramen in the neck can give very severe neck and arm pain known as cervical radiculopathy. The sixth cervical nerve is affected in 25% of cases and the seventh in 60% of cases. Of all arm pains of neck origin, about a quarter are due to an acute disc prolapse. With age disc bulges, ligament and joint enlargement and bony osteophytes encroach on the space the nerve has to travel through and this is a more common cause of cervi
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Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Content Keyword RSS
by Jonathan Blood-Smyth Golfer’s elbow is also known as medial epicondylitis and is the less common sister condition of tennis elbow, both conditions sharing the tendon degenerative nature without inflammation. They are referred to as tendinopathies due to the pathological changes which occur inside the tendon without an inflammatory process. Not just occurring in golfers, golfer’s elbow also appears in racquet sports, cricket bowling, weightlifting and archery. The muscles which flex and rota
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