“My Knee” is a free, evidence-based educational toolkit developed to support people with knee pain or knee osteoarthritis to make informed decisions about their care and improve their self-management. It is co-designed by researchers, clinicians, and people with knee osteoarthritis (OA)....
Acute Low Back Pain – When to recommend further investigation, or emergency medical referral? Red Flags for Potential Serious Spinal Pathologies Possible Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES): Risk Factors for CES History of Herniated disc with neurological signs and symptoms in unilateral...
Tendinopathy Muscle ‘tendon’ pain is a common issue in sports as well as in the general population. Tendon disorders are even seen in physically inactive individuals. Thus, physical activity is not always directly associated with histopathology but may provoke the symptoms...
Groin Pain In November 2014, during the first World Conference of Groin Pain in Athletes, an agreement meeting took place to find common grounds for the future terminology in order to enhance both clinical and scientific cooperation for the benefit of...
Gluteus Medius (GM) is one of the strongest lower extremity muscles 1. It primarily abducts the hip, providing frontal plane stability for the pelvis during standing, walking, running and other advanced weight bearing or non-weight bearing functional activities 2. Gluteus Medius...
Intro: Trapezius muscle pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal problems. Patients often complain of acute or chronic neck-shoulder pain. Trapezius muscle pain is often characterized by pain, stiffness and tightness of upper fibres of Trapezius muscle, neck and sometimes...
Read part I of this post here: Shoulder rehab exercises – Full can exercise With many studies reporting limitations with the empty can exercise, several studies have recommended the full can exercise as an effective alternative. Empty can exercise is emerging...
Introduction The rotator cuff muscles group consists of Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and the Subscapularis muscles. The primary function of the rotator cuff is to keep the head of the humerus depressed and centered into the glenoid fossa permitting a single center...
Supraspinatus (SSP) is one of the four rotator cuff muscles. It originates in the supraspinatus fossa, superior portion of the scapula (shoulder blade), just above the spine of the scapula. It passes laterally underneath the acromion process to insert in the...
Subacromial impingement syndrome Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders seen by physical therapists with many potential contributing factors and researched treatment methods. Among various causes of shoulder pain or pathologies studied, subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) is the...
