When do I need to book in for physiotherapy treatment ?

You’re playing beach volleyball, you dive for the ball and land in the wrong way. You’re able to power through and play on but your forearm still feels sore. Good news it’s all worth it because your team wins the game! You make your way home and ice your injured forearm but you still feel sore three days later and it’s still hurting. This is about that time you should book an appointment to see your trusted physiotherapist.

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Spring has sprung, so a lot of us will be hitting the tennis courts to participate in some fun outdoor activity! Unfortunately after hitting that racket too many times, you can develop an is that is called tennis elbow or also known as lateral epicondylitis.

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Your TMJ is also known as your temporomandibular joint which is located in front of your ears. It’s what connects your mandible to your skull and is on both sides of your head.  It’s made up of two bones and a disc. The complex joint is important because it enables you to eat, speak and it allows your mouth to open or close.

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Intramuscular Stimulation also commonly referred to as IMS, is a highly effective treatment which uses a dry needling technique to provide therapy to an irritated nerve which results in musculoskeletal pain symptoms. 

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Don’t know the difference between a personal trainer and kinesiologist? You are not the only one!

When trying to decide who you need to see, it is important to understand first off what your  goals are and what you need and what certain professions can offer. Another major thing you  should consider is ensuring that the personnel is “certified” and/or “registered” to ensure they  have the proper credentials and are in good standing with an accredited body. Essentially  anyone can call themselves a personal trainer for example: 

This week we are talking about spinal degeneration and your concerns about changes that might be happening in your back.

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Clinical Pilates is a method of exercise designed to help you stretch, strengthen, and balance your body by lengthening and firming muscles, therefore assisting your  body during day-to-day activities.

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Delayed onset muscle soreness presents as muscular pain that occurs after a workout. It is  thought to be due to temporary muscle damage and inflammation. 

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Noise in the knee joint is a common symptom that often leads to outpatient clinic visits. It’s important to be able to differentiate between what the literature describes as either ‘pathological’ noises or ‘physiological’ noises. 

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Prolonged sitting can be attributed to many aches and pains; something most of us can relate to it. Whether it be lower back pain or shoulder/neck discomfort, these issues can actually creep up on us without warning.

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At the start of every year we all hear about New Year's resolutions and getting back into fitness  or eating better etc. Often, a lot of us create some goals for ourselves and the first few weeks  go great, but eventually you start to fall off the bandwagon.  Setting goals is an amazing thing to do and can be extremely beneficial in helping you achieve  what you want to.

Lately, I’ve had numerous clients report they’ve been struggling with inner knee pain. With gyms not easily accessible, they took up walking, hours of it! They reported the pain initially starting about 4-6 months ago, that it never really went away and that it progressively and slowly got worse. They reported that they never experienced pain throughout those months, only” irritation” (until recently of course, which is what forced them to come in). Mornings seem to be ok, a little stiffness which got better with some movement and a hot shower. Sitting didn’t hurt, walking usually aggravated it and walking downstairs seemed to be the most painful (walking upstairs was uncomfortable, but ok). They had full range of movement at the knee and only slightly tenderness. Certain key factors were observed in standing:

Telephysio has continued to grow in popularity with physiotherapists this year in the wake of the current pandemic – however, it has existed well before 2020 and will likely continue long after. The advantages, when done right, are huge and research has shown similar outcomes in clinical success between telephysio and in-person therapy.

In this article, we share our tips to enable you to get the most out of your telephysio session.