STEM CELLS – A MIRACLE CURE?
Many people have probably read or viewed the recent publicity surrounding a couple of brilliant results involving the use of stem cell therapy on people suffering debilitating osteo-arthritic complaints. One in particular, involving the successful regrowing of cartilage in a 30 year old former National level karate champion can be seen here: http://www.melbournestemcellcentre.com/news/ but there […]
Tendon pain – High and Fast Loads…and our favourite exercises!
Part 5 – High and Fast Loads…and our favourite exercises! The final part of our five part series was supposed to be an outline of our favourite tendon rehabilitation exercises, however following a valuable discussion with a long suffering tendon pain sufferer this week, I decided to add a bit more and talk about high […]
LOAD CAPACITY – THE BUZZ TERM IN MANAGING TENDON PROBLEMS
Part 4 – Load Capacity So far in our search for the tendon Holy Grail, we have covered Training Error as a cause of tendon injury, looked at the relationship between scans/imaging and rehabilitation outcomes, and lastly some treatment alternatives for tendon pain. In this blog, we’re taking a look at the term ‘Load capacity” […]
TENDON PAIN – WHAT IS THE BEST TREATMENT?
Part 3 – Treatment In part 1 of our series we established that training error is one of the more common causes of the development of tendon pain – this error can either contribute to the development of tendon pain, but is certainly often a factor in a failed rehabilitation, and is probably better termed […]
TENDON PAIN – DO SCANS TELL US MUCH?
Part 2 – Tendon Imaging When we get the opportunity to see a new patient that presents with a chronic tendon problem, they usually come armed with a trolley full of scans – Xrays, ultrasounds, MRI’s…often multiple scans of each! Any many may be disappointed when we put the scans to the side and barely […]
TENDON PAIN – BREAKING DOWN THE FRUSTRATION
PART 1: TRAINING ERROR We’ve all heard of someone who has tendon problems – usually the achilles or patella tendon, or the more common upper limb equivalents: golfers and tennis elbow. And whilst the plantar fascia is more of a thickened fibrous ligament type tissue, it has similar properties to tendon and is just as […]
Can the weather make my joints ache?
“I Feel It In My Bones”! ……. Can the weather really make your joints ache? “I feel it in my bones” or “I can tell that some rain is coming – I feel it in my knees”: We’ve heard it many times before, mainly from our grandparents, and some of us may actually be starting […]
Sit/Stand Work Stations – Is Standing Better For You Than Sitting?
We all know that Einstein was a genius – but did you know that he thought of the formula e = mc2 whilst riding a bike? And that one of his most famous quotes is: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving”! Prolonged Sitting Can Cause Health Issues! […]