Having a painful shoulder can be a really miserable experience. Because shoulder pain is mostly positional or movement dependent, it can be doubly cruel. Just when we’re feeling comfy, we’ll re-awaken that sickening deep ‘yowch’ as we forget that yanking a heavy door open or reaching for a seat belt isn’t the best idea. Equally [...]
If you’ve ever experienced a painful shoulder that’s holding your back from sport, you’ll be very aware of how intrusive it can be. Shoulder symptoms can also prove to be a source of frustration for the clinician, and this may stem from the wish anatomically locate the particular ‘pathology’ or ‘lesion’. The reality is, that [...]
This summer we've been witnessing amazing action on centre court at Wimbledon, and we're gearing up for Rio! Athletes need to train hard in preparation for the Olympics, but when it's not done carefully - guess what? - they break. Maybe it's 'get a beach body time' (urghh), but we've witnessed a recent spike in [...]
Now that excitement of the London and Boston Marathons are over, we're continuing to see the injury fall out in clinic. Some patients are broken to the extent that that they may even require surgery - this sometimes represents as big a challenge for us, as it does the patient..... Have you ever experienced the [...]
1) No last minute cramming. The final two or three days is all about rest and tapering. That means no big runs, and no trying to fit in lost training. You have more to gain by resting, and any big mileage will only fatigue your legs which you need to be in best condition on [...]
It’s a wonderful rag-bag term, ‘scan’. Both a noun and a verb, it’s somehow become interchangeable with the word ‘diagnostic’, and each year, some new miracle machine is invented. My Mother’s bloodhound’s nose is an excellent scanner. It’s swiftly able to detect the alluring waft of a child’s unguarded ice cream from the opposite side [...]
In medicine, we're sometimes guilty of over-treating mconditions. We may feel pressured to dole out prescriptions for self-limiting conditions, and we may be accused of pronouncing too readily that a patient has a popular or fashionable diagnosis, (Gilmore's groin and Piriformis syndrome spring to mind). I feel strongly, however, that we undertreat ankle injuries, and [...]
Stress fractures can occur in almost any bone in the body. Metatarsal, fibular, and tibial stress fractures are the obviously common ones in runners, but many wannabe marathoners who present with groin or SIJ area pain receive an incorrect or vague diagnosis, when they might be suffering from a pelvic or sacral ala stress fracture. [...]
Runners love running, and it is often difficult for a non-runner to understand the desire to run, even when injured. A big fear for our patients who run regularly is to be told to ‘give up ’, which may explain why runners struggle on, delaying seeking advice. Thankfully, there is a great deal we can [...]
Think back to when you were a child. What did you remembering doing after school and on the weekends? Maybe you had a kick about in the local park, or went to a tap class with your best friend? Maybe you spent your time trying to pull wheelies on your bicycle, or climbing trees to [...]
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