Bone stress injuries (BSIs) are overuse injuries and a common reason for visiting my Lane Cove office and getting in the hydrotherapy pool for treatment. Bone stress injuries, including stress fractures can be frustrating to deal with but the good news is that the earlier a...
Why does my hand hurt at night? Is Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) causing my pain? The Carpal Tunnel is narrow and pain is brought on by the compression of the median nerve in your hand and is likely the most common compressive focal neuropathy seen by your...
The Achilles tendon is the longest tendon in the body, connecting your heel bone to the calf muscles. Its size and position places it under increased strain during running, jumping, sudden acceleration or deceleration and risks rupturing if placed under too much stress in the wrong...
Your ribcage is supported by a number of complex structures, ligaments and muscles, including the muscles between the ribs; the Intercostal muscles. “Inter” means within and “costal” means ribs, so the intercostal muscles are the muscles that lie in between your 12 ribs and help form...
There are two collateral ligaments, one either side of the knee, which act to stop side to side movement of the knee. Your lateral collateral ligament (LCL) is located on the outer side of the knee, attaching the thighbone (femur) to the outside of the...
Most people think that because they’re not a “professional” athlete, there’s no point in seeing a physiotherapist over the off-season to rehabilitate their niggling sports injuries. That’s definitely not the case. There’s a reason professional sportspeople have physiotherapists on 24/7 speed-dial (even during the off-season) and it’s...
Sports Specialist physiotherapists and Musculoskeletal physios are the experts when it comes to diagnosing and treating a range of different knee injuries. If you have: Sudden or severe pain in your knee with swelling Heard a loud pop or snap during sport or exercise A feeling...
Muscle injuries are some of the most common injuries we see here at Lane Cove Physio. You don’t need to be a professional footy player to pull a hamstring, and you don’t need to be Arnold Schwarzenegger to tear a pec or bicep. In fact, many...
Your shoulder is a complex joint made up of the humerus, the collarbone (the clavicle), and the scapula and is the most mobile joint in the human body. Unfortunately this complex ball and socket structure that enables so many of our functional movements is also...
Calf muscle tears are a common injury that we see at Lane Cove Physio. Unfortunately we also see a lot of re-torn calf muscles that have recurred as a result of failing to rehabilitate the original calf tear completely and returning to activities too quickly. Your...