Myth: Recreational running causes knee osteoarthritis
Physiotherapist & Director of Evado Studios Nelson Bay, James Alexander, shares his research on the impact of running on knee osteoarthritis.
Achilles Tendinopathy
I have been training to complete the 10km run at the Melbourne marathon and have started to experience Achilles pain during my runs. It has been going on for 8 weeks now and isn’t settling. I experience it at the start of my run but goes away about 1km in but is worse about an hour after I stop. It is also quite sore first thing in the morning when I get out of bed. Nothing I do seems to help to reduce the pain when I go back to running. What can I do to manage this pain?
Osgood-Schlatter: Knee Pain in Adolescents
Osgood-Schlatter disease is a condition resulting as a result of repetitive strain on the growth plate of the tibial tuberosity, where the tendon from the knee cap inserts onto your shin bone. Read on to learn more.
8 nutrition tips to gain muscle AND lose fat
Clinical Nutritionist, Bec Stone, answers gives her top 8 tips to gain muscle and lose body fat
Tennis Elbow or lateral elbow pain
“I have been doing a lot of house renovations recently and have started to experience pain on the outside of my elbow with opening jars and carrying the shopping. It gets better with the more I move, but gets worse once in have stopped moving. My GP says that I have Tennis Elbow, how can I have this when I don’t play tennis?”