Physiotherapy

Our physio team answer your question: “I have been doing plenty of running recently and have developed pain over the outside of my hip joint. I had an X-Ray of my hip but it came back clear. What do you think?”

Physiotherapist & Director of Evado Studios Nelson Bay, James Alexander, shares his research on the impact of running on knee osteoarthritis. 

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 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.

“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?”