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Swelling affects quads strength up to 4 years post knee injury/surgery – what can you about it?
After knee injury, surgery and pathology, it’s common both as a patient and a clinician to see marked weakness of the quadriceps muscles at the front of the thigh, even following extended periods of rehabilitation. This is partly due to … Continue reading
- Posted in Knees
- Tagged albany, auckland, ice, knee injury, knee surgery, knee weakness, muscle weakness, physical therapy, physio, physiotherapy, quadriceps, quads weakness, swelling
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Return to football after ACL surgery: 12 months on what is the likelihood?
The good people over at The Science of Soccer Online have written a good post regarding return to football following ACL reconstruction after 12 months. The basic premise is that while people may be clinically ready to return in terms … Continue reading
- Posted in Knees, Sports Injuries
- Tagged ACL, albany, anterior cruciate, anterior cruciate ligament, auckland, football, knee injury, physio, physiotherapy, repair, return football, return to sport, surgery
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To stretch or not to stretch? That is the question.
With summer coming (for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere!) and a lot of sporting events on the horizon, this is a very pertinent question for those who about to put their body through its paces. It’s a … Continue reading
- Posted in Sports Injuries
- Tagged albany, auckland, exercise, physical therapy, physio, physiotherapy, research, stretch, stretch or not, stretching, warm up
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What is the treatment for my meniscal injury?
Last week I wrote about the two different kinds of cartilage in the knee that are commonly injured. Today, I want to write about what can be dine in terms of treatment for a meniscal cartilage injury. My next blog … Continue reading
- Posted in Knees, Sports Injuries
- Tagged albany, auckland, cartilage, knee, knee brace, meniscal, meniscus, physical therapy, physio, physiotherapy, surgery, treatment
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What is the ‘cartilage’ in my knee?
One of the common things you will hear people mention when talking about knee injuries, is an injury to the ‘cartilage’ in my knee. So I wanted to shed some light on what this cartilage stuff is. To be honest, it’s a … Continue reading
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- Tagged albany, arthritis, auckland, cartilage, degeneration, injury, knee, meniscal, meniscus, physical therapy, physio, physiotherapy, surgery
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Tennis elbow management (PS…..you don’t have to play tennis to get it!)
Apologies for not blogging for a couple of weeks, I’ve been away with the NZ Davis Cup tennis team. The boys recorded a good win over their Pakistani opposition, and now travel to Thailand in September for the group final. … Continue reading
Yoga or Pilates? Which one should I do?
If I had a dollar for every time I have been asked this one…..!! There’s no easy answer here, but both Yoga and Pilates are both good rehabilitation tools, as well as good maintenance exercise even if you haven’t had … Continue reading
- Posted in Pilates
- Tagged albany, auckland, class, exercise, physical therapy, physio, physiotherapy, pilates, rehab, yoga, yoga or pilates
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Do I use hot or cold on my injuries?
Thanks to our good friends at Active Physio Counties, who have posted some great and simple advice on their Facebook page about whether you should use heat or cold on you injuries. Follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/ActivePhysioAlbany#!/pages/Papakura/Active-Physio-Counties-Care/130621460287820?ref=ts&ajaxpipe=1&__a=6
- Posted in Sports Injuries
- Tagged albany, auckland, hot or cold, injuries, injury, management, physio, physiotherapy, rehab, sports
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What’s with all the questions? Just look at my knee will you!?!
When you go to the physio, you’ll generally find that the first part of assessment involves a lot of questions regarding the symptoms you have. A lot of people are only too eager to get on to the plinth and … Continue reading
- Posted in Knees
- Tagged albany, auckland, examination, knee, objective, physio, physiotherapy, questions, subjective
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Kinesio tape: Factual or a fad??
You’ve probably seen it on athletes on the telly recently, especially if you’ve been watching any of the French Open over the last 2 weeks, or any of the warm-up games for the football World Cup. It’s that funky looking … Continue reading
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- Tagged albany, auckland, kinesio tape, kinesiolog, physio, physiotherapy, research, sports, stud, y K-tape
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