Moderate to severe shoulder pain can significantly affect your quality of life. The shoulder is a ball and socket joint that has a wider range of motion than any other joint in your body. It is strengthened and stabilised by a group of eight muscles, with tendons attaching these to the bones. The most important…
Tennis elbow – also called lateral epicondylitis – affects the tendons in your elbow. It is a painful condition that can develop when the tendons become overworked, often due to making repetitive arm and wrist movements. Tennis elbow is one of the most common causes of persistent elbow pain, affecting around 1-3% of the population.…
A dislocated shoulder is a very painful injury that occurs when your upper arm bone pops out of the socket in your shoulder joint. Because the shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body it is particularly susceptible to dislocation and there is a risk of repeated dislocations if the joint becomes unstable.
Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body. It is made up of a ball and socket joint called the glenohumeral joint which is surrounded by a fibrous sleeve called the capsule.
Tennis is synonymous with summer for many of us. It is a high impact, fast-paced sport that is fun to play and great for fitness. Along with golf, it is one of the first sports to be permitted following the virus pandemic lockdown. For this reason, right now many people will be taking up the…
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The top of the arm bone, which is shaped like a ball, fits inside the socket in the shoulder blade and is held in place by tendons and ligaments, which form a capsule around the joint to help to support its movement. The rotator cuff is a…
