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…
If you are recovering from injury or surgery, there are two approaches to support your rehabilitation and recovery: manual therapy and exercise-based physiotherapy. In this article, we’ll explain the different approaches and consider their benefits in terms of pain relief, speed of recovery and overall rehabilitation. What is manual therapy? Manual therapy is where a…
Tennis elbow is a painful condition that affects the outer side of the elbow joint. It is also referred to as lateral epicondylitis. The condition is the result of repetitive stress to your elbow and forearm. Although tennis can be a cause, tennis elbow can develop from any kind of repetitive movement that overuses the…
It’s been a long wet winter and sports-lovers amongst us can’t wait to get outside and enjoy our favourite sports over the summer months. There’s no doubt that sport is good for our physical and mental health but, sadly, there is also a risk of injury, particularly at the start of the season when we…
Chronic shoulder pain is pain that lasts for six months or longer. There are many different causes of long-term pain including injuries and musculoskeletal conditions. While traumatic injuries often cause acute pain that requires immediate medical attention, people with low level chronic shoulder pain may simply learn to live with it and not seek treatment.…
Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body, enabling you to reach above your head, lift and rotate your arm and move it in many different directions. Unfortunately, this flexibility makes the shoulder particularly prone to dislocation and after it has dislocated once, your shoulder joint can be vulnerable to repeated full or partial…
Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a painful condition that affects the bony bump on the outside of your elbow where the tendons of the forearm muscles attach to the bone. You may also experience pain and weakness in your wrist and forearm, particularly when performing movements like gripping, shaking hands or turning a doorknob.
The exact causes of frozen shoulder are not fully understood although certain factors appear to increase your risk of developing the condition. Also called adhesive capsulitis, frozen shoulder is characterised by pain and stiffness in the shoulder that worsens over time. It is due to the capsule around your shoulder joint (the connective tissues surrounding…
Your biceps muscle is located at the front of your upper arm. When the muscle contracts it pulls the forearm up and rotates it outwards. Tendons attach the biceps muscle to the shoulder blade (scapula) and the radius bone of the forearm. There are two proximal biceps tendons, of which the long head of biceps…
Of all the joints in the human body, the shoulder joint is the most mobile. To facilitate the full range of movements made by your shoulder, it is supported by a network of muscles, tendons and ligaments. Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) is a condition caused by the capsule of connective tissue that surrounds the shoulder…
